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Mégharatha asked his younger brother Vidyunmāli "Brother! Did you accomplish the Vidya or not? Vidyunmāli then narrated an account of what happened with him and his wife. Mégharatha said "O stupid man! Why did you defile yourself by your connection with a low caste barbarian woman? Vidyunmāli replied O virtuous, lovely brother! grant me pardon for this fault of mine. Qut of affection towards me, you call for me after one year. I will subdue carnal desires and I will accomplish my Vidya (art).
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Mégharatha went away, and after a lapse of one year, he came back to call away his brother, but on seeing that his younger brother's candāli-wife was again pregnant, he rubuked him saying. 'How is it that she is again pregnant? Vidyunmāli blushed out of shame, and requested his elder brother, for extension of his time-limit for one year more.
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Eventually, Megharatha returned to his brother, after a lapse of three years, and seeing that his brother was deeply engrossed in sensual pleasures, he thought that Vidynnmāli would remain in the family of low-caste people, and he went away home without him.
Mégharatha, being disinterested and free from worldly desires, became fully conversant with Matangi Vidyā.
While Vidyunmalı remaining in the family of low-caste people, was in course of time, treated by them like a slave and had to execute servile orders without the least hesitation. Living in servile degradation in a dirty unhealthy house, Vidyunmāli became very miserable. After death, Vidyunmāli suffered terrible agonies in hell
In the same manner, I am not engrossed in worldly pleasures like Vidyunmalı and you should not be fond of enjoyments of this world.
कनकसेना Kanakasēnā then said, "Now accept my advice. Do not be greedy like the g¤¤ Śankhadhamaka, conch
blower.
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