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The sixty-fourth chapter, in which the daughter of Prajapala, Yasasvati, and the virtuous Gunavati, arrived in the city of 'Tatparamaddhika', adorned with excellent prosperity. ||1||
The king, Lokapala, and the merchant, Kubera-kanta, along with all the women of the inner palace, went to meet those Aryikas and, having heard of the existence of the right Dharma for a long time, they engaged in giving charity and other good deeds. ||2||
One day, two Janga-charana monks arrived at the house of the merchant Kubera-kanta. Both the husband and wife welcomed them with great devotion and joy. ||83||
The pair of pigeons (Rativara-Rati-shana), who had known all the details of their previous birth just by seeing those monks, touched the feet of the Muni-rajas with their wings and bowed to them, and then they abandoned their mutual affection. Seeing this, the monks also became detached from the world, and both of them left the merchant's house without taking any food. ||84-85||
Priyadatta, who understood gestures, asked the female pigeon, Rati-shana, what her name was in her previous birth, knowing all this. ||86||
She wrote the name 'Rativega' with her beak. Seeing this, the pigeon was very happy, knowing that this was his wife from his previous birth. ||87||
Similarly, Priyadatta asked the male pigeon, Rativara, his name from his previous birth. Then he also wrote the letters on the ground, "I was called Sukanta in my previous birth." ||88||
Seeing this, and knowing that this was her husband, Rati-shana, desiring to stay with him, also attained union with him by the grace of the gods, and they both started living together. ||89||
Hearing all this, all the people sitting in the assembly were very happy, and they all sat with great eagerness, wanting to hear the rest of the story. ||90||
"Besides this, if you know anything else that we both have seen or heard, then tell us." On Jayakumar saying this, Salocana, watering that auspicious assembly with the water of her 'speech-like-ocean', said, "Yes, I know it well. Listen." ||11-12||