14. Saying so, he was absorbed in the cooling ocean of his meditation; <after> which I directed my course to this way, and arrived at last before Ráma and this princely assembly.
15. Here am I, and all these are the incidents of my life, as I have related herein, regarding all what I have heard and seen, as also all that has passed on me.
16. Ráma said:—The eloquent Kunda-danta that made this speech to me, has been ever since sitting by my side in this assembly.
17. This very Brahmin bearing the name of Kunda-danta, that has sat here all along by me; has heard the whole of the sermon, which has been delivered by the sage, on the means of obtaining our liberation.
18. Now ask this Kunda-danta, that is sitting here by me at present, whether he has well understood the context of this lecture, and whether his doubts are wholly dissipated or not.
19. Vasishtha said:—Upon Ráma saying so to me, I looked upon Kunda-danta, and made him the following interrogatory, saying:—
20. Tell me, Oh you goodly Bráhman Kunda-danta, what you have learnt and understood, by your long attendance upon and hearing of my lecture, calculated to confer liberation on men.
21. Kunda-danta replied:—Sir, your lecture has wholly removed the doubts of my mind, and I find myself now as perfect master of myself, by my victory over all selfish passions, and by my knowledge of the knowable One.
22. I have known the immaculate One that is to be known, and seen the undecaying One that is worth our seeing; I have obtained all that is worth our obtaining, and I have found my repose in the state of transcendent felicity.
23. I have known this plenum, to be the condensation of that transcendental essence; and that this world is no other than a manifestation of this sel-fsame soul.