Seated in the boat, the danseuse in the guise of a student rowed the boat carrying both of them towards Angdesh’s capital. The innocent and gullible Rishyashranga was in no time charmed by the danseuse and accepted her proposal to visit her hermitage. The most beautiful danseuse adopted the form of a ‘brahmachari’ and set out in a boat towards Rishyashranga’s hermitage. This was just the occasion she was waiting for. As the state’s sleuths reported to the chief of the danseuses that Vibhadandaka would be away for a month, she decided to put her plan into action. Meanwhile Rishyashranga longed for the company of the student whom he had found immensely enjoyable. Taking his leave, Sage Ribhu left his hermitage and thus, some years elapsed. Sage Ribhu raised Nidadya, blessed him and accepted him as his disciple. One must try to overcome these mundane, materialistic needs.” Nidadya was enlightened by the sage’s words and fell at his feet. In this process, people forget that our life is beyond the physical existence. It is these necessities or the process of fulfilling these necessities that creates an infatuation or aversion for them. One must try to grow above all physical necessities. Sometimes the Pran gets satisfied and sometimes it is not. To all these questions, Ribhu replied: “O Nidadya! It is Pran (life force) that feels the hunger, so how do I justify whether my Pran is satisfied or not? Remember that our soul or Pran is different from our mortal being. Then Nidadya asked the great Sage as to where he was heading, where was his hermitage and if he was content with the food offered. But, like a cultured host, he treated his guest with all due respect and fed him well. A long time had elapsed since their last meeting and hence, Nidadya failed to recognize the great Sage. One day, Sage Ribhu went to meet Nidadya at his hermitage. Indra then took hold of the great Sage’s bones and made Vishwakarma, the celestial architect prepare the deadly Vajra (thunderbolt), with which he killed Vrittasura and resumed his authority over heaven. The gods then made a comb with a very sharp-edged tongue and licked Dadheechi’s dead body so that all the flesh and skin from his dead body could be peeled off. Having seen all the tirthas (places of pilgrimage), the great reverend Sage with his super yogic powers breathed his last for the benefit of the gods and the world. In order to fulfill the Sage’s last wish, Indra made all the holy places reach there in symbolic form. However, the sage expressed his last wish to visit or behold all the holy places of the world. But, as their request had a noble cause of putting an end to the terror of a demon, Dadheechi agreed. He told Indra that they may only get his bones after his death and to die at will was very difficult. The wise and learned sage Dadheechi patiently heard their woes and not once did he refer to Indra’s previous act of butchery.
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