Vivagasuya 2.4.40

2.4.40

cautthassa ukkhevao|
vijayapuraṃ nayaraṃ| naṃdanavaṇaṃ ujjānaṃ| asogo jakkho| vāsavadatte rāyā| kaṇhā devī| suvāsave kumāre| bhaddāpāmokkhāṇaṃ paṃcasayā jāva puvvabhave| kosaṃbī nayarī| dhanapāle rāyā| vesamaṇabhadde anagāre paḍilābhie| iha jāva siddhe|

The foreword of the fourth chapter should be read as before. (Jambu Swami asked—"Bhante ! What is the text and meaning of the fourth chapter as preached by Shraman Bhagavan Mahavir ?" Sudharma Swami replied--)
(The story in brief is--) There was a city named Vijayapur. It had a garden named Nandanavan. In that garden was a temple ofAshoka Yaksh. That city was ruled by king Vasavadatt. His queen was named Krishnadevi. They had a son named Suvasav Kumar. He was married to five hundred girls, chief among them being Bhadraa. Bhagavan Mahavir arrived. Suvasav accepted Shravak Dharma (householder's code). On being asked by Gautam about his past birth, Bhagavan Mahavir replied--
(In past birth) There was a city named Kaushambi. King Dhanapal ruled there. He gave faultless food as alms to ascetic Vaishramanabhadra and as a consequence acquired Ayushya karma (life span determining karma) to be a human being. Completing his life span there, he has reincarnated as Suvasav Kumar... and so on up to... At last at the end of this very life he will become Siddha (perfect), Buddha (enlightened), and Mukta (liberated) and attain nirvana ending all misery.
Conclusion should be read as before.
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