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The Mahapurana and the Uttara Purana, these two have been initiated. Why? This is the question. Then, the Sayika said, "O, Shanti, the auspicious one! Listen, in a previous birth, these two were the beloved wives of the king of the Saudharma heaven, Vimala and Suprabha. They went to the Nandishvara island with the Saudharma king to worship the Jina. There, their minds became detached, and they decided to take birth as humans in this cycle and perform austerities. After their life ended, they were born as the daughters of King Shrishena of Saketa, from his queen Shrikant, named Harishena and Shrishena. When they reached their youth, they were standing inside the mandap of their Swayamvara marriage. Then, they remembered their previous birth and the vows they had made. At that moment, they renounced their family and all the princes and took initiation. Hearing the words of Shanti, Sukumari became detached and, with the consent of her family, took initiation from the same Sayika. On another day, a prostitute named Vasantasena came to the forest, surrounded by many men who were begging her. Seeing this, Sukumari thought, "May I also attain such good fortune." At the end of her life, she was reborn as the wife of Somabhuti, a Brahmin who had become a god in the Achyuta heaven due to his austerities.
They lived a life of excellence there. After their life ended, those three brothers were reborn as you, the three jewels, the embodiment of great deeds: Yudhishthira, Bhima, and Arjuna. The souls of Dhanashri and Mitrashri were reborn as Nakula and Sahadeva, the embodiment of praiseworthy valor. Their radiance is like that of the moon and the sun. Sukumari's soul was reborn as Draupadi, the daughter of King Drupada and Queen Dridharatha of Kampilya. Hearing this account of their past lives from the Nemishvara, the Pandavas, along with many others, took to restraint. This is the true bond of the virtuous. Kunti, Subhadra, and Draupadi, adorned with the ornaments of virtue, also took the highest initiation from the Rajimati Ganini. Finally, the souls of all three were born in the sixteenth heaven and, after their life ended, they were freed from all karmic impurities and attained liberation.