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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
The sage's discourse was over; and then Madan Rekha entreated him who had acquired mastery over the four kinds of knowledge to tell her the story of her new-born child. The sage said, "The king of Mithila, Maharaj Padmaratha set out on horse back from that place. He wondered where the mother had gone having left her new-born child in the swing. He thought that she must be somewhere nearby and he searched for her in the entire vicinity. Since, he could not find the mother he took the child with him to his palace. The King had no children. He announced that the queen had been pregnant and that on the previous night, she had given birth to a child. In the entire Mithila, the birthday of the child was celebrated in all splendour and the child was named Namiraj and now he is being brought up in the palace with great affection. He is one who has abundant earned merit and this will be his final bodily existence."
Hearing this, Madan Rekha was greatly happy. Just at that moment, there came to that place a divine being of extraordinary radiance. He first saluted Madan Rekha and then he saluted the sage. The onlookers wondered, why the divine visitor first saluted a Shravika.
Even before being asked, the sage said this to clear their doubt, "O blessed ones! your doubt will be cleared if you listen to the story of the poorva
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