In English
Lesson offered by 's life
Evil desires rob man of peace. The tender hearts of students must be guarded against hypocrisy, conceit, and pomp. , the great hero of the epic, had the Sun-god Himself as his progenitor. He had divine blessing in ample measure. As a consequence, he possessed enormous powers. No one could overcome him in battle. But, on a few occasions, through man's own innate wilfulness and wickedness or through his goodness and purity, blessings are transformed into curses and curses are sublimated into blessings. 's life offers a good lesson in this respect. He approached and desired to learn archery from that divine sage. He sought also to gain some supra-human weapons like the , from him on the conclusion of his training; had vowed to destroy the entire caste, for had dealt with his father, , very cruelly. So, no boy was accepted by as a pupil. therefore claimed to be a himself, of the same caste as . accepted him as a boy and instructed him in archery and taught him the use of the also. But, in the end, he came to know that was a : He grew angry. He said: "Since you learnt archery from me through impersonation, I curse you that you shall never succeed in using this sacred ".