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168 patched him on the unpleasant errand. They inquired if he had found a guru, and in reply he told them his painful story. They explained to him that the woman was Maya, or worldly love ; and that she for whom he had so longed was his guru. The pandit returned to the Guru, and fell at his feet. He then cast away his two loads of books, began to repeat God s name, and became so humble as to be, as it were, the dust of the earth. The pandit inquired who were happy in this world. The Guru replied with the following sloks, which Hassu and Sihan committed to writing :

Indar wept after his thousandfold punishment;

Paras Ram wept on his return home;

King Ajai wept after eating what he had obtained as alms—

Such is the punishment meted out in God's court—

Ram wept when he was expelled from his kingdom,

And separated from Sita and Lachhman.

Rawan, who took away Sita with beat of drum,

Wept when he had lost Lanka;

The Pandavs though their master had been with them,

Became slaves and wept;