The Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa volume 8
The Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa volume 8
Pratap Chandra Roy
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'Bhishma said, — 'Thus addressed by Iiidra, Matanga refused to hear what he was bid. On the other hand, with regulated vo'. Vs and cleinsel S3il, ho practised austeror penances by Parva. ] anucasana parva. 203 standing on one foot for a thousand years, his soul deeply en- gaged in Yoga- meditation. ^ After a thousand years had passed away, Cakra once more came to see him. Indeed, the slayer of Vala and Vritra said unto him the same words. " •' 'Matanga said, — I have passed these thousand years..., stand- ing on one foot, with soul rapt in meditation, and in the obser- vance of the vow of Brahmacharyya. Why is it that I have not yet succeeded in acquiring the status of a Brahmana ? — ^ " 'Cakra said, — One born as a Chandfila cannot, by any means, acquire the status of a Brilhraana. Do thou, therefore, name some other boon so that all this labour of thine may not prove fruitless !* — Thus addressed by the chief of the celestials, Matanga became filled with grief. He repaired to Gaya, and passed there a hundred years, standing all the while on one foot.
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