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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
health there, I chanced to come in con tact with a
person therein who related the following anecdote.
A king ruled over that country without any split or
dissension for about eight years after which the
true status of the king as belonging to the lowest
class of Neechas, the dog-eaters, was brought to
light. With this discovery, all the Brahmins and
others went into the fire; and the king followed
suit. Hearing that horrid fate of the Brahmins, I
quit ted that country and took a pilgrimage to
Prayaga (Allahabad) of waters with seething waves
in order to wash off all my sins. There I, in
accordance with Vedic rites, underwent penances
and Chandrayana Vrata 84 and got emaciated
thereby.
At these words of the guest, Muni Gadhi was
surprised and internally convinced that it was his
own history that was referred to by the stranger.
Therefore to verify for himself the truth of the
events of his previous Neecha life, he travel led to
84 Chandrayana Vrata This is an observance in which beginning with I5
morsels of food on a full moon day, a person lessons them one by one
till he reaches the new moon day when he increases it one by one daily.
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