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the Narmada river; 1 and approaching them in the semblance of a
naked mendicant, with his head shaved, and carrying a bunch of a
peacock's feathers, he thus addressed them in genle accents: "Ho,
lords of the Daitya race! where is it that you practise these acts of
penance? is it with a view to recompense in this world, or in
another?" "Sage", replied the Daityas, "we pursue these devotions
to obtain a reward hereafter; why should you make such an
inquiry?" "If you are desirous of final emancipation," answered the
seeming ascetic, 'attend to my words for you are worthy of a
revelation which is the door to ultimate felicity. The duties that I
will teach you the secret path to liberation. 289 there are none beyond
or superior to them by following them you shall obtain either
heaven or exemption from future existence. The Daityas were
seduced from their proper duties by the repeated lessons of their
illusory preceptor, maintaining the equal truth of contradictory
tenets; and they were called Arhats, from the phrase he had
employed of "Ye are worthy (Arhatha) of this great doctrine;" that
is, of the false doctrines which he persteaded them to embrace.
The foes of the gods being thus induced to apostatize from the
religion of Vedas, by the delusive person sent by Visnu, became in
their turn preachers of the same heresies, and perverted others;
and these, again communicating their principles to others, by whom
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[tapasy膩bhirat膩na so'tha m膩y膩moho mah膩sur膩n |
dad峁浥沷 gatv膩 narmad膩t墨ra sa峁兣況it膩n | |
] Ibid III.18.1. P.487