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tion. The Sʻabara physician in the same manner cured the disease and went away.
As some days passed by, again he gave up renunciation. The god came to know this. He produced the disease in him, even more virulent than before. The relatives said to him, “ Why do you thus not look to even your own self ? Either give up your life or follow his words.” He said, "I shall presently do it if I see him.' The S’abara physician was searched for by the relatives; by stroke of luck, he was found. With their faces bent down under shame, they said, “Your patient (lit. son) has improperly acted. He is caught by even more virulent disease; so what is the remedy ?" The S'abara physician said, “ There is no remedy for him; he is engrossed in the objects of senses; and is devoid of manly effort. This (pain ) is less for him; later on he will have more miseries as a being, born in low life and as one born in hell. Still, out of deference to you, I shall examine him once if he (promises) to come with me.” They agreed and told it to Arahadaita. He again became agitated. Still. having thought that there was no other way, [75] he agreed to
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