The Story of Surasundarī 9
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Then Citravega said: "O noble god! Tell me, for what purpose
did you then hand over the jewel and go away with swift speed?"
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Then the god said: "O handsome one! Hear this also as it is related:
Today I was commanded by the god Sasiprabha:
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'Go quickly, Vibhuprabha, to Jambūdvīpa in the land of Bharata,
to the city named Kuśāgra, near the noble monk Ghanavāhana.
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He has been seen by his former enemy while stationed there in meditation;
having seen him, that furious one will inflict an immense affliction upon him.
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Therefore, go quickly to that city for his protection!
I too shall arrive, having executed the command of Indra.'
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Then saying 'So be it', I came here with speed;
meanwhile, you were seen fleeing along with your beloved.
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By clairvoyance I knew that this was indeed Vidyutprabha,
my friend, who was fleeing swiftly, terrified by fear of Nabhavāhana.
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[Seeing that] 'This Nabhavāhana also is closely pursuing him,'
I thought: 'Let me do some service for my former friend.'
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Reflecting thus, I came near you,
and at that time a divine gem was given to protect your life.
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And then I went quickly into the presence of the noble monk Ghanavāhana,
and I saw the god creating an affliction for him.
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And I said: 'Hey, hey, lowest of gods! Where are you going now,
acting in this way toward monks venerated by the lord of the gods?
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Inflicting pain on monks to whom enemies and friends are equal—
O wretched one, where will you go, now that you have fallen into the path of my sight?'
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And when I had spoken thus, that Bhavanapati god, flustered,
fled suddenly; and meanwhile, as he entered pure meditation,
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With the departure of delusion, excellent omniscience arose in the monk; / then with supreme reverence I performed the worship of the omniscient one.
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Hearing the sound of the kettle-drums, many gods and men arrived; / the Dharma, the cause of the bliss of liberation, was preached to them by the omniscient one.
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Having found an opportunity, that omniscient one was asked thus by me: / 'Blessed one, what offense was committed by you against this god,
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because of which this evil-minded one was bent upon destroying [your] life?' / Then the monk said: 'Listen how there was enmity in another birth.
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In the Videha of Dhātakīkhaṇḍa there was an excellent city named Campā; / in it Padma was king, and Samaraketu was crown prince.
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Both brothers, whose souls were imbued with the words of the Jina, full of affection, / observed partial renunciation and sustained the burden of royalty with righteousness.
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When they had entered the assembly, Kapila, a nihilist, arrived; / he declared: "There is no soul, no omniscient one, and no nirvāṇa."
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By the crown prince, who knew the meaning of the scriptures of the Jina's doctrine, he was defeated in debate / with a multitude of various arguments, examples, and reasons.
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When he was unable to give any answer at all to the crown prince, / then he was mocked by the ministers, chief men, feudatories, and others.
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He became deeply embarrassed and fiercely enraged against Samaraketu: / "How indeed was I humiliated by this one in the midst of a great crowd?
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Reflecting thus, fuming with exceedingly fierce anger, / he departed from the assembly-hall and thought thus:
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"Previously I was never defeated in this world by any disputant; / how then was I vanquished in the midst of the assembly by this wicked one?
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So at night, having gone to his house and taken a sword, / I shall cut off his head, so that my mind may obtain satisfaction."
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Having entered into wrathful meditation and thought thus, at night / he took a weapon and entered the bedchamber of Samaraketu.
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He remained hidden behind the wall of the privy; / having performed his morning duties, the crown prince came there.
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Along the path illuminated by men with lamps in their hands, / there arose then in the prince the desire to go to the privy.
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Stationed in the privy, that evil-minded one was seen there by the men; / drawing his sword, he was instantly seized and bound.
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He was recognized by the crown prince: 'This is that nihilist Kapila; / surely, having been defeated in debate, he entered here for the purpose of killing me.'
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Seeing that Kapila with a miserable face and trembling body, / who had abandoned hope of life, compassion arose in the prince.
