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## Chapter 358: The Adi Purana
**72.** The Ganadhara was asked by the king, and he was inclined to grant him grace. The virtuous do not turn away from those who seek their help; that is their nature.
**73.** Listen, Shrenik, to the question you have asked at this opportune moment. The wise, who know the right time, do not fail to subdue anyone.
**74.** In the Jambudvipa, in the southern Bharata Kshetra, there is a vast country called Kurujangala, filled with various varnas and ashramas.
**75.** This country is a treasure trove of Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha in the world. It shines like heaven, or like the celestial chariot of the king of the gods.
**76.** In that country, there is a city called Hastinapur, which is adorned with all kinds of wealth. It seems to be like the ancestral home of Lakshmi, proving the birth of Lakshmi in the ocean to be false.
**77.** The king of that city was Soma Prabha, who resembled the moon. Just as the moon, with its excellent rays, delights and blooms the kumuda flowers, and is dependent on the planet Mercury, so too, this king, with his excellent taxes, delighted the earth and was dependent on the wise.
**78.** His wife was Lakshmiwati, a very beautiful and devoted wife, who seemed like another Lakshmi, who, without rejecting the first Lakshmi, resided in his chest.
**79.** Just as victory is born from intelligence and valor, so too, a son named Jayakumar was born to Lakshmiwati and Soma Prabha. From birth, he was expanding his wealth and fame, like Lakshmi acquired through virtues.
**80.** Besides Vijay, fourteen other sons were born to Soma Prabha, who, though equal in number, surpassed the Manus in virtues.
**81.** With these fifteen sons, who were extremely devoted and skilled in various arts, the king ruled as the king of kings, like the moon adorned with beautiful, special arts.