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 expert. He also acquired from him the faculty of Jñanadrishti. Thus he passed several years in study and acquired perfection in one and all the departments of knowledge.

One day, just when he had attained mastery of the science of Jñanadriskti, he experiment. ed it to see where his parents were dwelling then, and when he found out by his newly acquired power their whereabouts, he wanted to go and see them secretly. They have forgot us so long and are now mere beggars in the streets. 1 shall now go and see them and make arrangements to relieve them from their calamity. They may then ask me about my brother ; why should my master not educate him but appoint him to only low works. Let me now dive at his motives by my Jñânadrishti. Thus pondering over in his mind, he thought for a time and exclaimed, " Vile wretch! For henceforth I must only regard you so, as you want to deceive my parents when they come to demand one of us. You also mean to make me sit in the sun as a student that is very careless and never pays any attention whatever to his books ; of course, they will choose my elder brother, being deceived by his position of a monitor in the class, though he knows nothing. Thus you mean to deceive my poor, parents. Oh! I know how to deceive you." These