Sage Gautama was a great philosopher and author of several
Holy Scriptures. The story of Sage Gautama creating a new eye to see sage Vyasa
explains how difficult it is to conquer pride even for a sage.
Once during a discussion, Sage Vyasa criticized a book
written by Sage Gautama on logic.
The discussion turned ugly when Sage Vyasa said that the
book was worthless.
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The pride of Sage Gautama was hurt and he declared that from
then onwards he will never look at the face of Sage Vyasa.
Sage Vyasa realized he made a mistake by hurting the pride
of his friend. So he asked for forgiveness.
But Sage Gautama was adamant that criticizing his book was
equal to criticizing his knowledge.
Sage Vyasa did not give up and kept pleading forgiveness.
Sage Gautama then decided to forgive Sage Vyasa. But he was
not ready to break his promise of not looking at his friend. So the sage
created a new eye and placed it on his right foot, and from there he looked at
Sage Vyasa.