Passage 5

In English

The three in the form of three women

, while going with the Sage, encountered three women of three different temperaments. The first woman he confronted was of Thamasik temperament. The Thamasik nature makes a person mistake truth for untruth and untruth for truth. It robs one of the capacity for discrimination. killed while keeping guard over the performance of 's . The two brothers saw to it that the was performed without any obstruction. After the successful completion of the , proceeded to , accompanied by and . On the way came to the hermitage of Sage . There he absolved of the curse which had turned her into a stone. might be deemed a woman of Rajasik temperament. After imparting moral advice to , went to with .