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Then it was said by the prince: 'For now you are released alive; / having left my country, you must dwell [elsewhere], O villain!'
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Being told thus, he fled, and having gone to a distant land, / he settled in a Bhīla settlement crowded with Bhīla folk.
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Now on another day, Padma, having consecrated his son to the kingdom, / renounced the world in the presence of his guru along with the crown prince.
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Both of them, accompanied by their guru, wandering in various countries, / set out with a caravan toward the excellent city named Ratnapura.
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Having somehow strayed from the caravan, both monks, bewildered in the forest, / reached the settlement and entered it in search of drink.
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Wandering about, they were seen and somehow recognized by Kapila; / and seeing the monk Samaraketu, he became exceedingly enraged.
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Kapila then thought: 'By this one I was defeated even in debate, / and at that time I was ordered to leave the country by this villain.
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So by some deceit I shall now bring an end to this enmity'; / having thought thus, he bowed to those monks with supreme reverence.
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They were led to his own house, and food and drink mixed with poison were given; / and he said with courtesy: 'Venerable sirs, eat right here!
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Exhausted from walking on the road, in a secluded spot here, / having eaten and rested, you may depart at dawn.'
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Addressed thus by him, they, being of pure intent, having rested for a moment / and performed their scriptural recitation, began to eat.
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Out of compassion for the monks, a presiding deity removed that poison; / having eaten, both then began to perform their scriptural recitation.
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Then Kapila thought: 'Alas! Why did they not die from the poison? / Surely the power of the poison must have been removed by the force of mantras.
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Therefore at night this shaven-headed one must certainly be killed by me; / while he is living, there is no satisfaction for me.'
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When night arrived, having performed their scriptural recitation, the sādhus slept; / and at midnight Kapila came for the purpose of killing the sādhu.
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As he drew his sword to strike the sādhu, / he was struck down with that very sword by the enraged deity.
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Having entered into wrathful meditation, he died and went to the second hell-earth; / the monks, too, having practiced faultless monkhood for a long time,
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and having completed their time according to rule, both were born in the heaven named Saudharma, / filled with bliss, in a celestial vehicle crowded with hosts of apsarases.
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And after that, the soul of Padma, having experienced a lifespan of one sāgaropama there, / [was born] on this continent, in Airāvata, in the city of Vijayā.
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He became the son of a man named Dhanabhūti, named Sudharma; / and having practiced monkhood, he was born in the second heaven.
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In the Candrārjuna celestial vehicle he became a god named Śaśiprabha; / his lifespan was complete at precisely two sāgaropamas.
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Good sir, Vibhuprabha! That god is now the lord of your celestial vehicle, / by whose command you have come into my presence.
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That soul of Samaraketu, having experienced one sāgaropama together with eight palyopamas / in the divine existence, then fell from there.
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Right here in Bharatakṣetra, in the city of Kuśāgra, in the womb of Subandhudattā, / the beloved queen of King Bhadrakīrti,
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that god was conceived, and in due course a boy was born from her; / the name Ghanavāhana was given to him at the proper time.
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Growing up in due course, he attained youth, delightful to the people; / having anointed him in the kingdom, his father became an ascetic.
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He, too, having protected the kingdom for many hundreds of thousands of pūrva years, was enlightened; / having established his son Naravāhana on the throne, he renounced the world.
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Good sir, Vibhuprabha! Wandering about, that very person, I, arrived in this city today; / and then I stood here for one night in the posture of meditation.
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That Kapila, too, having experienced terrible, great suffering in hell, / having exhausted a lifespan of one sāgaropama and more, was reborn [on earth].
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He was born in the country of Magadha as an Ābhīra named Sābhaṭa; / and having practiced foolish penance, he became that Bhavanapati god.
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He was born there as a Paramādhārmika god named Uvaruddha; / having seen me here, he came with demonic wrath.'
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Remembering that enmity, he arrived in order to kill me.
Thus I have related to you in brief the cause of this enmity.
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O Citravega! Then once again that omniscient one was questioned by me:
‘O Blessed One, how long is my lifespan, or where will my birth be?
