Vasudevahimdi Madhyama Khanda Part 1

SR No.: 002648
Original Sutra Author: Dharmdas Gani
Author: H C Bhayani, R M Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1987
Total Pages: 422
Language: Sanskrit, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Literature
File Size: 22 MB

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Introduction
my father would win back Lalitapura with the help of his future son-in-law who was staying at that time at the hermitage of Bharadvaja. So in order to lure you (i. e. V.) my father contrived the trick of showing me being drowned in the whirlpool.
Rṣidatta (pp. 120-144)
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Hemadamṣṭra wanted to take V. with him to the Kanakacūḍa city. But Devarṣabha, the king of Tratapura and a friend of Bharadvaja, was to come to meet V. because there was a prediction that V. would marry. his daughter Surapsaras and help him defeat his enemies Manasavega and Mahasikhara. So Hemadamstra left without V.
Once a terrible ghost appeared in the hermitage and terrified the hermits. V. faught with it heroically and put it to flight.
carana mooks, Bhanuyasas and Bhanuvega, visited the hermitage, They narrated the following account of the royal monk Kanakaratha and the nun Ṛşidatta, who had just then attained Kevala at Bhadrilapura.
Hemaratha ruled over the city of Rathamardana in the southern Bharata. His son Kanakaratha was betrothed to Rūpint, the daughter of Sundarapani who ruled over the city of Kaveri. Kanakaratha left for Kaveri for his wedding. The marriage party came across a big forest on its way. While searching for some water source, it found a hermitage with a shrine. nearby. There lived a hermit. A beautiful girl was occasionally glimpsed in the vicinity. Kanakaratha encamped there for some time, and being curious about the mystery of the chance appearances of the beautiful girl, he showed great devotion to the hermit. He offered to marry the girl. Thereupon the hermit related his own account as follows:
Formerly I was king Harisena ruling over the city of Mrttika. Feeling disgusted with the worldly life, I became a hermit. My wife also joined me. We retired to this forest and lived in this hermitage. She was pregn ant at that time. She gave birth to a girl and died thereafter. I brought up the girl, who was named Rşidattă. To protect her from any danger when I went out, I gave her a magic ointment. By applying it to her eyes, she could become invisible. As by now she has come of age, I would gladly marry her to you. But she had been brought up indulgently. So you should treat her with great consideration. (pp. 126-127).