20. He fell on the wings of the current air, which conveyed him whirling as in a whirlwind, beyond the limits of the seven continents and their seven fold oceans, to a place known as the land of gold and the paradise of the gods. 21. He fell from the sky in his very posture of _padmásana_ as he had been sitting there before; and sat with his head and upper part of the body erect, owing to the ascension or upward motion of the _prána_ and _apána_ breaths that were inhaled by him. (The rising breath like the rope of a pitcher, keeps the body from sinking downward). 22. Though hurled from such height, and carried to such distance; yet he did not wake from the torpor of his _samádhi_—meditation, (to which he sat fixed and intent); but fell down insensible as a stone, and as lightly as a bale of cotton. 23. I was then much concerned for his sake, and from my great anxiety to waken him; I roared aloud like a cloud from my place in the sky, and showered a flood of rain-water also upon him. 24. I went on darting hail stones, and flashing as lightnings in order to waken him; and I succeeded to bring him to sense, as the clouds rouse the peacock in the rainy season. 25. His body flushed and his eyes opened, as a blooming blossom and full blown flowers; and the drizzling rains enlivened his soul, as the driving rain, gives the lotuses of lakes to bloom. 26. Finding him awake, and seated in my presence, I cast my complacent look upon him; and asked him very politely, about the prosperity of his spiritual concerns. 27. I said, tell me, O great sage, who you are, and where is your abode, and what to do; and how is it that you are so insensible of your state, notwithstanding your fall from so great a distance. (It is a pity that men are so insensible of the fall of their heavenly souls to this miserable earth). 28. Being addressed by me in this manner, he looked steadfastly upon me, and then remembering his visit at mine, he replied to me in a voice, as sweet as that of the _chátaka_—swallow to the sonorous clouds. 29. The sagely siddha said:—You sir, shall have to wait awhile until I can recollect myself and my former state; and then I will relate to you the latter incidents of my life. 30. So saying he fell to the recollection of his past incidents, and then having got them in his remembrance, he related the particulars to me without any reserve, and as if they were the occurrence of his present day. 31. He then spoke to me in a voice, as soft and cooling as the sandal paste and moonbeams; and the words were as blameless and well spoken, as they were pleased to my ears and ravishing of my soul. 32. The siddha said:—I now come to know you sir, and greet you with reverence; and beg you to pardon my intrusion upon you, as it is the nature of the good to forgive the faults of others. (Because to err is human, to forgive divine).