^28 ON MOUNT CAUCASUS. 



" ask your boon. The Muni said he was nispraha 

 " he wanted nothing : only give me the end of my 

 " Tapasya : that I may go unmolested through the 

 " three worlds, and see you every where j let me 

 " also retain the efficacy of my Tapasya. O chief 

 *' of the forms of Jina, this is my boon. Jina-va- 

 " RA who is IswARA, granted it, and disappeared. 

 " The son of the Raja kept up the efficacy of his 

 " Tapasya -, and thus became Avydhataswairagati 

 " he went every where unmolested : he became Sa-^ 

 ^^ madraca\ friends or foes, men and women were 

 " the same to him. Such was his Tapasya, that he 

 *' even surpassed his Guru%Yi.KyLK \ who, seemingly, 

 " became Spardhd, saying why do you wish to sur- 

 " pass me. He endeavoured to spoil his Tapasya, 

 " and to corrupt his heart : but in vain. Still he 

 " waited on him with humility, without answering, 

 " without complaining. When Shama saw this, he 

 ** said with astonishment : he is a good man (Sdd- 

 " hu) : his name then shall be Sddliu. Thus he 

 " obtained a boon from his spiritual guide. Sa-Ra- 

 " sa'la is constantly making Tapasya thinking on 



" JiNESWARA. 



" Who is he, whom all the world call Sa-Rasa'-. 

 " LA ? You are the chief of the Yales : relate the 

 " whole to me. Who was he before ? Why did 

 " he come into this forest r Why is he making Ta- 

 " pasya f Be exalted and relate the whole to me. 

 " The chief of the Yatis said : he is the king of 

 " the country of Callnga. He had forsaken the 

 " paths of righteousness, and dwelt among women, 

 *' he was proud and his heart was fixed on them. 

 *^ He was like the Saras(P^, like the beetle, who de- 

 " lights on the honied juice (Rasa) of flowers : hence 

 ** he was called Rasa'la. Once in a former state, 



* A bird of the crane kind. 



" he 



