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Mahapuraana, Uttara Puraana
"Having asked and learned all this, both brothers, filled with anger and grief, said to each other, "We have heard that even death in a cow-grazing field is a cause of merit. Or, let that be. Who can bear the death of their father?" Having said this, all the Muni-Kumaras, filled with affection, followed them. || 108-110 ||
Following the same path that King Sahasrabahu and Kritaveera had taken, they reached the outskirts of Ayodhya. There, having fought a battle with Kritaveera, they killed King Sahasrabahu and entered the city at dusk. It is right, for those who engage in unrighteous actions, the fruits of their deeds, like the poison of Halahala, quickly bring forth a succession of unbearable sorrows.
Meanwhile, the Shaandilya Taapas, the elder brother of Queen Chitramati, learned that Parashurama was eager to destroy all the descendants of Sahasrabahu, and that Queen Chitramati, due to the poison of the curse, had become pregnant by the Deva, the embodiment of the great Shukra, who had been born in heaven. In other words, the said Deva had entered the womb of Queen Chitramati. As soon as Shaandilya learned of this, he took his sister Chitramati and left secretly. He went to the Nirgrantha Muni named Subandhu and told him everything. "Arya! There is no one at my monastery, so I will go there and come back. Until I return, this Devi will stay here." Saying this, he left Chitramati with Subandhu Muni and went elsewhere. || 111-117 ||
Meanwhile, Queen Chitramati gave birth to a son. Considering that this child was the future Chakravarti of the Bharata region, the forest-deities immediately picked him up. Thus, the child, protected by the forest-deities, grew up slowly. || 118-119 ||
When a few days had passed, one day the Queen asked the Muni, "Swami! This child was born while embracing the earth, so please, by your grace, tell me about his auspicious and inauspicious signs." At the Queen's request, the Muni said, "Amba! This child will surely become a Chakravarti in his sixteenth year. And this will be the sign of his becoming a Chakravarti: this child will eat hot cakes taken from the middle of the ghee in a frying pan placed on a burning stove." || 120-122 ||
The Queen was satisfied with the Muni's words, which were full of logic. Then, the two sharp-edged swordsmen, who had made their flags from the skin of a tiger, said to each other, "We have heard in the scriptures that even death in a cow-grazing field is a cause of merit. Or, let that be. Who can bear the death of their father?" Having said this, all the Muni-Kumaras, filled with affection, followed them. || 107-110 ||