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## Chapter Thirty-Eight
381. Then that virtuous lady, filled with virtue, declared, "O noble son of Arya, I am a woman of the season, capable of bearing a child." 40. Then, with a troubled mind, she asked, "What should I do now?" Asked thus, he said to her, "My dear, do not be troubled. Listen! I am Sheelayudh, the king of Shravasti, born in the Ikshvaku lineage, a destroyer of enemies. You must come to see me, along with your son, in Shravasti." 41-42. Thus assuring her, he embraced her in secret, enduring the pain of separation. Meanwhile, his army reached the hermitage of the ascetics. 43. Seeing his army, he was pleased and entered the city with them. After the king left, the lady, knowing the ways of the world, confessed the truth to her parents, saying, "I have become the secret wife of the shameless king Sheelayudh and am pregnant." 44-45. Then, after nine months, she gave birth to a beautiful son, resembling his father, as if he were manifested by him. Due to the pain of childbirth, she died soon after giving birth. And, due to the influence of Samyak Darshan, a Naga princess named Jwalanprabhavallabha was born. That is me. I have also attained the knowledge of the cycle of births and deaths due to divine grace. 46-47. Therefore, knowing all about my previous life, I went to the hermitage of my father and son, moved by compassion and affection. There, I comforted my grief-stricken parents and raised my son, who was in the form of a deer, by feeding him milk. Later, the sage Kaushiki, who had become a serpent due to the karma of her past life, bit my father out of old enmity. But I saved his life with an infallible mantra. Although my father was consumed by anger that could not be quelled, I taught him Dharma and made him embrace it, leading him to a higher realm after his death. Then, wearing the garb of an ascetic and carrying my son, I went to King Sheelayudh. 48-51. Seeing the king with great splendor, I said to him, "O King, your son is endowed with the qualities of a king..." 52.