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Harivamsha Purana
Having achieved the desired result, she embraced the beloved, who was like her own life, and greeted her with sweet words. ||26||
Assuming the form and name of Prabhavati, she left the couple, having obtained their permission, and returned to her own abode. ||27||
Thus, having assumed the transformed form, the young Vasudeva resided with Somaśrī in the abode of Manasvega for some time. ||28||
One day, Somaśrī awoke first and, seeing her husband Vasudeva in his natural form, began to weep, fearing some calamity from the enemy. ||29||
The young man awoke and, seeing her weeping, asked, "My dear, why are you weeping?" She replied, "I do not see your transformed form, and that is why I am weeping." ||30||
He said, "Do not fear, for this is the nature of knowledge: it leaves the body of a sleeping person and returns when he wakes up." ||31||
Having said this, he assumed his former form, and Vasudeva, along with his beloved Somaśrī, remained there. ||32||
Then, one day, Manasvega somehow saw Vasudeva, and, complaining that "Vasudeva is living with my wife Somaśrī in a transformed form," he went to King Balasiṃha of Vaijayanti with his wife. ||33||
King Balasiṃha was a just man, and when he investigated the complaint, Manasvega was defeated. Defeated, Manasvega was greatly ashamed and rose to fight Vasudeva. ||34||
Seeing this, many Vidyadharas stood in support of Vasudeva. Then, a battle ensued between Vasudeva and Manasvega. ||35||
The mother of Vegavati gave her son-in-law Vasudeva a divine bow and two quivers filled with divine arrows, and Prabhavati, having learned of the battle, quickly gave him the knowledge called Prajñapti. By its power, the young man quickly bound Manasvega in battle. ||36-37||
Then, 1. -suparāvṛtti rūpaṃ m., g. | 2. -dūpalakṣitam g. | 3. patyā g, | 4. vedāt m. | 5. yuddhe.