Sri Vasista
After Lord Vishnu left, Gaadhi wandered about the 'bhuta' region again to know about the 'maya' that gripped him.
People told him the same things again. Then he entered the mountain cave once again to do penance to get the audience of Lord Vishnu.
Within a short time Vishnu appeared before him. Vishnu becomes a relative even if one prays to him once.
Bhagavan asked him 'you have done penance again. What do you want from me?'
Gaadhi
O Lord, I have wandered about the 'bhuta' region and the 'keera' country again. There is no differnece between people about my life.
You have told me that what all I saw was due to 'maya' (Even after I listened to you the same thing was said) Why is it so? 'Maya' should have been destroyed after talking to you. This is natural when one hears the words from great people.
Sri Bhagawan
O best of Brahmins, by some chance/accident, your state of being a chandala has got impressed upon the minds of the people of 'keera' country.
And so they were recounting the story again as it was what gets reflected can not be easly erased.
Near that village, some 'chandala' erected his house you have seen that in a dilapidated condition. You thought that that house was the same as you built.
Sometimes the same thought /illusion occurs to many people. The ways of mind are strange.
Similarly many people can see the same dream. It is like giddiness experienced by mind in several states like sleep, dream and intoxication.
Many children partcipate in one play and enjoy. In one pasture many deer graze.
Many people engage themselves in works at the same time and strive to achieve a united aim.
People say that time is obstructionist. O learned one, all time determinations occur only in the Self.
Bhagawan, time has no form. He is the never born Brahma himself. Where is the question of anything being taken or thrown away at any time or place?
Time in the world consists of years, aeons and ages. It conceieves matter and things and so out of that arise things.
Confused minds with the same luminosity see a thing with the same confusion. Similar was the case with the citizens of the 'Keera' country.
O gentle one, I an now going. You remain here inquiring into the Self and get rid of all delusions.
Saying this Vishnu vanished. Gaadhi remained in the cave still pressured by mental delusions.
-21 . After some months, he once again started worshipping Lord Vishnu again. After a great effort Lord Vishnu appeared again to him Gaadhi spoke this after due worship.
Gaadhi
-23 . O Lord, I am still deluded in my mind about the 'chandla' state of mine. To get rid of this enromous delusion, please set me into some action.
Sri Bhagavan
-27 . O best of brahmins, this world is all maya. It is like the arrogant and pompous show of Sambara (the Rakshasa king). Due to forgetting of Self, all kinds of surprising mental imagery and imaginations come forth. What you have seen in the 'bhuta' mandala and 'Keera' country is possible. It is caused by perplexions of people. The people of 'keera' country have seen the same things as you have seen due to perplexion. Even though all is unreal, since all of it has happened at the same time, the whole thing appeared real. I shall now tell you the truth which will dispel all your grief.
-30 . There was in ancient times of person called 'Katarya' in the same place with all the things that you have seen. After he lost all his family, he became the king of 'Keera'. After sometime, when it came to be known that he was a 'chandala', he entered fire and killed himself. While you were offering worship to me in the morning, while in waters, I caused it to make you feel that you were Katarya. You immediately thought so.
Just as mind forgets what it has seen, sometimes it can see what it has not physically seen.
This mind can see in the waking state some images just as in dream, and delirium states.
Some people can recall and see the present part and future happenings. In a similar way, Gaadhi, you could visualise 'Katarya's' story.
A jnani will not get under the illusions like 'I am this body' etc, while the reverse is the case with an ignorant person.
Those who know that 'I am everything, the Self' do not degrade to see things in parts and pieces, which is calamitous.
A jnani,who is aware of the truth, may engage in joys and sorrows and allow illusions. Even so he will never be drowned by it, like a 'tumbi' fruit which does not sink in water.
There is a residue of ignorance in you as you are still beset with vasanas. And so you are not able to steady your mind.
You are not able to overcome mental delusions due to your incomplete knowledge. Unless you are prepared, you can not avoid the consequences of rain and cloud.
You are overwhelmed by whatever comes into your mind. You are like a tree which comes within the reach of a tall person.
Mind is the centre and hub of the cycle of 'maya'. If this can be restrained, then no harm will come to such a person.
O Gaadhi, rise and perform penance for ten years sitting in this mountain cave. You will then attain that infinite wisdom/knowledge.
Saying thus, Lord Vishnu vanished like a cloud diffusing into winds.
-47 . Gaadhi became disenchanted and dispassionate. He blamed himself for the strange bewilderment into which he had slipped. Then he moved upto the peak of 'Rishyamuka' mountain. Casting off all wills and mental determinations, he did penance for ten years and attained the perfect knowledge. The high souled Gaadhi was relieved of all sense of joy and grief. He was always in a mood of delight. As one liberated while in life, he was like a full moon in the infinite sky of consciousness.
