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## The Twelfth Chapter
Now, when that great soul, the Vajranabhi, was about to descend from the celestial realm to earth, the events that unfolded in this world, I shall now narrate. Listen attentively. ||1||
In the meantime, the humble sages, experts in the meaning of the Puranas, questioned the venerable Gautama, the leader of the assembly. ||2||
"O Lord, when the state of the Bhoga-bhoomi (land of enjoyment) was destroyed in Bharatavarsha, and the Karma-bhoomi (land of action) gradually spread, you have already described the origin of the Kulakaras (lineage holders). Among them, the last Kulakara was Nabhiraj, the leader of all the Kshatriyas. Where did this Nabhiraj give birth to the great-minded, the architect of the Dharma-sarga (creation of Dharma), the supreme among the Ikshvaku lineage, the Lord Rishabhadeva? What was the glory of his celestial descent and other auspicious qualities? We wish to know all this through your grace." ||3-6||
Thus, when the questions of the sages were finished, the leader of the assembly, Gautama, replied, purifying the sages with the radiant beams of his teeth, free from any blemish. ||7||
"In the Jambudvipa, in the Bharat Kshetra, south of the Vijayardha mountain, in the Madhyama-Arya Khanda, at the time of the Kalasandhi (the end of the Bhoga-bhoomi and the beginning of the Karma-bhoomi), Nabhiraj was born. Though he was the last of the fourteen Kulakaras, he was also the foremost (the best among them). His lifespan, height, form, beauty, and luxury have already been described." ||8-9||
Adorned with a radiant crown and a magnificent diadem, Nabhiraj was the ancestor of the future kings, and he shone in the world like the sun, with his rays of virtue. ||10||
He was the foundation of arts (various sciences) like the moon, radiant like the sun, powerful like Indra, and a wish-fulfilling tree like the Kalpavriksha. ||11||