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In the Harivamsha Purana, a princess who had realized the futility of worldly life and was imbued with the spirit of right faith (Samyaktv) took initiation at a young age, wearing a white sari. ||157||
Her two brothers, Purnabhadra and Manibhadra, performed the excellent and supreme vows of a Shravak for a long time and finally attained the supreme state of the Saudharma heaven through Sallekhana. ||158||
After their descent from heaven, they were born as sons named Madhu and Kaitabha to the queen Dharavati of King Hemnabh of Ayodhya. ||159||
Later, Madhu was crowned king and Kaitabha was made the yuvaraja. The great king Hemnabh took Jain initiation. ||160||
Madhu and Kaitabha were unparalleled heroes on earth. They possessed extraordinary brilliance, like the sun and the moon. ||161||
A fearsome king named Bhimaka, who was like darkness and could not be subdued by petty vassals, took refuge in a mountain fortress and stood against Madhu and Kaitabha. To subdue him, the two brothers set out. On their journey, they reached the city of Vatapura, where King Virasena resided. ||162-163||
King Virasena, filled with joy, welcomed Madhu with great respect and honored him with his entire inner court, motivated by devotion to his master. ||164||
King Virasena had a wife named Chandrabha, who was beautiful like the moon and dignified. Chandrabha, who spoke sweetly, captivated the heart of King Madhu. ||165||
Just as a very hard Chandrakant stone becomes moist upon seeing the moon, so too, despite being hardened by the study of weapons and scriptures, Madhu's mind became moist upon seeing Chandrabha. ||166||
He began to think that the kingdom, along with Chandrabha, who is endowed with beauty and good fortune, is the cause of my happiness, and a kingdom without her is like poison. ||167||
Just as a blemish on the full moon is also beautiful, so too, the blemish on me, the king of kings, embraced by Chandrabha, is also beautiful. ||168||
Meaning: Although I will be criticized for my association with another woman - I will be called a blemish - yet, like a blemish on the moon, that blemish will be the cause of my beauty. ||168||
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