Passage 31

In English

To take another instance, the battle went on for eighteen days, the were defeated and the were victorious. In the victory, was the charioteer and was in the chariot. After the victory, they came back to their mansion. was in the nature of a human being and there was a little remnant of ego in him. As is the common practice even today, the driver of a car is expected to come and open the door of the car when the owner will get down from the car. In the same way, on that day also, when the chariot came and stood in front of his house, he insisted on getting down first and opening the door. did not agree to this; and, in fact, in somewhat strong language, he admonished , asked him to get down first and go inside. Not recognising the inner significance of what has been given to him as a command, still indulged in an argument with . thought that in the battle, victory was on their side because of ; and he was afraid that some danger might come to him if he enters into an argument with ; and so somewhat reluctantly, he finally accepted what has said. As soon as got out and no sooner did go inside, , in one leap, jumped out of the chariot. As soon as jumped out, the entire chariot was in flames. All the who were witnessing this were surprised and asked why the chariot had burnt away like that. Then explained that during the battle, very powerful weapons were sent by heroes like , , and others and all these weapons were subdued and kept under his feet. If he had not got down first, the weapons would have exploded, killing and the others. explained that this was the reason for asking to jump out first and his jumping out later.