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Padma Purana
The Muni said, "You are lustful and were about to go towards her. She is your mother, so I stopped you saying, 'Don't go.'" || 41 || Yakshadatt asked, "How is she my mother?" The Muni then narrated this story, for the minds of Munis are filled with compassion. || 42 || Listen, in the city of Mrtikavati, there lived a merchant named Kanak. His wife, Dhūr, gave birth to a son named Bandhudatt. || 43 || Bandhudatt's wife was named Mitravati, the daughter of Latadatt. Once, Bandhudatt impregnated Mitravati without her knowledge and left for another place by ship. || 44 || Later, when his in-laws learned about the pregnancy, they considered it a sin and expelled her from the city. The pregnant Mitravati, along with her maid, Utpalika, left for her father's house with a large caravan. But in the forest, Utpalika was bitten by a snake and died. || 45-46 || Then, bereft of her friend, Mitravati, with only her good conduct as her companion, arrived in this city of Kraunchapur, overwhelmed with grief. || 47 || In the garden of the deity, Sphyta, she gave birth to a son. Later, she wrapped the child in a jeweled blanket and went to wash clothes in a nearby lake. While she was gone, a dog took the child away. || 48 || The dog was the king's beloved pet, so it carried the child, wrapped in the jeweled blanket, to the king, Yaks. || 49 || The king gave the child to his queen, Rajila, who was childless, and named him Yakshadatt, because Yaks was the name of the dog and the child was given by him. You are that Yakshadatt. || 50 || When Mitravati returned and did not see her son, she lamented for a long time in sorrow. || 51 || Then, the deity of the garden, Sphyta, saw her and comforted her with compassion. He said, "You are my sister," and kept her in his own dwelling. || 52 || Due to lack of support, shame, or fear of disgrace, she did not go to her father's house and stayed there. || 53 ||
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