Sadhvi Vishrut Vibha
Be Obedient
Kulbaluk was an arrogant and undisciplined disciple of an Acharya. Whenever the Acharya tried to correct him, he felt insulted and thereby developed a feeling of aversion. So, this disciple decided to take revenge. One day when he saw the Acharya, along with his disciples, descending from a mountain, he tried to kill the ‘Acharya’ by pushing a huge boulder upon him from a height.
At that very moment the ‘Acharya’ happened to turn back and saw what the disciple had done.
Immediately with the help of some Mantras, he threw back the stone that was coming towards him. The ‘Acharya’ was infuriated by the evil action of Kulbaluk, he cursed him by saying, “A woman will bring forth your destruction.”
Thereafter, the group moved ahead leaving behind Kulbaluk. He now began to stay near a shrine of the ’Taapas’ and took ‘Aatapana’, in the hot sand of nearby riverbank. Occasionally, passersby would give him some food.
Meanwhile, Kaunik the son of Shrenik, was planning to conquer Vaishali. But he could not do so, because of the curse of Muni Suvrat. One night, in his dream, he got a divine message, which said, “You will be able to conquer Vaishali only when Kulbaluk, who knows all the secrets of the curse, is influenced by some prostitute.”
The very next day, Kaunik called for prostitute who agreed to perform this task. Disguised as a devotee, she reached Kulbaluk’s abode. She greeted him with ‘Vandana’ and said, “My husband has expired and now I am a pilgrim. I happened to hear about you and so I have come to pay my due regards. Please accept these alms from me.” Muni Kulbaluk accepted the alms, which included a special type of modak mixed with some medicine. Consequently, the muni got relief from a chronic disease. He felt indebted to her and gradually fell in love with her. He got distracted from his pious path and emerged into wordly affairs. She then took him Kaunik, learned all details of the curse and finally Kaunik succeeded in conquering Vaishali.
An ‘Acharya’ constantly strives for the upliftment of his disciples, but if any disciple violates his command then the disciple’s downfall is confirmed. Thus, every disciple should act according to his guru’s order to achieve success.
