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steady ? Now, leave asied your sorrow. You will now oblain your much-desired objects The Sun always rises afler the dise appearance of the darkness of the night Besides you told me:I will have a guicidal fall from a high mountain. But that rash act has been forbidden by wise people, and it is contrary to the stern duties of a kşatriya Only Common people advise premature death but sober per ons gever do it. They intelligently improve the evil even by fate. By foresaking the dint of sorrow, wealth necessarily follows as if delighted although it may be far off a man who is devold of sloth and who is fond of valorous deeds.” I told him:" For the present I am deficient in diserction. I do not know what is correct and what is not. I do not know the most suitable means of removing this trouble. , I cannot give attention to the bonorable duties of a ksatriya The idea of public ceneure does not come to my mind. I do not care for future happiness or misery. Besides, my mind does not, in the least, become steady as if it were always riding a potter's wbeel set in motion by his powerful stick. O worshipful master ! Now you tell me what I should do. Or, what is the most suitable means of accomplishing my muchdesired objects ?" Maha-kāla said:-0 child ! you accept my diks. You worship my lotus-like feet and study the science of Yoga; all your much-desired wishes will be fulfilled by your devotion towards your Guru. Then I began to pay homage to him with due respect like one over-whelmed with misery, supplicant for shelter, like a pauper loving the Kalpa-vriksa (the Wishing Tree capable of fulfilling one's much-desired wishes), like a bighly-diseased patient desiring for a clever physician or like a blind man soliciting a man who can show him the Right Path, I was able to win over his heart in a short time by polite manners and he admitted me into his secret localities teaching me at the same time akrusti (attractive spella ) and other magical practices. One day in an auspicious hour with a lucky constellation and at a blessed moment, he joyfully taught me a mantra (incantation) oamed trailokya vijaya, in secret, and explaining me in detail, the method of accomplishing it he said.
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