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In the Mahapurana, the Uttara Purana, the elephant, like a thunderbolt, was very strong, like a garland of pearls. Darkness was defeated by the sun, just as the three-backed one defeated the horse-headed one. ||11|| That horse-headed one, though defeated in the battle of illusion, still sent his cruel discus towards the three-backed one. ||162|| The three-backed one, after circling it, caught it with his right arm. He then held it and aimed it at his enemy. ||163|| He cut the horse-headed one's neck in two. As the lord of the three parts, the three-backed one became the half-wheel-bearer. ||164|| With the victory he gained, and with the victory of his brother, the wheel-bearer, the three-backed one went to the mountain of Vijayardha and made the king of the city of Rathnapur, Jwalanajati, the lord of the two rows. This is right, for the fruit of the lord's anger and grace is manifested here. ||165-166|| The three-backed one enjoyed the wealth of the kingdom for a long time, but he was not satisfied and continued to desire enjoyment. As a result, he died and went to the seventh hell, being a great beginner and a great accumulator. ||167|| There, he suffered for a long time the pain he had inflicted on others, as well as the pain related to the earth. Finally, he escaped from that difficult hell and, due to his intense sin, became a lion on the mountain of Singhagir, near the bank of the river Ganga, in the Bharat Kshetra of this Jambudvipa. There too, he committed intense sin, and therefore he went to the earth called Ratnapraba, where fire burns. There, he suffered terrible pain until he reached the ocean. Then, he was expelled from there and became a lion with shining hair on the peak of the Himalayas, in the eastern direction of Sindhukuta, in this Jambudvipa. ||168-171|| That lion, whose face was terrifying with sharp teeth, was once seen eating a deer he had caught. At that time, the Charana Muni, Ajitanjaya, with the Muni Raja, Amitaguna, was passing through the sky. They saw the lion and, remembering the words of the Tirthankara, out of compassion, they descended from the sky and reached the lion. They sat on the rock and loudly spoke words of Dharma. They said, "O noble king of the deer! In your previous birth as the three-backed one, you enjoyed the best objects of the five senses for a long time on a soft bed. You enjoyed freely with your beloved and desired ones. ||172-176||