Vivagasuya 2.8: Adhyayana 8: bhadranaṃdi

2.8.44

aṭṭhamassa ukkhevao|
sughosaṃ nayaraṃ| devaramaṇaṃ ujjāṇaṃ| vīraseno jakkho| ajjuno rāyā| tattavaī devī| bhaddanaṃdī kumāre| siridevīpāmokkhā paṃca-sayā jāva puvvabhave| mahāghose nayare| dhammaghose gāhāvaī| dhammasīhe anagāre paḍilābhie jāva siddhe|

The foreword of the eighth chapter should be read as before. (Jambu Swami asked"Bhante! What is the text and meaning of the eighth chapter as preached by Shraman Bhagavan Mahavir?" Sudharma Swami replied--)
(The story in brief is-) There was a city named Sughosh. It had a garden named Devaraman. In that garden was a temple of Virasen Yaksh. That city was ruled by king Arjun. His queen was named Tattvavati. Theyhad a son named Bhadranandi Kumar. He was married to five hundred girls, chief among them being Shridevi.
Bhagavan Mahavir arrived. Prince Bhadranandi accepted Shravak Dharma (householder's code) on being asked by Gautam about his past birth, Bhagavan replied
(In past birth) There was a city named Mahaghosh. Dharmaghosh Gathapati lived there. He gave faultless food as alms to ascetic Dharmasimha 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 Bhadranandi... and so on up to... At last he will immaculately follow the ascetic code and at the end of this very life become Siddha (perfect), Buddha (enlightened) and Mukta (liberated) and attain nirvana ending all misery. Conclusion should be read as before.
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