The words and works of Jesus caused unrest through all the land.
2 The common people were his friends, believed in him, and followed him in throngs.
3 The priests and rulers were afraid of him; his very name sent terror to their hearts.
4 He preached the brotherhood of life, the righteousness of equal rights, and taught the uselessness of priests, and sacrificial rites.
5 He shook the very sand on which the Brahmic system stood; he made the Brahmic idols seem so small, and sacrifice so fraught with sin, that shrines and wheels of prayer were all forgot.
6 The priests declared that if this Hebrew boy should tarry longer in the land a revolution would occur; the common people would arise and kill the priests, and tear the temples down.
7 And so they sent a call abroad, and priests from every province came. Benares was on fire with Brahmic zeal.
8 Lamaas from the temple Jagannath, who knew the inner life of Jesus well, was in their midst, and heard the rantings of the priests,
9 And he stood forth and said, My brother priests, take heed, be careful what you do; this is a record-making day.
10 The world is looking on; the very life of Brahmic thought is now on trial.