Continued From here (Gadhi Investigates)
Sage Vasishtha
Gadhi recognized several objects and places connected with his life in that village - where he lay intoxicated, where he slept, where he ate, the dress he wore etc. From there Gadhi travelled to the Kira kingdom. He went to the capital city and there he enquired of the citizens: "Was this country ruled by a tribesman some time ago?" They replied enthusiastically, "Oh yes, and he ruled for eight years, having been chosen by the royal elephant! When his identity was discovered, he committed suicide. It was twelve years ago."
Just then he beheld the king come out of the palace with his retinue: and the king was disguised lord Vishnu! Seeing all this, he wondered: this indeed is the kingdom of Kira which I ruled not so long ago, which I see now as if it happened in a past birth! He asked himself, "It was like a dream: yet, it appears in front of me in the wakeful state! Alas, I am surely caught in the net of some sort of hallucination. I remember now that Lord Vishnu had granted me the boon that I would see his maya. Surely this is it." He left the city at once and went to a mountain-cave nearby and there performed intense austerity.
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