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The twenty-seventh chapter. The divine Shridhara, who was previously a Devaraja in Svarga, was born as the son of King Priyankara and Queen Ativega in the city of Prithvitilaka. Their daughter was named Ratnamala. ||11|| Ratnamala was given in marriage to Vajrayudha. The Jiva of Yashoda, who was previously a Devaraja in Svarga, was reborn as Ratnayu-dha, the son of Vajrayudha. ||12|| Chakrayudha, after entrusting the royal prosperity to his son Vajrayudha, engaged in severe penance at the feet of the Muni with pihitasrava, and finally attained Nirvana. ||23|| Vajrayudha also entrusted the kingdom to his son Ratnayu-dha and engaged in penance, but Ratnayu-dha became arrogant due to the intoxication of power and fell into wrong belief. ||24|| Once, the royal elephant of Ratnayu-dha, named Meghani-nada, went for bathing, but on seeing a Muni, he remembered his past life and did not drink water. ||25|| The king Ratnayu-dha did not understand the reason for this behavior of Meghani-nada, so he asked the Muni Vajradatta about it. ||16|| In the city of Chitrakara-pura, there was a king named Pritibhadra. His beloved wife was named Sundari, and they had a son named Pritikar. ||17|| Pritibhadra's minister was named Chitrabud-dhi, and his wife was Kamala. Their son was named Vichitramati. ||18|| The prince Pritikar and the minister's son Vichitramati, after hearing about the fruit of penance from Shrutasagara Muni, engaged in severe penance near his feet in their youth. ||19|| Those two, who were adorned with various types of penance and had a beautiful appearance, once went to the city of Saketa to see the Siddha-kshetras. ||20|| There, they saw a very beautiful courtesan named Buddhisena. Due to the fruition of his past karma, the minister's son Vichitramati fell from the state of a Muni and shamelessly abandoned the Muni-vrata. ||21|| Vichitramati, who had fallen from the Muni-vrata, became a cook in the service of King Gandhamitra. Being an expert in meat preparation, he pleased the king and obtained that courtesan as a reward. ||22|| That person, whose soul was constantly engaged in all kinds of sins, who had no shame in committing any sin, and who was fond of eating meat, went from this seventh earth.