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moon. Then, bowing to the Blessed One and taking leave of the King, Satamanyu went away immediately like a twilight-cloud. Bowing low to the Master, like Sakra, the Cakravartin went to the city Vinita, meditating on his duties. Bharata set up a Sakra-finger made of jewels and made an eight-day festival. The noble must act with equal devotion and affection. Beginning then and even now, there is an Indra-festival celebrated by the people after erecting an Indra-pillar.886
Then the Blessed One wandered elsewhere from Aṣṭāpada from country to country, awakening the bhavyalotuses, like the sun wandering from one sign of the zodiac to another.
Origin of Brahmans (227-256)
Then Bharata summoned the laymen and made this announcement: "You must take your food daily in my house. Ploughing, etc., must not be done. Moreover, daily you must devote your attention to study of the scriptures, acquiring new knowledge. When you come into my presence after you have eaten, you must recite: You are conquered. Fear grows. Therefore, do not kill. Do not kill (mähana)."" Agreeing, they take their food in his house and attentively recite his speech as well as the recitation of scripture.
Absorbed in pleasure like a god, the King, careless, sometimes reflected just from hearing these words: "By whom am I conquered? Oh, I know. By passions. And fear of what grows? My fear of them (passions). So, may I not kill any living creatures. So these men, possessing discernment, always remind me. Shame on my negligence! Shame on my greed for sense-objects! Shame on my indifference to dharma! Shame on my passion for samsära! Shame on conduct the reverse of
886 225. The Indrotsava is described in the Natyaśāstra 1. 55 ff. It apparently does not survive in any extant festival.
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