*SKANDHA X. CHAP. 34.*
(The Rasa is a teaching about conquering Kama by treating of indulgence
in Kama itself. Similarly this chapter treats of the conquest of
Vidyadhara. _Sridhara_.)
On the occasion of a sacred festival the Gopas went to the banks of the
Sarasvati. (Students will mark the significance of the Sarasvati, which
corresponds to Sushumna in the human system at this stage of spiritual
development). They adored Pasupati (Siva) and Ambika (Durga). They
passed the night on the river bank. A huge serpent swallowed Nanda. The
Gopas burnt the animal but it would not let go its hold; Krishna then
touched it with his feet and out came a Vidyadhara from the serpent
body. This Vidyadhara, by name Sudarsana, had been cursed by Rishi
Angiras for having slighted him and became a serpent.