Uttarajjhayana 197.1.1_10

197.1.1_10

U/25 jannaijjaṃ paṃcaviṃśam adhyayanam/
māhaṇakulasaṃbhūo | āsi vippo mahāyaso /
jāyāī jamajannaṃmi | jayaghosi tti nāmao ||1||

There was a famous Brâhmana, Gayaghôsha by name, who was born in a Brâhmanical family, but who was pledged to the performing of the yamas. (1)
This great sage, who subdued all his senses, and who walked on the right road, came, on his wandering from village to village, to the town of Benares. (2)
There outside of Benares he took up his lodgings in a pleasant park; there he took up his abode in a pure place to live and sleep in. (3)
At the same time a Brâhmana, versed in the Vêdas, Vigayaghôsha by name, offered a sacrifice in that town. (4)
Now this houseless (monk) at the end of a fast of a month's duration, went to the sacrifice of Vigayaghôsha to beg alms. (5)
The priest wanted to turn the approaching monk off: 'I shall not give you alms, mendicant, beg somewhere else. (6)
'Priests who are versed in the Vêdas and are chaste as behoves offerers, who are versed in the Gyôtishâṅga and are well grounded in the sacrificial science, who are able to save themselves. and others, such priests ought to be presented with food and all they desire.' (7, 8)
When the great sage was thus refused by the priest, he was neither angry nor pleased, as he always strove for the highest good. (9)
Not to obtain food, or drink, or whatever else he wanted, but to save these people he spoke the following words: (10)
"You do not know what is most essential in the Vêdas, nor in sacrifices, nor in the heavenly bodies, nor in duties. (11)