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The Seventy-First Letter
366
Even though the group of enemies is peaceful, it destroys like a collection of sins. A king who desires victory should not delay in destroying his enemy, just like a seeker of liberation. || 354 ||
Thus, your father was about to give you to Shishupala, as time passed. Hearing this, Narada, who was eager for war, informed Krishna of everything. || 355 ||
Krishna, endowed with six types of forces, went and killed Shishupala, and brought you back and placed you on the throne of the great queen. Hearing this, she was overjoyed. || 356 ||
Hearing this story, who would despise the great sages, considering them to be impure? || 358 ||
Then, Jambavati, bowing to the sage, asked about her past lives. The Lord replied with respect: || 359 ||
In this Jambudvipa, in the eastern Videha region, there is a country called Pushkalavati. In its city of Vitashoka, there lived a Vaishya named Damaka. || 360 ||
His wife was Devamati, and they had a daughter named Devila. She was given to Vasumitra, but became a widow after some time. || 361 ||
Disillusioned, she went to the Jinadeva and took vows. At the end of her life, she became a Vyantara Devi in the Nandana forest on Mount Meru. || 362 ||
After that, when her eighty-four thousand years of life in Pushkalavati, in the city of Vijayapur, came to an end, she was reborn as the daughter of Madhushena, a Vaishya, and Bandhumati, a beautiful woman named Bandhuyasha. Her prosperity continued to grow. || 363 ||
She had a friend named Jindata, the daughter of Jinadeva. Together, they performed austerities, and as a result, they became the beloved of Kubera in the first heaven. || 364 ||
From there, she was reborn in the city of Vajra in the country of Pundarika, as the daughter of a Vaishya named Suvarna and his wife, Suprabha. Her name was Sumati, and she was the best of daughters. || 366 ||
There, she offered food to the Ayika named Suvrata, and performed the Ratnavala fast, which made her a great Apsara in the Brahma heaven. || 367 ||
After a long time, she was reborn in this Jambudvipa, on the mountain of Khechara, in the city of Jambava, as the daughter of King Jambava and Queen Jambushena. Her name was Jambavati. || 368 ||
She was the daughter of Jambushena, and the wife of the son of Pavana, who was a lover of Shyamala. || 369 ||