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## Twenty-Second Canto:
The festival of the eighth day of the Phalguna month arrived while Vasudeva was enjoying himself in Champa with the Gandharva Sena. ||1||
Devotees of the Lord, filled with joy, went to the island of Nandishvara, the Sumeru mountain, and other places. ||2||
Devas and Vidyadharas arrived in Champa, a city adorned with radiant houses, where Vasupujya was born, attained enlightenment, and achieved Nirvana. ||3||
From all directions, earth-dwellers and celestial beings, along with their wives and children, came to celebrate the festival of the Jina. ||4||
All the people of Champa, including the king, went out to worship the image of Vasupujya. ||5||
Some went in chariots, some on elephants, and others on horses and camels. The women of the city, adorned with beautiful ornaments, went out on the pilgrimage. ||6||
Kumar Vasudeva, mounted on a chariot drawn by horses, along with the Gandharva Sena, went out of the city to worship the Jina, carrying all the necessary offerings. ||7||
While passing through the midst of the army, Kumar Vasudeva saw a girl dancing in the guise of a Matanga-kanya in front of the Jina temple. ||8||
She was dark like the petals of a blue lotus, with round, full breasts, and adorned with ornaments that sparkled like lightning. She resembled the goddess of the rainy season, with her lush greenery, towering clouds, and flashing lightning. ||9||
Or, her lips were red like the petals of a Bandhuka flower, her hands and feet were like the finest lotuses, and her eyes were like white lotuses. She appeared like the goddess of the autumn season, embodied in form. ||10||
Or, she was a beautiful girl who, while dancing with devotion to the Jina, resembled the goddesses of wealth, patience, wisdom, Lakshmi, and Saraswati. ||11||
Singers, along with their entourage, were present in the arena of the dance. There were players of the mridanga, panava, dardura, cymbals, vipanci, and vina. ||12||