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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PREVIOUS INCARNATIONS OF ARIŞTANEMI 19
Fifth incarnation as Aparajita (261-450) Now in West Videha in the province Padma there is a city Sinhapura which resembles a city of the gods. Hariņandin was king there, delighting the world, dulling others' brilliance like the overlord of brilliance (the sun). His chief-queen was named Priyadarśanā, dripping nectar with her glance, like moonlight.
Citragati's soul fell from Mahendrakalpa and descended into her womb, indicated by the great dreams. When the time was complete, Queen Priyadarśanā bore a son pleasing in appearance, like the ground of Pāņduka 27 bearing a wishingtree. The king named him Aparājita and he grew up gradually, tended by nurses. He grasped the arts in due course and reached youth in due course, a Minadhvaja (Kāmadeva) in form, an ocean with water of merit and grace.
He had a friend, a minister's son, Vimalabodha, dear (to him) because he had played in the sandpile with him and had been a fellow-student. One day they went outside (the city), riding horseback, for amusement; and the horses ran away with them and took them into a large forest at a great distance. When the horses were tired out, they got down from them at the foot of a tree and Prince Aparājita said to Vimalabodha:
“Thank heaven we were carried away by these horses ! How otherwise was this earth full of many wonders to be seen.? If we had asked our fathers for permission to go, unable to bear separation, they would certainly not have let us go. Now this is a good thing that has happened. This is a grief to our fathers -that we were carried away by the horses. For that very reason we shall roam about to overcome this calamity."
Just as the minister's son agreed to this, a man came there, crying "Save me ! Save me !” The prince said to him who had come for protection with trembling body and unsteady eyes, “Do not be afraid.” The minister's son said to the
27 265. A garden on the peak of Meru. II, p. 110. Either spelling, Pandaka or Pāņçuka, is used.