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He exhorted her to repent of her sins and to take refuge with the Jinas The queen followed his advice and became a nun (619-640)
Jambī, in order to show the effects of indulgence in passion, related
The 9th story of the enamoured Vidyadhara
In the celestial city of Gaganavallabha on the Vaitadhya mountain there lived two Vidyadharas, the brothers Megharatha and Vidyunmālin In order to attain some magical power ther each resolved to marry a girl of low extraction, with whom however, they were to live in chastity for a whole year So these biothers went to Vasantapura and thence to a village of Cåndālas whose confidence they succeeded in gaining They gave themselves out to be natives of Ksıtıpratistha and to have been disowned by their parents The Cándālas admitted them into theil community on condition of their conforming to the habits of Candāla life and gave them each a deformed gırl for wife Vidi unmālın nevertheless loved his spouse who, at the end of the year, was big with child He therefore refused to leare her then his brother, who had been true to his purpose, went home promising, however, to return after a yeai At that period things were worse than before The wife of Vidrupmālin,
enacted as in the Jaina form of the story, with the result that the woman becomes ashamed and repents
The incident is also found in a slightly altered form in the Avadānas, translated from Chinese originals by Stanislas Julen (Vol II, pil) There was once a woman rich in gold and silver who was in love with A man She followed him with her riches, and the two arrived on the bank of a rapid nyer The man took her things, and deserted her as in the Jaina story Then she saw a "renard sauvage' who had caught a hank, and had let it go to catch a fish in the river He lost both The woman said to the fox, “You must be very stupid, Tour wish to get both things has caused you to lose both " The fox answered · I admit that I have been stupid, but your stupidity far aceeds mine
This story is said to be an extract from the Encyclopodra FaYouenIchnalo! (TAU SEY)
| SR No. | 010713 |
| Book Title | Sthaviravali Charitra or Parisista Parva |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hermann Jacobi |
| Publisher | Asiatic Society |
| Publication Year | 1932 |
| Total Pages | 467 |
| Language | Sanskrit, Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 12 MB |