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The king, Lokapala, gave his kingdom to his son, Gunapala, and he himself took the vow of non-violence near the Vidyaadhara Muni, Ratishena. ||243|| The Seth, desiring liberation, appointed his fifth son, Kubera Priya, to his position and took the vow of non-violence along with his other sons. ||244|| Having heard the story of her husband, Priyadatta, with the knowledge that arose within her, renounced her household life and gave her daughter, Kubera-shri, to King Gunapala. She herself, following the teachings of Prabhavati, took the vow of non-violence. ||245-246|| Once, Muni Hiranyavarma, having taken a vow of seven days, performed the Pratimā Yoga in the cremation ground. All the people of the city went to pay their respects to him. After paying their respects and narrating the stories of his past lives, they returned to the city. A Vidyaachora, having heard the story of Muni from Priyadatta's maid, felt anger towards him. Due to this anger, he experienced the Vibhangavadhi and through it, he came to know all the details of the Muni's past lives. Although the Muni was performing the Pratimā Yoga in a separate place and Prabhavati was also in a separate place, this wicked man, with the desire to accumulate sin, brought them together and placed them on the same pyre and burned them. They both, due to their pure karmas, endured this affliction and were reborn in heaven. What is not possible through forgiveness? When Suvarna Varma came to know about this, he vowed to punish the Vidyaachora. Knowing this vow through their Avadhi knowledge, Hiranyavarma and Prabhavati, who were residing in heaven, took the form of Sannyasins and went to their son. They comforted him with stories of Dharma and instilled faith in him. ||247-254||