the hermit persevered unshaken in his resolution o f maintaining- a dead silence. Seeing
this S a n g y a n g B a y u - o a m e up and beganfto batter his head with stónlsp which’instead o f
doing any injury to that usually tender part, were only broken themselvfeSdntói-many
pieces. B r d m a had then recourse to fire, which he heaped about the hermit,^so that he
was for a considerable time entirely concealed from the view, by the .Vast flames thereof,
and supposed to be completely destroyed, - When the fire had done burning, however,
the hermit was observed to continue in the same-situation as before, uninjured by
the destruetiveelement, and, likegold., Only the more pure and beautiful.
Astonished and exasperated at- all this, the deities then began to assail the hermit
with all their various weapons, viz. 1. c h a k r a , 2. k o n t a,- 3 . fu i r d a ia l i , 4 . n e n g 'g a h f , S . p a -
r a t u , 6 . l im p u n g , 7. p a s o p a t i , and 8 . t r i s u la . Th e body of the hermit proived invulnerable.
' The deities then, quite confounded and ashamed o f theirfa ilure, returned to
G u r u , and informed him-of all that had been: done.
i S a n g y a n g .G u r u thèn went himself to the hermit, and asked him. what it was he
wished.to obtain by his penance, telling him at the same time, that if he was desirous
■of having beautiful and accomplished virg ins,h e had plenty at his service. Receiving
no reply, S a n g y a n g G u r u then said to him, “ I know what the o b je c to f this penance
“ ‘is, and I should possess very limited power i f I did ho t know every wish of thy
“ heart;. Thou art ambitious o f supplanting me in the power-and rule, which*!' 'hold
•ff;in heaven; but thou deceivest thyself. Wert !thou:to:do pénance -for^iOne-thou-
“ sand years, while I should continue tto enjoy .-myself in aseries of.upinterrupted
■“ pleasures, thou wouldst never be able to come near to1 me in pow.er or g lo ry ; for. after
“ T é j a or C h a y a (which signifies light or brightness), B u r n t , (the earth), and'.L i p i g i t
ifH(the sky), I stand:the next eldest work o f creation; tand the powetósüperiof to.(hese
u just mentioned-is S i n g y a n g W i s é s a y w h o is .the-oldest and greatest of,all:” ,,vJ!Cpon
this the hermit, could contain himself no longer, 'but- bursting into laughter, 'said,
“ Thou art wrong, and what thou hast said.of S a n g y a n g W i s é s a , is.trüo ó f the Ai-
“ mighty himself only, whose displeasure thou hast consequently incurred by what thou
“ hast just stated. Know that I am S a n g y a n g K a n e k a p ü lm ; and to .prove, to thee that
“ I know better than to believe what thou hast said o f S a n g y a n g \W i $ é $ Q f r l would
only ask thee who could have been the cause o f those sounds which were heard by
“ W i s é s a before the heavens and earth were. Without doubt they were occasioned by
* a power older and greater than him.”
On this G u r u was silenced, and had not a word to say. H e then entieated K a n e k a -
p i d r a to tell him who this eldest and most powerful being was,-proposing,- at the same
time, that he should go with him,' and -become joint ruler over the. deities in heaven.
