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When asked about the Adipurana, her lotus-like face drooped, like a wilted lotus at sunset. She said, "It is true, I cannot speak such words in front of anyone, my heart is overwhelmed with shame." "But today, I am not ashamed to speak before you, for I am deeply distressed, and you are like a mother to me, and we are long acquainted." "So, listen, O beautiful one, I will tell you a great story. Seeing the arrival of the gods has brought back memories of my past life." "What was that past life like? What was that story? I will tell you everything in detail. It all seems so vivid in my memory, like a dream." "In a previous birth, I was called Dhataki-khanda, in a great island, lotus-eyed, surpassing even the heavens." "There, in the Videha region, west of Mount Meru, lies the country of Gandhila, which could conquer even the Devakuru and Uttarakuru with its beauty." "In that country, in the village of Patali, lived a merchant named Nagadatta. His wife was called Sumati, and they had five sons: Nanda, Nandimitra, Nandishena, Varensena, and Jayasena, in that order. They also had two daughters: Madanashri and Shrikant." "In that past life, I was their youngest daughter, called Nirnama." "Once, in the beautiful forest of Charanacharita, on the Ambertilaka mountain, I saw the Muni, Pihithamarava, adorned with many powers and possessing perfect knowledge. I bowed and asked him, 'O Lord, by what karma was I born into this poor family? Please, O Master, tell me the reason, and be merciful to this wretched and deeply troubled woman.'" "The Muni, hearing this, spoke in sweet words, 'Daughter, in your past life, you were born in this very country, in the village of Devilagrama, on the Palala mountain.'"