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Having heard the Dharma from the Guru, the king, relinquishing his worldly attachments, abdicated his kingdom and became a monk. He initiated his son Vasusen, but his wife, Sumitra, could not renounce due to her attachment to her son. ||7||
Overwhelmed by the intense grief of losing her husband and son, she died and was reborn as a Pulinda. Seeing the Charana, Nandimadra, who possessed the knowledge of past lives, she remembered her past lives and fasted for three days. ||7||
She was reborn as a celestial being named Meghamalini, the wife of Narada. From there, she was reborn on the southern bank of the Bharata region, in the city of Chandanpur, as the daughter of King Mahendra, a beautiful woman named Kanakmala, who captivated the hearts of the Vidyadharas. ||8||
In her Swayamvara, she chose Harivahana, the king of Vidyadharas in Mahendra Nagar, and became his beloved wife. ||82||
Once, she went to Siddhakut to worship the Jina images. There, she heard about her past lives from a Charana Muni, who possessed the knowledge of past lives, and became an Aryika. She performed the austerities of Muktavali and became the beloved of Sanatkumara, the Indra of the celestial realm. She lived there for nine Palyas, enjoying great happiness. After her death, she was reborn as the daughter of King Shlakshna Roma, the queen Kurumati, named Lakshmana. She was told that she would attain liberation in her third birth. Hearing this, Lakshmana bowed down to the Lord. ||83-85||
Later, when Gandhari, the sixth queen of Krishna, asked about her past lives, the Lord revealed them. He said that in the city of Ayodhya, in the Kosala region, there was once a king named Rudradutta. His queen was named Vinayashri. Once, she and her husband went to the forest of Siddharthaka and offered food to the Muni, Shridhara. ||86-87||
Due to the merit of this offering, after her death, she was reborn as an Arya in Uttarakuru, living for three Palyas. Then, she was reborn as the beloved of the moon, living for one-eighth of a Palyas. ||88||
Then, in the same Vijayardha, in the northern series, she was reborn as:
1. Shavari
2. Charana Muni
3. After death, she fasted for three days.
4. She became a...