Uttarajjhayana 128.1.1_12

128.1.1_12

U/13 cittasambhūijjaṃ trayodaśam adhyayanam /
jāīparāio khalu | kāsi niyāṇaṃ tu hatthiṇapurammi /
culaṇīe bambhadatto | uvavanno paumagummāo ||1||

Being contemptuously treated for the sake of his birth (as a Kândâla) Sambhûta took, in Hastinâpura, the sinful resolution (to become a universal monarch in some later birth); descending from the heavenly region Padmagulma, he was born of Kulanî in Kâmpilya as Brahmadatta; Kitra, however, was born in the town Purimatâla in the great family of a merchant; when he had heard the Law, he entered the order. (1, 2)
In the town Kâmpilya, both Sambhûta and Kitra (as they were called in a former birth) met again and told each other the reward they had realised for their good and bad actions. (3)
The universal monarch Brahmadatta, the powerful and glorious king, respectfully addressed the following words to him (who had been) his brother (in a former birth): (4)
We were brothers once, kind to each other, loving each other, wishing well to each other. (5)
'We were slaves in the country of the Dasârnas, then antelopes on mount Kâlañgara, then geese on the shore of Mritagaṅgâ, and Svapâkas in the land of Kâsi. (6)
'And we were gods having great power, in the regions of the gods. This is our sixth birth, in which we are separated from each other.' (7)
"Karman is produced by sinful thoughts, and you have entertained them, O king; it is by the influence of this Karman that we were separated." (8)
'I had done actions derived from truth and purity, and now I enjoy their effect; is this also true in your case, Kitra?' (9)