Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 5

SR No.: 001005
Original Sutra Author: Hemchandracharya
Author: Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1962
Total Pages: 507
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Mythology, & Story
File Size: 11 MB

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MARRIAGES OF VASUDEVA WITH MAIDENS
Reunion with Vegavati (458-474)
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Vegavati's nurse caught him. As he was carried by her, Sauri thought, "I think, indeed, that I am being taken through the air by bharuṇḍas, like Carudatta. Released on a mountain, he saw Vegavati's feet and the chief of the Yadus came out of the bag, after observing them. Yadava embraced the fair-toothed girl who was crying, "Lord! Lord!" and asked her," How did you find me?" Wiping away tears, she said:
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At that time because of a reversal of fortune, I did not see you on the couch, master, when I had risen from bed. As I was crying pitifully with the women of the household, the magic art Prajñapti told me about your kidnaping and fall. Knowing nothing further, I reflected, My husband, at the side of some sage, is calling a magic art by his power.
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After I had grieved over the separation from you for some time, with the king's permission I wandered over the earth in search of you, master. I saw you in the temple of the eternal Arhats with Madanavega and I followed you quickly when you reached the city from the shrine. Hidden there, I heard you call my name and because of your affection, I relinquished grief arising from the long separation.
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From anger Madanavega went to the interior of the house quickly and then Sürpaṇakhi made a fire from the power of an herb. Then she in the form of Madanavega seized you and I followed quickly to rescue you being carried by her. As I was standing below in the assumed form of Manasavega, she, powerful from magic arts and herbs, saw me and reviled me.
As I fled from her to a shrine, I offended a muni. Then my magic arts were lost and at that time I met my nurse. Considering, 'Where is my husband,' I ordered my nurse (to search) and, as she wandered about, she saw you as you fell from the mountain. You, inside the bag, were seized by her speedily, lord, brought to the tirtha, Pañcanada, on Hrimat and released. "