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it was not more foolish than taking to secular life after renunciation. Arahadatta still had no knowledge. Then he created another illusion. In some shrine, people were putting up the idol of an Yaksha for worship and the idol tumbled down. This happened so many times that Arahadatta expressed his surprise at this. The god said that it was not stranger than one who though raised to the revered position of a hermit's life, tumbled down again in secular life. Arabadatta was · not enlightened. Then the god created an
other sight. They saw a bull fractured and bruised in all limbs. The bull had tumbled in the well with the desire of having few straws of Dūrvā grass, leaving up fine Junjumaya grass only at a field's distance. 'The god explained to him that like a foolish bull, he abandoned unlimited happiness of attaining absolution; for, the worldly happiness was not worth even two straws. Araha. datta at last was enlightened. He was taken to the Vaitādhya mountain. The earrings were shown. He recognised his brother As'okadatta. He recollected his former births and took to renunciation. (P. 18. I. 5.)
