Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 4

SR No.: 001004
Original Sutra Author: Hemchandracharya
Author: Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1954
Total Pages: 449
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Mythology, & Story
File Size: 9 MB

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ŚRI ARANĀTHACARITRA
- 29 head-nun said, 'Priyadarśanā here is your sister in religion. Devoted to the practice of religion, stay with her, child.' So advised by Suvratā, Anangasundarī stayed there, with great affection shown her by Priyadarśanā.
Now, Vīrabhadra also clung to a plank when the ship was broken and was pounded by the waves. On the seventh day he was seen by a Vidyādhara-chief, named Rativallabha, and was taken to the top of Vaitādhya. Childless himself, he presented him to his wife, Madanamañjukā, as a son, with great joy. Questioned by them, he told the story of his own and his wife's fall into the ocean from the beginning, and said, 'Father, I was snatched from the ocean, like the mouth of Yama, by you; but I do not know how Anangåsundarī fares.' Rativallabha found out by means of the vidyā Abhogini and told him, 'Your two wives, Anangasundari and Priyadarśanā, are in the rest-house of Suvratā in the city Padminikhanda, practicing dharma like sisters.'
At the good news about both his wives, he breathes as if sprinkled with nectar on his body. At the very time that he was taken out of the ocean, he removed the pill that had made him dark and had resumed his natural fair color. Rativallabha married his daughter, Ratnaprabhā, borne by Vajravegavatī, to him. He announced there that his name was Buddhadāsa and enjoyed mundane happiness with Ratnaprabhā.
One day he saw Vidyādharas going in a crowd and asked his wife, 'Where are they going in a hurry?' She replied, "These Vidyādharas are hurrying to make a pilgrimage to the eternal Arhats on this mountain.'
After hearing this, he, a layman, named Buddhadāsa, wise, climbed the peak of Mt. Vaitādhya with her. There he paid homage to the statues of the eternal Arhats devotedly; and Ratnaprabhā danced, sang, et cetera before the god. He said, “This god is new to me, since I live in Sinhaladvīpa and Buddha is our family-deity, my dear.' She replied, 'Lord, for that reason only you say,