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Chapter Forty-Five
349. Then, having defeated Nal, the ocean-dwelling, celestial being, who was strong in arms, and whose army was slain, was bound. ||66||
Having been honored and released, he was established in the rule of Padma-nama. ||67||
Satyashri, Kamala, Gunamala, and Ratna-chula, all adorned with the qualities of women, were conceived by the ocean-dwelling, celestial being, who was delighted, as if they were the wives of the gods, for Lakshmana, the son of Lakshmīdhara. ||68-69||
Having stayed there for one night, they went to Suvela-giri. There, in the city of Suvela, there was a celestial being named Suvela. ||70||
Having defeated him also in battle, with ease, the celestial beings played there, delighted, like the gods in Nandana. ||71||
Then, in the delightful Akshaya forest, they spent the night comfortably, and the others, adorned with excellent beauty, were eager to go to Lanka. ||72||
That Lanka, which was adorned with high ramparts, filled with golden mansions, adorned with white lotuses like the peaks of Kailasa, illuminated with various kinds of floors and light, filled with lotus forests, adorned with the creations of wells, etc., adorned with lofty, multi-colored Jain temples, and pure, like the city of Mahendra, was seen by all the celestial beings, who were the best of the celestial beings, and they stayed in the Hamsa-dvipa, filled with joy. ||73-76||
Having defeated the mighty king Hamsa-ratha in battle, in the delightful city of Hamsa-pura, they played as they wished. ||77||
The messenger has been sent again and again, and he will surely come today or tomorrow. They were waiting, hoping for that. ||78||
The venerable Gautama says that the virtuous beings, wherever they go,
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