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five Jaumas, he has been living righteously and this is going to be his final bodily existence. In this lite he will attain keval juan, and salvation.” On dicaring this Anjana felt greatly happy. Yet, she desired to hear the story of her Poorvajanma. The sage began narrating the story of her (previous life) Poorvajanma to satisfy her desire to know it. He began. “There was a king by name kanakarai. He had two wives. The name of his first wife was Kanakodari. His second wife was Lakshmivathi. The Queen Lakshmivathi was as beautiful as Lakshmi the living consort of Vishnu. The king was extremely fond of her beauty; so, he loved Lakshmivathi more. This kindled the fire of jealousy in the mind of Kanakodari. She began taking delight in tormenting her.
Lakshmivathi used to worship an image of the Lord every day. One day Kanakodari took the image and hid it in a heap of rubbish. For twenty-two hours, Lakshmivathi was plunged in grief on account of the separation from the image. Kanakodlari took pity on her and brought back the image. “Oh child! in your previous birth you were queen Kanakodari. For twenty two hours you kept the image of the Lord away from Lakshmivathi aur created separation between her and the image. And so in this life you have had to suffer separation from your husband for twenty two years. Now, the period of separation has more or less come to an end. Very soon, there will be happi
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