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Line 34: − + + − 1. The king made himself into a tri-coloured being and produced a tri-coloured son named Aham (Ego).+ − 2. The son got a daughter Avabodha (consciousness) and she got a 'son Vijnana (knowledge).+ − 3. He got five sons comprehending all comprehensible objects and named Aksa and the rest (Eye etc).+ − 4. These (sense-organs) were the Dasyus (hostile aborigines) who were subjugated by the king.+ − 5. In their abstract form they made an abode for themselves (in the king's person), a city consisting of nine outlets, a single pillar, four pathways, and numerous rivulets and ponds.+ − − 6. All the nine entered the city together and soon Pasupala became the concrete Purusa. − − 7. Established in that city, the king brought the Vedas there by contemplating on them. − − 8. The king also arranged there for all the Vratas, rules and sacrifices laid down in them. − − g. The king once felt distressed and evoked the karmakanda (the scripture of ritualistic action1), and then the Supreme lord remaining in yogic slumber, got forth a son with four faces, four hands and four feet and embodying the four Vedas. − − 10. Frem then onwards every object of sense came to be under the king's perfect control. − − 11. He found alike the sea and the forest, the grass and the elephant as a result of his invocation of the Karmakanda.1
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However, the Raja replied that he doesn't desire to have attachment to any of the pleasures men may have and released the son and others. Thus freed from them, the Raja Pashupla stood there alone.<ref name=":0" />
However, the Raja replied that he doesn't desire to have attachment to any of the pleasures men may have and released the son and others. Thus freed from them, the Raja Pashupla stood there alone.<ref name=":0" />
Agastya said:
=== Indriya Nigraha & Samabhava ===
As Raja Pashupala stood free from bondage, Rshi Agastya further explained that the Raja made himself into a tri-coloured being and produced a tri-coloured son named Aham (Ego). The son got a daughter of the form of Avabodha (consciousness) and her son was Vijnana (knowledge). Vijnana got five sons comprehending all comprehensible objects viz. Aksa and the rest (ie. eyes, nose, ears, tongue and skin; the Panchajnanedriyas). These sense-organs were the Dasyus who were subjugated by the Raja earlier.
It is said that in their abstract form, they made an abode for themselves (within the Raja); a city consisting of nine outlets (navadvaras), a single pillar, four pathways, and numerous rivulets and ponds. They all entered the city together and soon Pasupala became the concrete Purusha.
Established in that city, Raja brought the Vedas there by contemplating on them. He also arranged for all the Vratas, rules and rituals laid down in them.
Once as the Raja felt distressed, he evoked the karmakanda (the scripture of ritualistic action), and then the Supreme being remaining in yogic slumber, got forth a son with four faces, four hands and four feet and embodying the four Vedas.
From then onwards, every object of sense is known to have come under the Raja's perfect control. He found alike the sea and the forest, the grass and the elephant as a result of his invocation of the Karmakanda.
It is interesting to note here how the entire description is an allegory based on the principles of Sankhya philosophy.<ref name=":0" />
Bhadraiva said:
Bhadraiva said: