Passage 16

In English

An angel immediately emerged from the body of and said, “, today I am freed from my curse by the touch of Your Divine body! Once upon a time, I was the son of a Sage. But I was turned into a monster by a curse that I earned due to my evil deeds. You have now freed me from my curse, and I am eternally grateful to You. Not far from this place is the hermitage of Sage . There, an old devoted lady is eagerly awaiting Your arrival.” The two brothers then traveled north and sighted the hermitage of Sage . There they saw , a great devotee of . Her master, Sage , at the time of casting away his body, had told her that and would come there, and that she should wait for their arrival. Though extremely old, she held on to life in order to obey the command of Sage and to receive and in the hermitage. She offered them her humble hospitality, washed their feet with water, and sprinkled the water on her head. Satisfied, she then cast off her body. However, while dying, she directed to move in the northern direction, to meet at the mountain . From the mountain top observed them approaching and wondered whether they were sent by , his enemy. He then sent , his minister, to discover the identity of the two visitors.