Chapter 9.  What the avadhutha learnt from the remaining seven preceptors.

The gurus from whom the ascetic learnt his lessons, dealt with in this chapter are osprey ( a kind of bird),the infant, the maiden, the forger of arrows, the serpent, the spider and the Bhringa( a kind of wasp).

The Lord concludes the ninth chapter informing Uddhava that listening to the discourse of the Avadhutha, King Yadu rid himself of all attachments and gained steady equilibrium of mind.


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