SECTION –CXXXVI
(Tirtha-yatra Parva Continued)
"Lomasa said, 'One day in the month of
Chaitra, while fearlessly wandering at large, Yavakri approached the hermitage
of Raivya. And O son of Bharata, in that beautiful hermitage, adorned with
trees bearing blossoms, he happened to behold the daughter-in-law of Raivya,
sauntering about like a Kinnara woman. And having lost his senses through
passion, Yavakri shamelessly spake unto the bashful maiden, saying, 'Be thou
attached unto me.' Thereupon, knowing his nature, and afraid of a curse, as
well as thinking of Raivya's power, she went unto him saying, 'I agree.' Then,
O son of Bharata, taking him in private, she kept him chained. O conqueror of
foes, returning to his hermitage, Raivya found his daughter-in-law, Paravasu's
wife, in tears. O Yudhishthira, thereat consoling her with soft words, he
enquired of her as to the cause of her grief. Thereupon, the beautiful damsel
told him all that Yavakri had said unto her, and what she also had cleverly
said unto him. Hearing of this gross misbehaviour of Yavakri, the mind of the
sage flamed up, and he waxed exceedingly wroth. And being thus seized with
passion, the great sage of a highly irascible temper, tore off a matted lock of
his hair, and with holy mantras, offered it as a sacrifice on the sacred fire.
At this, there sprang out of it a female exactly resembling his
daughter-in-law. And then he plucked another matted lock of his hair, and again
offered it as a sacrifice into the fire. Thereupon sprang out of it a demon,
terrible to behold, and having fierce eyes. Then those, two spake unto Raivya,
saying, 'What shall we do?' Thereat, the angry sage said unto them, 'Go and
kill Yavakri.' Then saying, 'We shall do (as thou biddest)'--they two went away
with the intention of slaying Yavakri. And with her charms, the female whom the
large-hearted sage had created, robbed Yavakri of his sacred water-pot. Then
with his uplifted spear the demon flew at Yavakri, when he had been deprived of
his water-pot and rendered unclean. And seeing the demon approach with uplifted
spear for the purpose of slaying him, Yavakri rose up all on a sudden and fled
towards a tank. But finding it devoid of water, he hurried towards all the
rivers. But they too were all dried up. And being obstructed again and again by
the fierce demon, holding the spear, Yavakri in fright attempted to enter into
the Agnihotra room of his father. But there, O king, he was repulsed by a blind
Sudra warder, and he remained at the door, grasped by the man. And, finding
Yavakri thus grasped by the Sudra, the demon hurled his spear at him, and
thereupon he fell down dead, pierced in the heart. After slaying Yavakri, the
demon went back to Raivya, and with the permission of that sage, began to live
with the female."
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