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Who indeed will be my father? Who will awaken [me] in the Jina’s Dharma?’
And when I had spoken thus, O Blessed One, he began to say:
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‘The remainder of your lifespan is twenty-one crores of crores of years.
Then, departing from there upon the exhaustion of your lifespan, in Hastināpura,
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in the womb of Queen Kamalāvatī, [consort] of King Śrī-Amaraketu,
obtained through many meritorious deeds, you will be reborn as a son.
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And there, abducted together with your mother by the god who was your former enemy,
O Citravega, you will grow up in the house of the king of Vidyādharas.
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The one to whom you presented the divine jewel as you were coming into my presence,
he indeed will become your true father in that birth.
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Receiving the lay Dharma in the presence of the teacher Supratiṣṭha,
and then attaining monkhood, you will make an end to saṃsāra.’
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When the omniscient one had spoken thus, saying ‘So be it’ and honoring his words greatly,
I circumambulated him thrice and bowed down again to that Blessed One.
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Then, rising up, I arrived here into your presence.
All that which was asked by you has thus been related.
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O Citravega! Instruct me now what is to be done by me.”
Then Citravega said: “O best of gods, listen to my words.
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She who was my wife was carried off by Nabhavāhana, deeply afflicted with grief,
wailing with a pitiful voice upon seeing me in that condition.
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Even when enveloped by the coils of the serpent, my mental suffering was not such
as it was hearing the sound of her pitiful weeping and lamentation.
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Tell me, how is she now? Is she alive or not?
Through your clairvoyance, you know everything as if before your eyes.”
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Smiling slightly, the god then said: “O noble one, listen!
Weeping, that wife of yours was taken to Gaṅgāvarta.
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She was then placed by Nabhavāhana in his own inner apartments.
Afflicted with intense grief, she thought thus, it is said:
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‘All the limbs of my beloved were seized by terrible serpents;
he must have been abandoned by his life-breath, I believe, through intense agony.
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Even if somehow he lives, still there is no union for me with him,
carried off [as I am] by this wicked man endowed with the power of magical sciences.
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Therefore, now it is proper for me, tormented by grief and intense sorrow, to die.
Even in a dream, let no other man touch my body!’
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Having deliberated thus, she immediately consumed very virulent poison;
closing both her eyes, she then fell onto the surface of the earth.
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Seeing her in that state, an outcry of distress arose there.
Hearing that, the Vidyādhara Nabhavāhana also came there.
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Recognizing the effect of the poison, he employed various mantras and rituals;
he tied jewels that destroy poison onto her limbs.
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Yet no improvement came to the girl who was struck by the poison.
Then many Vidyādharas skilled in anti-venom mantras were summoned.
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Even though they applied themselves with all diligence, they could not restore her.
Then, concluding that she was dead and having performed her funeral rites,
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that girl was carried to the cremation ground by Nabhavāhana’s attendants.
Having placed her on a funeral pyre, fire was then kindled.”
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As the god related only this much to Citravega,
O Dhanadeva, listen now to what happened there at that time!
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Hearing of his beloved's death, his entire body crushed by unbearable, intense grief,
as if struck by a thunderbolt, as if swallowed by a fierce serpent,
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as if seized by a rākṣasa, as if struck by a heavy club,
the Vidyādhara, sighing long breaths, distraught with intense sorrow,
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his eyes closed in a swoon, suddenly fell down upon the surface of the earth;
with all bodily movements ceased, he became as if bereft of life.
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Seeing Citravega in that condition, the god then
brought cool water and sprinkled it over all his limbs.
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And a very gentle breeze was made by me with my own upper garment.
Then, although he somehow regained consciousness after a moment,
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the Vidyādhara fainted repeatedly, bewildered by extremely intense love,
pained by grief as he remembered the death of his exceedingly beloved wife.
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Somehow or other he was consoled, but, still afflicted with intense grief,
he sat with his face cast down, shedding large tears. Meanwhile,
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he was addressed by the god: “Why do you torment
yourself for the sake of a mere woman, by feeling such sorrow?
