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## Chapter Twenty-Fifth
Once, Dadhimukh, the brother of Madanvega, seeking to free his father from bondage, approached Kumar Vasudeva and spoke as follows: ||1||
"Hear, O Dev! In the lineage of the Namis, there were countless kings. Among them, the ruler of Arijanapura was King Meghnad. ||2|| He had a daughter named Padmashri. The celestial seers had prophesied that she would be the queen of a Chakravarti. ||3|| At that time, the king of Nabhastilaka, known as Vajrapani, desired her hand in marriage. ||4|| But when he failed to obtain her, he, the wicked Vidhyadhara, became enraged and challenged him to war. Meghnad was a powerful warrior, and Vajrapani could not defeat him. Thus, he returned to his city, unsuccessful. ||4-5||
At that time, some Muni-rajas attained the vision of Kevalgyan. A gathering of humans, gods, and Dharanendras assembled to worship them. In that assembly, Meghnad, worshipping the Kevali Bhagwan, asked, "O Lord! Who will be the husband of my daughter in this Bharat Kshetra?" ||6-7||
The Kevali Muni-raja, in response, described the worthy groom and his lineage. ||6-7||
He said, "In Hastinapur, born in the Kuru lineage, was a king named Kartavirya, who was very powerful. ||8|| He killed the sage Jamdagni, driven by greed for the Kamadhenu. Jamdagni's son, Parashuram, was also very strong. In his anger, he killed Kartavirya, the slayer of his father. ||9|| His anger did not subside. He, in his rage, killed many Kshatriyas, along with their wives and children, in battle. ||10|| At that time, Kartavirya's pregnant wife, Tara, fearing for her life, secretly left and went to the ashram of the sage Kaushika. ||10-11||
There, in fear, Queen Tara gave birth to a son who would destroy the terror of the Kshatriyas. He was the eighth Chakravarti. ||12||