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## Chapter 386
**386**
In the Padma Purana, Mahendra's daughter, Anjana, remained in the cave, awaiting the time of her delivery, after the Muni's assembly had purified her. (215)
Vasantmala, rich in knowledge and strength, fulfilled her desires regarding food and drink. (216)
Then, the Sun, as if unable to bear the sight of Anjana, separated from her beloved, desired to set, out of great compassion. (217)
The Sun's rays, like those depicted in a painting, became dim, as if they too were saddened by Anjana's sorrow. (218)
The Sun's orb, gathering the rays that were clinging to the peaks of mountains and trees, suddenly descended, as if it too was overcome by Anjana's grief. (219)
Then, the evening, red like the angry gaze of an approaching lion, covered the entire sky in an instant. (220)
After that, as if urged by an impending calamity, a line of darkness arose, like a Vetali emerging from the netherworld. (221)
The birds, who had been making a commotion earlier, became silent and perched on the branches of trees, as if terrified by the sight of the line of darkness. (222)
The sounds of jackals, fierce like the thunder of a great thunderbolt, began to echo, as if the approaching calamity had started beating its drums. (223)
Then, a fearsome lion appeared, shaking its mane, red with the blood of elephants, and bearing a crooked brow, like the line of a finger on a death warrant. (224)
It emitted powerful, echoing roars, as if tearing the entire sky into pieces, and it repeatedly thrust its tongue, as agile as the flames of a conflagration, into the vast abyss of its mouth, destroying countless beings. (225)
Anjana, hearing this account of her past life, was astonished and repeatedly condemned the evil deeds she had committed in her previous birth. (214)
Gautama Swami said to King Shrenik, "O King! Anjana, purified by the assembly of the Munis, remained in that cave, awaiting the time of her delivery." (215)