In English
If there is a person who has recognised and understood the truth and yet adopts a bad path contrary to the dictates of his own heart, then the fact that he has taken to a wrong act must be due to qualities like anger or jealousy. Such qualities must have prompted him to do the wrong act. One night, , brother of , went to to tell him that what did was wrong. held his brother’s hands in great endearment and said that the sin which had committed had brought distress to all the citizens of . He said that because of ’s sin, there were snakes and cobras moving freely in every house where there should have been only recitation of the . In the temples where should have been worshipped, there were all kinds of insects and bad omens were seen because of the sin committed by . That there were insects in the food offered to God and that in places where was worshipped, there were snakes were all consequences of the fact that , though well versed in all the and knowing what was righteous conduct, still committed sin.