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living for seventy-five lacs of years, will be the second Baladeva. Bhadra, the son of Suprabha, living for sixtyfive lacs of years, will be the third Baladeva. Suprabha, son of Sudarsana, living for fifty-five lacs, will be the fourth Baladeva. The fifth Baladeva will be named Sudarsana, with a life of seventeen lacs of years, son of Vijaya. The sixth Bala will be Ananda, the son of Vaijayanti, living for eighty-five thousand years. The seventh Baladeva will be Nandana, son of Jayanti, living for sixty-five thousand years. The eighth Baladeva will be Padma, son of Aparajita, with a life of fifteen thousand years. The ninth will be Rāma, son of Rohini, living for twelve hundred years. Among these, eight will attain mokṣa; Rāma will go to the heaven Brahma. He will attain mokşa in utsarpiņi in Bharatakşetra in the tirtha of Kṛṣṇa.
Prativasudevas (368-9)
Aśvagriva, Tāraka, Meraka, Madhu, Niśumbha, Bali, Pralhada, Lankesa, Magadheśvara, rivals of the Vasudevas, all fighting with the cakra, will perish from their own cakras which have gone to the hands of the Vasudevas."
Marici's future births (370-390)
When the Lord of Bharata had heard this and had seen the assembly filled with people capable of emancipation, delighted, he asked the Master again, "In this assembly of the Lord of the Three Worlds, consisting of animals, men, and gods, just like the three worlds being all in one place, is there any one, O Blessed One, who will purify Bharatakṣetra by founding a congregation, like the Blessed One?" The Blessed One explained: "That son of yours, Marici, the first Tridanḍin, is free from painful and evil meditation, adorned with right belief, meditating in secret on fourfold dharmadhyána. Now, his soul goes stained with karma like a fine cloth with mud, or a mirror by the breath. He will attain enlightenment gradually from contact with the fire of pure meditation, like
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