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Abandoning improper conduct that is censured by wise men,
O handsome one, you should diligently meditate on the true nature of things!
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For living beings wandering in endless saṃsāra,
union and separation with desirable and undesirable things occur hundreds of times.
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Neither joy in union nor despair in separation from the beloved
should be felt by an intelligent person, understanding the true nature of saṃsāra.
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Moreover, because of the power of that passionate attachment which you did not abandon in your previous birth,
even after attaining monkhood, even in heaven
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you were devoid of splendor, power, and radiance, and so also in this birth,
such suffering of separation has been attained through the fault of that karma.
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Even so, why do you still not abandon your passion for her today?
This very thing is the ultimate cause of such sorrows.”
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Then Citravega said: “O best of gods, my right eye twitches,
and you are seen with a smiling face; therefore tell me the truth!
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Does that girl truly live, or has that noble woman died?
If you were indeed my friend in another birth,
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let her be shown quickly, or else there is no life for me!
I feel ashamed saying much; this alone is my firm resolve.”
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Smiling slightly, the god then said: “O noble one, if it is so,
then look behind you so that you may behold your beloved!”
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Addressed thus by the god, turning his neck, as he looked,
he immediately saw his wife, her limbs adorned [with ornaments].
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Seeing her, Citravega, feeling doubtful in his mind, said:
“O best of gods, abandon joking with me now and tell the truth!
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Is this truly my beloved who was abducted by Nabhavāhana,
or has a divine illusion been created by you for the sake of consoling me?
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If, having consumed poison, deeply sorrowful, she died in separation from me,
then how has she arrived here alive, with her body uninjured?”
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Then the god said, “She is indeed real, she is no divine illusion. / Having abducted her, she was brought here by me; now listen:
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As I was coming to you after performing the worship of the omniscient one, / I saw this wife of yours by means of clairvoyance.
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She had resolved on death. Then I thought: / ‘Taking her along, I will afterwards go to my friend’s side.’
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Having reflected thus, I arrived at that city Gaṅgāvarta, / and there I saw her, her limbs agitated by the force of poison.
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Striking down the power of all spells, I arrested the poison; / then, thinking she was dead, they performed the death rites for her.
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That maiden was carried to the cemetery by Ghanavāhana’s attendants. / When fire was ignited after casting her onto the pyre,
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then, having carried away the poison and taken her, I arrived here. / In your presence, however, this doubt arose in me:
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‘Hearing of her death, what, I wonder, will this friend of mine do? / Is he still firmly attached, or has his love waned?’
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Thinking thus, O fair-limbed one, she was made invisible to you by me. / Having ascertained your resolve, she has now been revealed, good sir!
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Therefore harbor no doubt; she is indeed real Kanakamālā.” / When this was said, the Vidyādhara became very cheerful-faced.
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Then, bowing to that god, Cittavega with folded hands said: / “Excessive affection, courtesy—oh, what affection for a friend you have!
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Magnanimous people in this world are by nature devoted to doing good to others; / even when unbenefited by another, they always abide in benevolence.
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Life was given by you, and the torment of my mind was quenched by you; / [and] she was brought to me by you, unhurt.
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Whatever was formerly taught to me by you when my mind was agitated, / all that passed beside me like [water poured onto] a full jar.
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Through your power, O best of gods, I am now of sound mind; / whatever is to be done now, command it all.”
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Then the god said, “Indeed, sight of gods is never fruitless; / therefore speak, good sir, of something so that I may grant it to you.”
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Then Cittavega said, “If so, grant me that something / so that the Vidyādhara Ghanavāhana cannot overcome me.”
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Then the god said, “Since he, bewildered by pride, / struck one accompanied by a woman, violating the ordinance established by the Vidyādharas,
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for that very reason the loss of his magical lore has occurred; / therefore he is now incapable, good sir, of overcoming you.
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And moreover:
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‘Kidnapped by a former enemy whose fierce anger was aroused, / then, O Cittavega, you will grow up in the house of a Vidyādhara lord.’
