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## The Adipurana
The king, Preetvardhan, ordered his citizens to decorate their homes and streets with flowers, ensuring no gaps remained. This was done to attract the sage, Pihithastrav, who had been avoiding the city due to its distractions.
The sage, pleased by the king's efforts, returned to the city. After completing a month-long fast, he entered the king's palace, following the prescribed order of his wanderings. The king offered him food, which pleased the gods, who showered the earth with jewels, creating a beautiful sound.
Witnessing this, a lion, overcome with greed, remembered his past life. He became calm, his delusion vanished, and he renounced all attachment to his body and food. He sat on a rock, abandoning all possessions and attachments. The sage, Pihithastrav, with his divine knowledge, saw the lion's transformation.
He told the king, "A devotee is practicing austerities on this mountain. You should serve him." The king, filled with wonder, went with the sage and saw the lion, who had performed a great act of courage.
The king then helped the lion in his meditation, recognizing his potential for divinity. The sage, Pihithastrav, chanted the five-fold mantra into the lion's ear, ensuring his future as a god. The lion, after abstaining from food for eighteen days, left his body and became a god named Divakar Prabhu, residing in his celestial abode.