Scene I

[Matsyendranath's ashram. Gorakshanath is meditating. Enter an itinerant Yogi.]

YOGI: What an ugly, undivine, unbearable place! I have never been to an ashram that was so unspiritual. What kind of cowdung Master you must have!

GORAKSHANATH: Don't you dare speak about my Master that way! I have tremendous occult power.

YOGI: Show me your occult power!

GORAKSHANATH: [grabbing a knife] Here is a knife. If you strike me anywhere on my body you will not be able to injure me at all. That is my power!

[Yogi begins stabbing Gorakshanath.]

YOGI: All right. When I struck you, you were not hurt, but my blows always created a sound. But if you strike me with the same knife, not only will you not be able to injure me, but also you will not be able to produce any sound.

[Gorakshanath stabs the Yogi several times.]

GORAKSHANATH: You are right! Not a sound! How is it possible?

YOGI: If one identifies with the infinite, then no sound will be produced by a blow. This proves that I am superior to you in occult power.

[Exit Yogi]

GORAKSHANATH: [to himself] O Master, where are you now? I must speak to you about this. I will concentrate on you and see where you are and what you are doing.

[Gorakshanath sits down and begins to concentrate.]