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## The Great Purana, Uttara Purana
**Chapter 28-42**
**28.** The Muni Suvrata Nath was born and given this name.
**29.** His lifespan was thirty thousand years, his height twenty dhanus, his complexion blue like the neck of a peacock, and he was endowed with all auspicious marks.
**30.** After seven thousand five hundred years of his Kumar period, he attained the throne and experienced a continuous stream of joy.
**31.** When fifteen thousand years had passed, one day during a time of thunderous clouds, his sacrificial elephant remembered the forest and stopped eating. King Muni Suvrata Nath, with his all-knowing vision, understood the elephant's mind.
**32-33.** With curiosity, he spoke to the people, in a beautiful voice, about the elephant's past life.
**34-35.** In a previous life, this elephant was a king named Narapati, ruler of Talpur. He was always distracted by pride in his lineage and other vices. He was ignorant of the difference between worthy and unworthy recipients, and was always deluded by false knowledge. He gave gifts to those who desired them, and as a result, he became an elephant.
**36.** This elephant does not remember his past ignorance, nor does he think of his former kingdom and its wealth. He does not consider the futility of giving gifts to the unworthy.
**37.** Hearing the words of the Lord, the noble elephant remembered his past life and immediately took up the practice of restraint and non-restraint.
**38.** As a result, the Lord Mallinath attained enlightenment and was ready to renounce all possessions. At that time, the worldly gods came and praised him, supporting his resolve.
**39.** He gave his kingdom to his son, Vijay, and received the initiation ceremony for liberation, a great blessing bestowed by the gods.
**40.** He rode in a magnificent palanquin called Aparajit, his fame spreading far and wide, his ignorance fading, and he was carried by the celestial beings, the humans, and the gods.
**41.** He went to the forest called Nila and observed the fast of the sixth day of the lunar fortnight. On the tenth day of the dark fortnight of Vaisakha, in the Shravana constellation, in the evening, he took the vow of restraint along with a thousand kings.
**42.** The king of the gods, Saudharma Indra, who desires liberation, saw the Lord Mallinath, the all-seeing, and offered him a garland of flowers.