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## Chapter 26
**Subject:**
**Harivaṃśapurāṇa**
**Subject:**
The 'Ārya' Vidyādhara, having abandoned his studies, remained there with his 'Manorama' Vidyādhari. He became the king of that place and had a son named 'Hari'. This 'Hari' became the founder of the Harivaṃśa. In this lineage, further down the line, the story of King 'Sumitra' and Queen 'Padmāvatī' in Kuśāgrapur (Rājagṛha city) is described in chapters 234-236.
**Chapter Fourteen**
In the Vatsa country of Jambudvīpa, there was the city of Kauśāmbī. King Sumukh ruled there. This section describes the city of Kauśāmbī and King Sumukh in a poetic style, along with a description of the spring season.
**Chapters 222-223**
While going for a forest excursion, King Sumukh became enamored by the beauty of a beautiful woman and began to think about abducting her. When questioned by his minister, King Sumukh explained the reason for his anxiety. The minister then began to make efforts to fulfill the king's desire.
**Chapters 224-225**
As evening approached, the minister Sumati sent a messenger named Ātreyī to the beautiful woman, Vanamālā. Vanamālā was also secretly attracted to King Sumukh, so the messenger's efforts were successful, and Vanamālā came to the king's house in the absence of her husband. Sumukh and Vanamālā began to experience joy from their mutual union.
**Chapters 225-228**
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**219-220**
**220-221**
**Chapter Sixteen**
After the liberation of nine Tirthankaras in succession after Bhagavān Śītalanāth, when the time came for the womb-incarnation of the twentieth Tirthankara, Muni Suvratanāth, Queen Padmāvatī saw sixteen dreams. King Sumitra explained their meaning.
**Chapters 237-238**
The birth of Bhagavān Muni Suvratanāth. The gods performed the birth ceremony by bathing him with the water of the Kṣīrasāgara. After his childhood was complete, he was married to beautiful women.
**Chapters 238-240**
**240-241**
A literary description of the autumn season.
**Chapter Fifteen**
King Sumukh and Vanamālā lived happily together. Once, they offered food to a Muni Raja named 'Vardharma' and thereby shortened the lifespan of the Vidyādhara couple. Subsequently, they both died from a thunderbolt and were reborn in the cities of 'Haripur' and 'Meghapur' on the Vijayārdha mountain. There too, they came together as husband and wife. The husband's name was 'Ārya' and the wife's name was 'Manorama'.
**Chapters 229-233**
Due to the separation from Vanamālā, her real husband, 'Vīrak' Seth, suffered greatly. Subsequently, he took initiation and became a god in the first heaven.
**Chapters 233-234**
Description of attaining liberation. The soul of 'Vīrak', through his knowledge of the past, came to know about his former beloved 'Vanamālā' and her abductor 'Sumukh'. He brought them from Vijayārdha to the city of Champāpur in the Baur Bharasakṣetra.
**Page**
**241-244**
Seeing the bright clouds, which were like the moon, disappear instantly, they felt detachment. They began to contemplate the impermanence of worldly things. The worldly gods praised their detachment. Description of the initiation ceremony, the offering of food to Vṛṣabhadatt, the five wonders bestowed by the gods.
**Chapters 244-245**
After completing the thirteen months of the Ugrasthā state, they attained omniscience. The gods created the Samvasarana, celebrated the knowledge ceremony, and through divine sounds, they encouraged the practice of Dharma. The group of ascetics residing in their Samvasarana...
**Chapters 246-247**
**247**
**Chapter Seventeen**
In the same Harivaṃśa, Muni Suvratanāth Tirthankara had a son named Suvrat. Suvrat had a son named...