..續本文上一頁kles, and saw Narayana. They then thought severally: ”Is the great powerful Asura king dead
Or is he dying now
” The Ksatriya said: ”We would rather die by fighting against him than die by the imprisonment. We now should follow the Ksatriya”s law to fight against him, if we die in his territory we will be reborn in heaven.” Then, those petty kings rode the arranged chariots and saddled horses severally from their houses, with weapons holding in their hands, preparing for a great fighting.”"
”"At that time, Narayana transformed into a Brahman, whose body was short and ugly, with deerskin winding on his armpits, and a three-forked staff held in his hand, and came to the door of my dwelling. At that time, the guardian of the door said to him: ”Do not enter this door, you short ugly person, stop, do not enter!” The Brahman said: ”I came here from a far distance.” The guardian asked the Brahman: ”Where are you from
” The Brahman said: ”I am a great supernatural person (rsi/rishi), come from the palace of the king of Kusana state.” The guardian then went to say to the great powerful Asura king: ”Now here came a Brahman, whose body is short and ugly.” The great powerful Asura king said: ”What does this person come for
What does he need
” The guardian said: ”I do not know what he need.” The great powerful Asura king said: ”Go to call this Brahman in.” Having received the order, the guardian then called the Brahman in. Having seen him, the great powerful Asura king vouchsafed the precious throne to the Brahman and let him sat.”"
"”Before that, the great powerful Asura king”s teacher, who was called Gold-Star, and was being offered and sustained by the king, has already told him: ”Now this Brahman is a evil person, he come here to destroy your plan.” ”Master, why do you know that
” The teacher said: ”I certainly know it. Do you know who he really is
He is Narayana.” Having heard that, the king began to think: ”I practice giving without regression, why does he come to obstruct and destroy my plan now
I should use my eloquence to question him.””"
"”Then the great powerful Asura king asked the Brahman: ”Now why do you come to my dwelling
What do you want
” The Brahman said: ”I wish to beg for two steps” land.” The Asura said to the Brahman: ”You need some land and said two steps, well, I will grant you the land of three steps.” He then use a gold bottle to grant some clean water to the Brahman, saying: ”If you need some land, you just take it.” The Brahman accepted and made a wish: ”May you be peaceful and have a long life.” Then, the short and ugly body of the Brahman suddenly disappeared. Gold-Star then told the Asura king: ”You are going to accept the retribution of your evil karma.””"
"”Subsequently, Narayana suddenly manifested his body, with the sun and the moon carrying on his shoulders, and the weapons such as sharp sword, wheel, staff, bow, arrow, etc, holding in his hands. When the great powerful Asura king suddenly saw this, he became frightened and trembling, and then tumbled, and fell in a faint. A long time later, the king woke up and said: ”What should I do now
Perhaps I should take some poison to end my life
” Then, Narayana began to measure the land with his steps, just two steps, and there was no remaining land.” ”It is not sufficient for three steps, so this cannot fulfill the previous promise.” The king said: ”What can I do now
” Narayana said to the king: ”Now you should follow my teaching.” The great powerful Asura king then said: ”Yes, I will follow your teaching.” Narayana said: ”Will you really do
” The great powerful Asura king said: ”Yes I really do. These words are honest, and I have neither regret nor parsimony in my mind.” Thereupon, I follow the teaching, completely destroyed all the places made for lau…
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