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Adipurana
Perhaps, motivated by the attainment of time, etc., he looked up. He saw the moon eclipsed by darkness. ||177|| Seeing the lunar eclipse, he thought, "Alas, if this is the state of the moon, what is the state of other sinful beings in the cycle of existence?" ||178|| Thus, becoming free from ignorance, the noble-minded one, with his memory of his previous birth, remembered his connection to his past life as if it were before his eyes. ||179|| In the western part of Pushkarardha, there was a famous country called Padmaka, ruled by King Kanakarath, the lord of the earth, in the city of Kantapur. ||180|| His beloved was Kanakaprabha, the golden chariot. They had a son named Kanakaprabha, who eclipsed the sun with his brilliance. ||181|| In a garden, my beloved, named Vidyutprabha, was bitten by a snake. I was distressed by her separation. ||182|| Along with my parents and siblings, who were very affectionate, I attained the highest restraint near the sage Samadhigupta. ||183|| There, I deeply contemplated the sixteen contemplations, including perception and purity, and at the end of my life, I was born as an Ahamindra in the celestial chariot called Jayanta. ||184|| Then, I came from there and was born here as Gunapala, the son of Sri Pala. ||185|| The best, Kubera Kanta, and the others who had become Lokantik deities through their austerities, came and enlightened him. Thus, Gunapala, having attained enlightenment, destroyed the snare of delusion and practiced austerities. He destroyed his harmful actions and attained the Sayogipada, the thirteenth stage of virtue. ||186-187|| Yasapala, the son of Sukhavati, also took initiation from Gunapala Jinendra. ||188||
Gunapala was very happy to meet those daughters of the kings. ||175-176||