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Chapter VI.
* Third Previous Bhava. Marici.
26. In the Jambu Dvipa-surrounded by many oceans and continents with Mount Meru in its center, and in the southern half of Bharata Kṣètra a,-which is like a string applied to the bow and whose central district is watered by the two great rivers Gangā -the Ganges, and Sindhu fr-the Indus-there was a great town named Vinita fatar surrounded on all sides with numerous rows of magnificant trees, decorated with white sugarcanes, tall palmyra trees, and plants of red rice growing abundantly in its near-most boundary-a beautiful town, whose ground area was studded with numerous kinds of precious stones and emeralds; a great town, appearing beautiful by new families, was an actually new city like the Nasatya re gods in Amarāvati af the city of gods-a great town proud of-cleverness and strength like Sità a proud of her two sons Kusa and Lava ; a great town elegant with broad thorough-fares and streets, like the broad eyes of amorous females; a great town unseen by terrible defects, like Bibhiṣaṇa for in the army of Rāmacandra रामचंद्र, a great town inhabited by excellent people like Pātāla Nagari a town in Infernal Regions inbabited by Nāga Kumara na devas-a species of gods; a great town, twelve yojans long and nine yojans in extent, enclosed by very high golden fortress-walls adorned by numerous rows of excellent buildings and replete with wealth, gold, and precious stones; a great town in which the citizens fond of spotless beauty charm and youth, resembled Kama-dèva -the God of Love, in which the young females possessing natural beauty and charm would laugh at heavenly nymphs by the excellence of their beauty and charm.
*This event took place during the time of Tirthankara Bhagavan Sri Rṣabha-dèva Swāmi-Adi Nath (First Tirthankara).
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