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In a past life, a divine voice emerged from the Kevali, saying that in a city called Yakshastana, there lived two brothers named Surapa and Karshaka. ||137|| One day, a hunter captured a bird and brought it to the village. Moved by compassion, Surapa and Karshaka paid a price to free the bird. ||138|| Later, the bird died and became a Mlechcha king, while Surapa and Karshaka died and became Udit and Mudit. ||139|| Because they had protected the bird in its previous life, the bird, now a general, protected these two monks. ||140|| The hunter, through the power of karma, was reborn as a Brahmin named Vasubhuti, achieving the highest human existence. ||141|| As one acts in a previous life, so they are born in this life. This is the fate of all beings in the cycle of existence. ||142|| What is the point of studying scriptures created by Indra and others? The only duty is to accumulate good karma, which is the cause of happiness. ||143|| Due to the influence of their good karma, the two monks, freed from suffering, reached the Nirvana realm, the Sammed Shikhar, and paid homage to the Jinas. ||144|| Thus, they wandered through many beautiful realms, worshipped the three jewels for a long time, and after death, ascended to heaven. ||145|| Vasubhuti, after wandering through many inferior births, attained human existence with great difficulty and embraced the path of asceticism. ||146|| After performing arduous austerities in his youth, he died and became a wicked astrologer god named Agniketu. ||147|| In the same Bharat Kshetra, there is a city called Aristapura, where a great king named Priyavrata ruled. ||148|| He had two queens, both possessing excellent qualities: Kanchanabha and Padmavati. ||149|| The souls of Udit and Mudit, reborn from heaven, became the beautiful sons of Queen Padmavati, named Ratnaratha and Vichitraratha. ||150|| The soul of Vasubhuti, who had become an astrologer god, was reborn as the son of King Priyavrata's other queen, Kanchanabha, named Anundhara. All three sons, born on earth, became famous for their virtues. ||151|| King Priyavrata, after entrusting his kingdom to his sons, spent six days at the Jinalaya, properly documented his deeds, and ascended to heaven. ||152||