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## The Sixty-Second Festival
**Chapter 153**
The ministers, having accepted his words as true, gathered together and placed a reflection of a Yaksha on the king's throne. They worshipped him, saying, "You are the lord of Podanpur." The king, having renounced the enjoyment of the kingdom, began to perform acts of worship, charity, and other virtuous deeds. He entered the Jina Chaitya with his entourage, performing the ceremony of peace.
On the seventh day, a fierce thunderbolt fell upon the image of the Yaksha with a loud roar. When the disturbance subsided, the inhabitants of the city celebrated with great joy, beating drums and making a grand festival.
The king, with great joy, summoned the learned astrologer and honored him, giving him a hundred villages along with the Padmini Khet. The chief ministers, with devotion, performed the ceremony of peace for the Arhant Bhagwan, the lord of the three worlds, and performed the great abhisheka. They placed the king on the throne and performed his coronation with golden pitchers, establishing him in a prosperous kingdom.
Thus, his time passed in great happiness. One day, he learned the celestial art from his mother and mastered it. With a desire to enjoy with the Sutara, he went to the Jyotirvana. He was there, enjoying himself as he pleased, sitting with his queen.
Meanwhile, the king of Chamarachanchpur, Indraashani, the son of Queen Asuri, a wealthy Vidyaadhara named Ashanighosha, was returning to his city after mastering the Bhamarī Vidya. Seeing the Sutara, he desired her and attempted to abduct her.
He separated the king from the Sutara by the trick of a fake deer. He then assumed the form of Shrivijaya and returned to the Sutara.
He said, "My dear, that deer ran away with the speed of the wind. I was unable to catch him, so I returned. Now the sun is setting, so let us both go to our city."
Saying this, the deceitful Vidyaadhara placed the Sutara on his flying chariot and departed. In the middle of the journey, he revealed his true form. Seeing this, the Sutara was greatly disturbed and exclaimed, "Who is this?"
The Vidyaadhara, Ashanighosha, who had assumed the form of the Sutara, said...