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While Indu峁�e峁嘺 and Bindu峁�e峁嘺 were fighting, a king of the 痴颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补蝉 came in his aerial car. He stood between them, his arm upraised, like the doorkeeper of a friendly deity, restraining them, and said: 鈥淲hy, princes, do you fight, wanting her for a wife, ignorant of the fact that she is your sister? Hear my story in detail.

In Mah膩videha of this same 闯补尘产奴诲惫墨辫补, on the north bank of the river 厂墨迟腻 there is a very extensive province 笔耻峁�k补濒腻惫补迟墨. In it there is a lofty mountain, named 痴补颈迟腻岣峢测补, the abode of 痴颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补蝉, like a silver diadem of the earth. In the northern row on the mountain in the city 膧dity膩bha there is a king, named Suku峁囜笉alin, like Ku峁囜笉alendra (艢e峁�an膩ga) in splendor. He has a virtuous wife, Ajitasen膩. I am their son, named Ma峁噄ku峁囜笉alin.

One day I went from that place through the air, like Garu岣峚, to the city Pu峁囜笉ar墨ki峁嚹� to worship the lord of Jinas. After I had worshipped the blessed Amitaya艣as,^[1] the Jine艣vara, with hands placed together, I heard a sermon. At the end of the sermon, I asked the Blessed One, 鈥楤y what action did I became a 痴颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补?鈥� He said:

鈥業n the very magnificent western half of 笔耻峁�k补谤补-varadv墨pa, on the broad southern bank of the great river 艢墨迟辞诲腻, in the province Salil膩vat墨, there is a city V墨ta艣ok膩, filled with people free from sorrow, like a svastika of the earth. Once upon a time a cakravartin lived there, named Ratnadhvaja, a M墨nadhvaja (K膩ma) in beauty, a Kuli艣adhvaja (Indra) in strength. He had two chief-wives, ornamented with good conduct. One of them was Kanaka艣r墨 and the other was Hemam膩lin墨. Kanaka艣r墨 bore two daughters, like intelligence and beauty, indicated by a dream of two shoots of a kalpa-tree in her lap. At a festival equal to a birth-festival the father and mother gave them the names Kanakalat膩 and Padmalat膩. Hemam膩lin墨 bore a daughter, delighting the family, named 笔补诲尘腻, indicated by the sight of a lotus-tendril in a dream. They attained the collection of arts and pure youth, like the manifold 艣r墨s of the three worlds brought together in one place.

笔补诲尘腻 became disgusted with existence because of the presence of the nun Ajitasen膩 and adopted mendicancy fittingly at her feet. One time, with permission of the nun, she performed a penance consisting of one-day fasts. In this there are sixty one-day fasts and two three-day fasts.^[2] One day when she had duly finished that severe penance, she was going outside on the highway for care of the body. She saw two powerful princes, eager for love, fighting over the courtesan Madanama帽jar墨. When she had seen them, 笔补诲尘腻 reflected: 鈥淥h, there is some beauty of the girl, since they are fighting on her account, see! By the power of this penance may I have such beauty in another birth.鈥� She made a 苍颈诲腻苍补 to this effect. She observed a fast at the end, died without confessing her 苍颈诲腻苍补, and became a very powerful goddess in Saudharmakalpa.

Kanaka艣r墨 wandered through existence, became you鈥攁 痴颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补-king, named Ma峁噄ku峁囜笉alin, because she had made gifts, et cetera, in the last birth. Kanakalat膩 and Padmalat膩, after wandering through existence, because they had practiced the dharma of gifts, et cetera, many times in former births, became Indu峁�e峁嘺 and Bindu峁�e峁嘺, sons of 艢r墨峁�e峁嘺, in the city Ratnapura in Bharata in 闯补尘产奴诲惫墨辫补. The soul of 笔补诲尘腻 fell from Saudharma-kalpa and became a courtesan, Anantamatik膩, in 碍补耻艣腻尘产墨 in the same Bharata. Now Indu峁�e峁嘺 and Bindu峁�e峁嘺 are fighting in the grove 顿别惫补谤补尘补峁嘺 over Anantamatik膩.鈥� After hearing about the former births, I came here from affection to prevent you from fighting by describing the former births. I was your mother in a former birth; this courtesan was your sister. You should know that everything in worldly existence is blossoming with delusion in this way. Neither father, mother, sister, brother, nor even an enemy, is recognized by people covered by the curtain of a former birth, alas! alas! Throughout life the soul is wound in love, hate, et cetera, originating in the body, like a spider in spider-webs. Therefore, abandoning love, hate, and delusion at a distance, resort quickly to mendicancy, the gate to the city of emancipation.鈥�

They said: 鈥淪hame! Shame! What have we, like wild animals because of delusion, undertaken for the sake of enjoying our sister? You were our mother in a former birth, but our guru in this one, since we have been kept from the wrong path by your enlightening us.鈥�

With these words, they laid aside their arms and took the vow together with four thousand kings under the guru Dharmaruci. Then they went to the fortress, Lok膩gra,^[3] by a very straight road, the thorns on the road in the form of their karma being burned by the fire of meditation.

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[1]:

A Jina in Videha in a past cycle.

[2]:

I.e., there was a three-day fast at the beginning and end of the fast and 60 one-day fasts with fast-breaking-days after each fast-day, making a total of 128 days. This fast is also called Karmacaturtha. See 罢补辫腻惫补濒墨, p. 109.

[3]:

The abode of the Siddhas.