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G. A. Grierson — Analysis of the Padumawati. 
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The tenth or inmost door (i.e., internal perception) 1 is only to he 
approached by mystical suppression of breath, 2 and by suppression of 
self. He who doeth this, understandeth that the ‘ Ego ’ is all in all, and 
alone existeth. He is himself both teacher and pupil, life and death, 
body and soul (222). 
CANTO XIX. 
The Environment op the Castle. 
Ratna having thus received instruction in perfection ( siddhi ) from 
Maheija, offers thanks to Ganeija, and, under Maheija’s advice, the Yogis 
surround the castle. As a thief first examines a house before attacking 
it, so intend they to dig a mine. The gates are closed, and the King is 
informed that an army of Yogis is surrounding the fort. He sends 
messengers to find out the truth (223). The messengers come to Ratna 
and ask if they are Yogis or merchants. Directs them to go to a 
distance from the fort. The King will be angry. ‘If ye be 
merchants, do your traffic and depart. If ye be Yogis, finish your 
begging and go ’ (224). Ratna replies. ‘I am come to beg, and will 
take what the King giveth. Padmavatl is the daughter of the king, 
I have become Yogi for her, and am come here to beg for her’ (225). 
The messenger is angry. Threatens Ratna. ‘ If the king hear he will 
let elephants loose on thee, will fire thunderbolts at thee. Thou art 
demanding a thing thou canst not even see. Art thou mad ? ’ (226.) 
Ratna replies, — ‘ I am a Yogi, and can but do what becometh my pro- 
fession. Thy power is in the elephants of Simhala, and mine in the 
elephant of my Guru. He can destroy thine elephants, and turn moun- 
tains into dust ’ (227). The messenger returns and reports Ratna’s 
words to the king. The latter is enraged, and orders the Yogis to be 
killed. The prime minister remonstrates. ‘ If thou kill them, they are 
but beggars ; and if thou art defeated, thou wilt be disgraced. Let them 
remain below the fort. How many Yogis have come and gone. Leave 
them alone, and they will have to go away for want of food ’ (288). 
Ratna wonders why the messenger does not return. He writes a letter 
to Padmavatl, and sends it to her by the parrot (229), with a verbal 
message, recalling their former meeting (230), and describing his woes 
(231). He ties the letter with a golden thread to the parrot’s neck. 
The latter carries it to Padmavatl. Her lamentable condition (232). 
She addresses the parrot, and laments her separation. The parrot 
1 In the previous stanza, the nine openings of the body are described as 
doors, and the tenth door is internal perception. 
2 One of the oxcrcises of Yogi austerities. 