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Thus it was declared to me then by an omniscient one expounding the future life; / therefore you must become a lord of Vidyādharas.
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I now make you master of all the Vidyādhara lords / on the southern range of Vaitāḍhya; what need for anything else in this matter?
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Through my power, all the Vidyādhara spells / will be accomplished by you upon recitation, superior to [those of] other Vidyādharas.
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You will effect the severance of others’ spells and the fruitlessness of mantras and herbs / at will by a mere word to the Vidyādharas.
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Even exceedingly haughty Vidyādharas will all become obedient to your commands, / bowing in modesty, through my power, O good sir!
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Therefore, going now to the Siddhakūṭa peak on Vaitāḍhya, / having performed the eight-day festival for the eternal Jina images,
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and having propitiated Dharaṇendra and given all the Vidyādhara spells to you / according to rule, I shall then go to my own abode.”
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Addressed thus by the god, the Vidyādhara, bowing to his pair of feet, / uttered, “O best of gods, a great favor! May it be so.”
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Then, addressing me with great respect, that Vidyādhara, / with great joy, handed over this gem to me, O Dhanadeva.
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Accompanied by that god and with his wife, he flew into the sky; / and I too thereupon returned to my own place.
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Therefore, O Dhanadeva, in this manner was obtained by me / this gem that produces joy in the mind and is to be attained by much merit.
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Originated from heaven, this gem is excellent, O fortunate one, / pacifying all afflictions, especially a multitude of poisons.
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Therefore, Dhanadeva of great renown, take this divine gem, / the sole receptacle of all virtues, out of consideration for me; what more [need be said]?”
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Hearing this speech, Dhanadeva, skilled in words, said: / “O prince, that this meeting of mine with you has taken place,
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and that this speech full of sincerity [was spoken], good sir, / that very thing is greater to me than hundreds of thousands or lakhs of gems.”
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Then Supratiṣṭha, hearing the words spoken by Dhanadeva, said: / “It is indeed so, Dhanadeva; but I too, in this matter,
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consider myself fulfilled when the divine gem is accepted by you; / therefore, for the sake of my contentment, let the acceptance of the gem be done without hesitation.”
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Recognizing his great insistence, the modest one accepted that excellent gem. / Then Supratiṣṭha, approaching Dhanadeva once again, said:
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“Having gone to Kuśāgrapura, when returning towards your own city, / you must come here for the sake of favoring us.”
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Dhanadeva said, “May that time come without obstacle! / For this is the very path for us who are returning.”
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Having thus conversed and spent the night in his house, / when dawn arrived and the entire caravan was loaded,
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he, having done what was appropriate for that time, departed from there, / being followed by the chief of the settlement accompanied by his attendants.
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With great difficulty turning back that settlement chief with sorrowful words, / Dhanadeva, mounted on a mule, set forth together with the caravan.
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In time he arrived in the city of Kuśāgra accompanied by merchants. / Taking valuable presents to the presence of the king,
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he arrived [there]. King Naravāhana honored him greatly; / then the toll-collector [cleared] all the merchandise, making the Pañcakula a witness.
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Then, houses of the merchant Sāgara having been rented, / all the merchandise was unloaded by appointed men.
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Day after day merchandise was unloaded and barter goods were received; / and in this way several months passed in that city.
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While carrying on trade with the merchant Sāgara’s son Śrīdatta, / great affection arose for him.
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Then one day, through great insistence, Dhanadeva was invited / to his own house for dinner by Śrīdatta.
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And going there, he saw Śrīkāntā, endowed with superior beauty, / the sister of Śrīdatta, a maiden just entering fresh youth.
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Holding a palm-leaf fan in her hand, she fanned him while he dined; / she observed him limb by limb, and he then was filled with love.
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She gazed upon him affectionately with sidelong glances; / then Dhanadeva, captivated by her beauty, thought:
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“If only this maiden—if only they would give her to me when asked— / then my human birth would indeed have attained its purpose with her as my beloved!