M These sounds,” answered S a n g y a n g K a n e k a p ü t r a , u were the voice of thé Almighty,
signifying his will that there should be created things o f an opposite nature.to'each
•“ other, as male and female, above and below, father and mother, beautiful and ugly,"
“ &e. &o!-rovery thing created having its opposite, except thee and me, who are one
<! and the same*’” 1
Sang y a n g
S a n g y a n g K a n e k a p û t r a a - r ià ^ S a n g& m ig ’i } n n u then ascended to heaven, and seated
thems‘el‘# s ?ônrt h ^ i i f a g ^ /? ÿ j^ « ^ ^ M 'q t h eM h ( j r ë in ^ m ^ f e r e fm ,sometime. S a n g
t0 6 8 f« j^& ÿ K a n e k t y ÿ j g j f a i o rem^iiMpnstantly
shut, inquired o f hunithwefuse, thereof, and was told by him that it contained the most
precious o‘f all precious StoneSj which had the wonderfu l power of making the possessor
o f it feel riëithters’ljungefj cpld^Bar thirst,iS&fe.' and which-fortifled him against .the effects
hr iWhter,
' J ^ e n S a n g y a n g G û r u heard this, he requested to'have the stone; h u t Jùm e lca*
pd'fr^tblddnm’it. was fefrkh g b b til^ fe -u r e^ -'that | ® M | pasE,thr(fe|l"j Hhe hands o f
innutfeS-able-people,landc'would S ^ r fr em in n wi&anynn'elbut-him ^fegtihed'to^bethe
possessor o f it. S m ’g ÿ a n g G u r u asked K a n é k d p ü l r a to part with ' and
with him. h^M^of ih
I t not only passed through his hands, but also through the ,h%ndst§ f , a J l ^ S S iC # h o
successivelyfeaught and attempted to. retaih;itC,1'Tfefm gçjcmSaatone..thenJalhng /down
Uponnhe first region o f the earth,* w h e f e ^ t d ^ T ^ e i t ^ ^ » | ^ p M r R ^ .
c e sa y e ljth r on gh ^ lk ïh ^ o th er s,’without '
y a r fg r& â m g ig d , -D m m p e l a n a n & .M a m k being. A W r .e t a i r i ,L l A f r
till coming to-the last region, A n t a B o g 0, the presiding deity, who w^s.inTKK-i.pe.l.hA a
dragon ^opened, his' mouth and swaUWedj§Éaa
S a n ê 3 / a » g GW* * e n asked 5'ang y a n g K a n e k a p ü l r a what he should do to become
possessed o f the precious stone ? ^ K a n e k a p ü l r a replied, he must go and search for it as
far-âs even the seventh region o f the earth. S a n g at
the^anTet. time-,wished) thaï K u m k a p x à m ^ u l^ o ih im ' a e l f ? a c co top a jk ^ b y , alLdhe"
d eities., . K a n e k a p ü l r a accordingly setoff, and. on his ariival at,1the.dp.rentwegkms,wa?
successively told by *the presiding, deities, that ^ k ^ é à à A Ù m Ü ^ i m d slipt through.,
their bands,Tin'd:had- passed down -into the séVenth a n ih loW e s ta e^ i., ;When,he .came'
there, h e and all the deitie%who. accompanied bîmv were k in à ly ^ c e k e d ’; by-A n ta , B a g e .
K a n e k a p ü l r a then told A n t a É ô g d . t h s t Gû%u , wasj[idfeSirou's-of having the'pr^bM-,
stmie, and would be-greatly obliged by his,giving m u p to him,, ■ À n t ^ m M à ^ à m e d
compliance, larid immediately his body b e c am e 'e^ teu d ^ p ^A ^ en cT fcle the. whole.hf
-hisiregion# It is further reported that h e had ninety nostrils. ~
that A n t a B ô g o - was making a display o f ‘the powershe,pOs^essteid?.iga.ve"ip^;ersTf|) r all. tRe
deities to enter his body by his various nostrils, and to make: search for the vessel called
c h k p u m â n e k a s la g in a , in which the r é t n à d u m i la was^ epq^ ted/'J,
* * ' * * * * *
W i s é s a seeing what had taken placé, re£rim§ndô<L the"'parties concerned, fertile»;
folly and mistake, and at the same time ordered thatithey shouldmlhforthwith depart
obt of-the body o f A n l a K & g o . ; Hejnext de se ed that,the b o d f J ^ A t m B é m should b e
carried away by the deities, in the same manner in which they had, formerly carried
the mountain. On their way with it to S m g y . a n g G u r u , tlic body decreased gradually
in size5 til?bit vanislïeQ^exitire]y.
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