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## The 27th Chapter
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Knowing of Nagashri's wicked deed, her brothers, the protectors, approached Varunarya and took the liberating initiation. || 215 ||
Seeing this, the other two Brahmani, abandoning Nagashri, also took the vow of restraint near Gunavati Aryika. This is the nature of the virtuous and the wicked. || 236 ||
Thus, these five beings, at the end of their lifespan, worshipped the four objects of worship and became Samanik Devas in the Aran and Achyut heavens, with a lifespan of twenty-two Sagaras. || 237 ||
They enjoyed pleasures there for a long time, with full awareness. Meanwhile, Nagashri, due to her sins, went to the fifth hell. After experiencing the suffering there, she was released at the end of her lifespan and was reborn as a venomous snake named Drishtivisha on the Swayamprabha island. Then, after dying, she went to the second hell, where she suffered for the duration of three Sagaras. After being released, she wandered in the Tras and Sthavar yonis for two Sagaras. Thus, wandering in the ocean of existence, when her sins subsided, she was born as a Chandali in the city of Champapur. || 238-241 ||
One day, she went to the Muni Raja named Samadhigupta, bowed to him, listened to the Dharma, and renounced meat and honey. Due to this, after dying, she was born in the same city as the daughter of a wealthy woman named Dhandevi, the wife of Subandhu Seth. She had a very foul-smelling body. Her parents named her 'Sukumari', a meaningful name. In the same city, there lived a wealthy man named Dhanadatta, who had two sons named Jindeva and Jindatta with his wife Ashokadatta. Jindeva's relatives wanted to arrange his marriage with Sukumari. But when Jindeva learned about this, he was disgusted by Sukumari's foul smell and became a disciple of Muni Raja named Suvrata, taking initiation from him. || 242-246 ||
After this, his younger brother Jindatta was repeatedly urged by his relatives, saying that it is not right to insult the daughter of a noble family. Fearing this, he married her, but he never went near her, even in his dreams, like a venomous snake. Thus, due to her husband's aversion, Sukumari constantly lamented her lack of virtue. || 247-248 ||
One day, she fasted. On that day, she...