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How might she become mine? Shall I ask myself, or through another? / If they do not give her to me when asked, humiliation would result.
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Or rather, [I am of] equal caste, wealthy, and free of vices, / and she too is in the flower of youth; therefore they will give her to me.”
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Reflecting thus and finishing his meal, Dhanadeva, / when betel, ointments, and other gifts had been offered by Śrīdatta,
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departed from the house; and having gone to his own lodging, / his heart pierced by Śrīkāntā, he lay down upon an excellent couch.
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Meanwhile, Śrīkāntā, overcome by passion and overwhelmed by longing, / went into the house-garden and lay down in the banana-bower.
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Her mind distracted there, she was bitten in the armpit by a black serpent; / seeing the snake, her body trembled with extreme fright.
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Approaching her mother weeping, stricken by pain, she cried: / “Mother! I have been bitten, bitten by a great black snake!”
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Owing to her delicate nature, the intensity of the venom's transformation, / the excess of agony, and the timid nature of womanhood,
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closing both eyes and losing all support, / she collapsed helplessly onto the ground before her mother's eyes.
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Seeing that, Śrīmatī, the merchant Sāgara, and likewise Śrīdatta, / along with the whole retinue, were instantly thrown into agitation.
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Then many snake-doctors, skilled in mantras and rituals, were summoned; / recitations of mantras were performed, and roots were ground.
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Some applied spells; others whispered recitations into her ear. / The mother lamented piteously, while the father comforted her thus:
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“O beautiful one, do not grieve! That prediction of the astrologer / will now be revealed, beloved: your son-in-law [will appear].
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For Sumati the astrologer never speaks falsely, O fair-limbed one! / Everything predicted by him in the case of Kamalāvatī came to pass.”
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While this was happening, when the snake-doctors there, despite applying every effort, / were not able to turn back the spread of her venom,
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all the attendants, the father, and the brother despaired on her account, / and they thought: “Will the astrologer's prediction turn out to be false?”
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Once more in that city all the snake-doctors were summoned by beat of drum, / yet no one was able to revive her who was bitten by the snake.
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In the meantime, Dhanadeva arrived there on some errand; / then he beheld the entire household in great distress.
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Seeing Śrīdatta, he asked: “Friend, why are you distressed? / You look downcast.” Then Śrīdatta said this:
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“Today my sister, the maiden Śrīkāntā, was bitten by a snake, / and no one can revive her; that is why we are in despair, friend!
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And furthermore:
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Formerly an astrologer had predicted: ‘He who revives this girl / when bitten by a snake will become her husband.’
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And now this word of his has practically become false, / since she has been bitten by a snake and no one revives her.
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Therefore, O Dhanadeva, hope for the life of our dearly beloved sister / is now broken for us; hence we are overwhelmed by deep grief.”
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Hearing this, Dhanadeva, his heart filled with joy, spoke thus: / “Do not grieve, handsome friend! That word of his will not be false.
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Come, let us first see your sister.” When he had spoken thus, / he was led to her presence, and Dhanadeva said to his own servant:
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“Bring that jewel given by Supratiṣṭha.” Then that servant, / quickly taking the divine jewel, came to his side.
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The divine jewel was washed with pure water, and then with that water / she was sprinkled; gracefully she arose, as if awakened from pleasant sleep.
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Moreover:
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That snake venom in her body, when sprinkled with the jewel-water, / vanished like deluding karma destroyed by pure meditation.
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Seeing that, both Śrīdatta and the merchant Sāgara rejoiced, / and declared: “Dhanadeva, this Śrīkāntā is given to you!”
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Then, at an auspicious moment, she was wed in a great festival; / and enamoured of her, he enjoyed sensual pleasures there.
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While he remained there for several months, engrossed in her youth, / meanwhile all his merchandise was sold by his men.
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A vast return-cargo was acquired, and all the caravan merchants prepared to leave; / then Dhanadeva took leave of his in-laws to depart.
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Then, endowed with abundant wealth and provided with an entire retinue of female and male servants, / Śrīkāntā was sent off by her father together with her husband.
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