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144
Pachpuranas
One who wanders in the wilderness of samsara for a long time, attains this human birth through virtuous deeds. (10)
Who, knowing, throws himself into a well, O great soul? Who drinks poison? Or who sleeps on a mountain peak? (110)
Who, desiring jewels, touches the head of a serpent with his hand? Or who is satisfied with the objects of the senses, which are destructive? (111)
Only the attachment to virtue is praiseworthy, leading to the happiness of liberation. The lives of those who are devoid of desire are extremely fickle. (112)
Hearing these words, which preach the ultimate truth, those women became calm and delighted in the rules according to their ability. (113)
Even in his beautiful body, that prince was free from attachment. He used to remove the impurities of karma by fasting from the fourth day onwards. (114)
With a concentrated mind, he used to make his body thin by various austerities, like the summer sun dries up water. (115)
That Sudarshan, with a steady mind, a hero, performed extremely difficult austerities for sixty-four thousand years. (116)
He attained liberation by dying in samadhi, accompanied by the five great vows. He attained the highest divine state in the Brahma-uttar heaven in the kalpa. (117)
Then, the same soul, who was his father Dhanadaseth in the previous birth, wandered through various births and was born in the city of Podanpur, located in the southern part of the Bharat region, in the Jambudvipa. His parents were a Brahmin named Agni-mukha and a Brahmin woman named Shakuma. He was born to them as a son named Mridumati. He was called Mridumati, but he was not soft-minded, but hard-minded. (118-119)
His mind was attached to gambling and disrespect, his path was dusty, and he was hated by people because of his various offenses. He was a bearer of extremely evil deeds. (120)
His parents, distressed by the insults of the people, expelled him from the house. He wandered here and there on earth and again reached Podanpur in his youth.