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The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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Raikva. As Raikva I describe him, too, who knows what<br />

Raikva knows."<br />

5-6<br />

Janasruti the great-grandson of Janasruta overheard this<br />

conversation. Immediately after getting out of bed, he<br />

said to his attendant: "Friend, did you speak of me as<br />

though I were Raikva, the man with the cart?" "What<br />

sort of person is Raikva, the man with the cart?" "As in<br />

a game of dice, when the krita is won, the lower ones<br />

also are won, so whatever merits people acquire all<br />

accrue to that Raikva. As Raikva I describe him, too,<br />

who knows what Raikva knows."<br />

7<br />

<strong>The</strong> attendant searched for him and returned without<br />

finding him. <strong>The</strong>n the king said to him: "Listen,<br />

where a knower of Brahman is to searched for, look<br />

for him there."<br />

8<br />

After proper search the attendant came upon a person<br />

who, lying underneath his cart, was scratching an itch.<br />

Humbly he took his seat near him and said: "Revered<br />

Sir, are you Raikva, the man with the cart?"<br />

"Oh yes, I am he," he answered.<br />

<strong>The</strong>n the attendant returned, saying to himself: "I have<br />

found him out."<br />

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