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increased that it was exceednigly difficult to surpass. The first two lines show a vast contrast between the sage and the demi-god, Kamtha. The last two lines imply that the demi-god was unable to distract the mind of the great sage from the deep meditation in which he was engrossed by means of a cloud which is transitory ond a compound of vapour, light, water and wind, lacking consciousness. The sage, experiencing the pure soul, being convinced of the indestructibility of bis: soal, had no fear of any sort from the terrible clouds brought into being by the demigod. The poet implies that the demigod was so much foolish as not to understand the position correctly.
Stanza 18 — 371WAT, HIỆAI, TAI, SINAT, 9117, 914112, fiica and alatea are the eight supernatural powers. All these eight powers were possessed by the great sage, while the demi-god possessed them partially. Though partially in possession of these powers the god bad become a violent brute. TIETTET ..... Sinhal:---- This contrast between the two shows that the exertions of the god did not succeed in disturbing the tranquility of the mind of the great sage. Et *:—The sage was not boreft of his speech from bis very birth. Being absorbed in meditation, His sense organs were unable to fulfil their functions. Though the god spoke at ler gth, His ears did not perceive the words of the god and so there was no possibility of the message being conveyed by Him.
Stanza 19 - Agria i. e. though he was far inferior to Him in all respects. The god's act of imploring the Lord for a fraudulent' fight was as good as inviting a calamity to befall himself, for, the sage being superior to him in all respects, bis defeat was cock-sure. AC1917-owing to his mind being agitated through anger of being cruel ( lit, harsh ). 399€7-approaching or becoming ready (for a fight. ). The god, enraged at the very sight of the sage, got so much aborbed in the thought of battling aganist the sage that he could not take into consideration the fact that He was superior to himself in all respects. Thus, he himself courted a calamity to befall himself. The word algiye does not imply' a shom fight ', for the god wanted to take a bloody vengeance on Him as he had done in the former birth by throwing a heavy stone upon Him while He was engaged in making appeals to him to give up anger. The word, therefore, must be taken to
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