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[ The Previous Lives of Lord Mahavira
Vishakhanandi had to stop outside when he saw Visvabhuti inside the orchard. Soon after this, there. came the maid servants of Queen Priyangu to pick flowers for her. When the maid servants saw that Vishvabhuti was inside the orchard and the prince outside, they turned back without plucking flowers and related this whole story before queen Priyangu the mother of prince Vishakanandi. When she heard that her beloved and only son was thus insulted by Vishvabhuti, her anger broke its natural bounds. She became very furious and wanted to take revenge upon him for his increasing impudence as soon as possible. With this intention in her mind, she left her dressing and decoration work, assumed a demon-like ugly form and quickly entered into Kopa-Bhavana' (A room to which queens retire at the time of anger.) The king came to know all this from the maid servants of the queen. As he was rather subject to the lust of sensual pleasure, he thought of a plan in order to please the queen. He announced before the assembly that Purusha Simha who was one of his feudal chiefs, had risen in rebellion against him and that he himself was going to punish him for his breach of allegiance. This news spread like wild fire in the city and also reached the ears of simple hearted Vishvabhuti. Like an obedient son he lost no time in thinking, mounted his horse and rode hastily towards the palace. There he saw the king, asked permission for an attack on the rebel chief and started at once with his army. But when he reached the territory of Purusha Simha he found there was no rebellion at all and that Purusha Simha was quite loyal to the king, and therefore returned with his terrible intention unfulfilled. When he reached the Pushpakarandaka park, he learnt form the door-keeper that
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