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## Chapter 194: The Scattering of the Rejection of the Cause
**Verse 74:** He should be banished from the city like a Chandala among Chandalas. Even if he is to be killed, he should be released by the king, for the Guru's command is to be respected.
**Verse 75:** She was attended by sixty-four thousand co-wives. She went to pay homage to the Jewel of Women and the Wheel-Bearer, with great joy.
**Verse 76:** The tears that fell from her eyes, as she bowed at the lotus feet of the Muni, fell upon the earth like the moon.
**Verse 77:** The Muni felt the touch of her tears and was immediately filled with a thrill. For Cupid is always seeking an opportunity.
**Verse 78:** Then, having informed the queen in the inner palace, they went out. The Muni, overcome with passion, said, "This is the cause."
**Verse 79:** "If the fruit of my difficult austerities exists, then in my next birth I will be the husband of the Jewel of Women."
**Verse 80:** "Oh, चित्र, what do you desire from the fruit of these liberating austerities? With what precious jewel will you adorn the pedestal of your feet?"
**Verse 81:** "This cause is born of delusion. Let it be abandoned now. Those like you are not deceived by false and evil deeds."
**Verse 82:** Even though he was being dissuaded by चित्र, the Muni still said, "Oh, the desire for the object is stronger than the cause."
**Verse 83:** They both, having been freed from the cycle of birth and death, attained the end of their karmas. They were born in the beautiful celestial palace of Saudharma, as gods.
## Chapter 23: The Story of Draupadi from the Pandava Charitra, as told in the Nidana Dhyana
**Verse 1:** Then, seizing the opportunity, Arjuna asked the Muni at the end of his discourse, "Why are the five Pandavas cursed?"
**Verse 2:** The Muni replied, "They are cursed by the cause they acquired in their previous birth. This has been determined by my investigation."
**Verse 3:** "In the ancient city of Champa, there were three earth-deities, brothers named Soma Deva, Soma Bhuti, and Soma Datta."
**Verse 4:** "They had three wives, born from love, named Naga Shri, Bhut Shri, and Yaksha Shri."
**Verse 5:** "They lived together in harmony, with the understanding that they would share their wives in turn, all living in the same house."
**Verse 6:** "When it was Naga Shri's turn to be with her husband, she prepared a variety of dishes, full of different flavors."
**Verse 7:** "She made a bitter, gourd-like dish, seasoned with many ingredients. She was unaware that it was poisonous, and it was left on the stove for a long time."
**Verse 8:** "She did not throw it away, even though it was made with many expensive ingredients, out of stinginess. She simply hid it in a secluded place."
**Verse 9:** "She then happily fed her husband and brothers-in-law with various other delicious dishes. They soon left."
**Verse 10:** "At that time, a great sage named Dharma Ghosha lived in the royal garden called Subhumi Bhaga."
**Verse 11:** "His disciple, Dharma Ruchi, was observing a fast for a month. He went to Naga Shri, like a Kirata to a Kalpa tree."
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