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## The Twenty-First Chapter
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Angarak, distressed, left the Kumar. The Kumar, fearing a fall, was somewhat dejected, but Shyamalchhaya, a maid appointed by Shyama, caught him in the middle and began to take him to her city. At that time, this celestial voice was heard: "The Kumar will benefit in this very village, so leave him here for now." Following the celestial voice, Shyamalchhaya entrusted the Kumar to her Parnaldhvi Vidya and went home. The Kumar, with the help of that Parnaldhvi Vidya, became light as a leaf and slowly descended towards the earth. ||111-113||
After that, the Kumar Vasudeva fell into a lotus pond, covered with lotuses, in the outer garden of the city of Champa. Emerging from the pond, he reached the shore. ||114||
On the shore of the pond was the temple of Shri Vasupujya Bhagwan, adorned with Manastambha and other things. Vasudeva went near, circumambulated, paid homage, and then settled in that very temple, illuminated by lamps. ||115||
In the morning, a Brahmin came to worship the deity. Vasudeva asked him, "What is this country? And what is this city?" In reply, the Brahmin said, "This is the Anga country, and this is the city of Champa, famous in the three worlds. Don't you know this? Oh, great scholar! Did you fall from the sky here?" ||116-117||
In response, Vasudeva said, "Oh Brahmin! You have understood perfectly. Do you know astrology? Your knowledge is true and consistent. Ah! The Jain teachings cannot be otherwise." ||118||
"Two Yaksha Kumaris, lured by my beauty, took me away. They started quarreling among themselves, and I escaped and fell from the sky to the earth!" ||119||
Giving this answer, Vasudeva, with his large eyes, assumed the guise of a Brahmin and entered that Champapuri, which was like the Gandharvanagari. ||120||
There, seeing people everywhere with veenas in their hands, he asked a Brahmin, "Why are these people wandering around?" ||121||
The Brahmin said, "In this city lives a Seth named Charudatta, who is as wealthy as Kubera. He has a daughter named Gandharvasena. She is proud of her beauty, is very skilled in Gandharva Shastra, and has made this rule: whoever defeats me in Gandharva Shastra and music will be my husband." ||122-123||
Lured by greed, these people, skilled in playing the veena and coming from various countries, have gathered here. ||124||