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[ 424Some charged him as a thief and a rogue. Others branded him as a murderer of their parents and relatives; some began to abuse him, some began to throw stones at him, while some were engaged in beating him with sticks. In short, every one tried to take revenge upon bim in the way he could In spite of all this, Dridha prahari did not lose his balance of mind; but quietly endured all the sufferings, controlled his anger and began to recollect the words of his Gurus about forgiveness. He had not forgotten the lessons he had learnt from his Gurus about the influx, the stoppage and the destruction of Karmans. He began to think that if he continued to keep control over his senses, the past Karmans that required thousands of years to be annihilated would be destroyed within a very short period He began to address his soul with the words, “ Oh Atman, thou art reaping the fruits of the seeds sown by thee. If thou calmly endurest these calamities, thou wilt be in no time free from thy Karmans. Thou bast worked havoc in the hearts of the thousands of families by murdering their members and plundering their wealth, so thou shouldst not now come in the way of these people when they want to derive pleasure by taking revenge upon thee. These people are rot thy foes but they are thy fast friends, for, they wash out by means of the harsh words and sound thrashes the heap of the dirt of thy Karmans. Thou art surely to be purified in case thou bearest with pleasure and tranquility all these hardships, as
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