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Lord Saturn then said to Kind Vikrama, “O Vikramaditya! I have not tormented you in the least. Torment is what I gave to my guru. Can you even compare your misery with his? I have also tortured the devas and the asuras and filled them with woe. If you will listen carefully to their stories, you may begin to comprehend my abilities “One morning I went to my guru with folded hands. Saluting him, I said, ‘Guru Maharaj! I bow to you.’ “Guru said, ‘Yes, my child? Why have you come to me today? Tell me what I can do for you.’ “I said, ‘I am thinking of passing over your Moon.’ “May guru, naturally, got the shock of his lifetime, and said, ‘My son! Have pity on me, and don’t enter the constellation where my Moon sits at all.’ “But Maharaj,’ I explained to him patiently, ‘that is my duty. I cannot shirk my duty. I cannot spare anyone, not even you. If you are repulsed by the idea of giving me refuge, well then, O Compassionate Lord! How will anyone else allow me to affect them, or obey me? Everyone will insult me. No, I am going to turn my gaze on you within a very short time. That is the way things are ordained. I may be your pupil, but for now, please ask me for grace.’ “Hearing this my Guru Maharaj said with alarm, ‘How long will you gaze be on me?’ “I told him, ‘Seven and a half years.’ “’Impossible!’ he sputtered. “So I told him, ‘At least agree to let me reside with you for five years, or at the every least for two and a half years!’ but he was not ready to agree to this either, not would he agree to seven and a half, or even seven and a half days. “I then had the thought that it was inappropriate for me as a disciple to serve up exceptional misery for my guru. A guru is as compassionate as a mother, which is why the guru is always worthy of worship. Realizing that failure to comply with my guru’s request would make me fall into hell myself, I myself, I made obeisance to my guru’s feet, and in a humble voice I supplicated, ‘O Lord Mentor! I, the planet Saturn, am pleased with you, so, Guru Maharaj! Ask! Ask for a boon! Ask for a boon!’
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