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In the Mahapurana, the Uttara Purana, Bhriksha, Shatrumardan, Atibala, and these were the servants of the Bhil. Lohajanga and Shrisena were the friends of his son, Vanaraja. One day, Lohajanga and Shrisena both went to Hemabhanagara. There, in the forest, Shrichandra was playing, like the moonlight. Seeing her, they both praised her. There, a horse came to drink water. Seeing it, they both scorned the horse's protector, took the horse away, and gave it to Harivkram Bhil, satisfying him. After that, those two friends, desiring good, went from Harivkram to Vanaraja, who followed the path of injustice, and they began to describe well the beauty, radiance, and other qualities of Shrichandra. Hearing this, Vanaraja's desire for her was awakened. In a previous birth, Vanaraja was Suvarna Tejas, and Shrichandra was a girl named Anupama. At that time, Suvarna Tejas desired Anupama, but he could not obtain her. With that same love, he said to his two friends, "By any means, bring her to me." 478-486
He did not just say it, he also sent those two friends with great warriors. The two friends went to Hemabhanagara, and first found the location of the girl's golden house. Then, they dug a tunnel and reached the girl. There, they wrote a letter to this effect and placed it in the tunnel: "Shrisena and Lohajanga, the men of valor, have taken the girl. Just as Shani and Mangal go with the line of the moon at night, so we two are going to Vanaraja with the girl." They placed this letter in the tunnel and took Shrichandra away. The next day, at sunrise, when the letter was read, the news of the girl's abduction was known, and the king urged the girl's two brothers to bring her back. The two brothers went quickly and began to fight with them. Seeing her brothers, Kinnaramitra and Yakshamitra, fighting, Shrichandra was very sad, so she vowed that she would not eat anything until she had seen her shrine, located within her city. Making this vow, she remained silent. 487-492
Here, Shrisena and Lohajanga, the friends of Vanaraja, defeated the king's sons in battle, and very happily handed the girl over to Vanaraja. 493
When Vanaraja saw that Shrichandra was averse to him, he was clever in devising ways to reconcile with her.
1. Vanacharayanatmajasyā-l.
2. Imā mayi prītāṁ kurute iti bhāvaḥ. Kurvīte māla.