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real parents, Sreņika enquired about the cause of Dasaratha's prosperity. Then Gautama told that once Dasaratha was informed of his own previous birth by Sarvabhūtasarana as follows (31. 1-35).
Upāsti, a girl who was devoted to the wrong faith and was hostile to the monks, transmigrating through different existences in the form of a hell, sub human, human (as Bhadravaruņa at Angapura, etc.) and calestial being was again reborn as Nandivaradhana, being the son of Pșthvi and Nandighosa of Puşkalāvati. Nandighosa renounced the world, performed penances and was reborn as a celestial being and from there as Muni Sarvabhūta. Nandivardhana transmigrating through the life of a celestial being was reborn as Surañjaya, the son of Vidyutlatā and Vidyadhara king Ratnamālin of Sasipura in Aparavideha.
Bhūri of the Gandhāra country took vows and again gave them up at the advice of Purohita Upamanyu. That Purohita transmigrating through the life of an elaphant was reborn as Arihasana, the son of Bhūri and Yojanagandhā. He renounced the world and became a celestial being. Bhūri'na) passing through the life of Dagakirtidhara in the Daņdakāraṇya and then that of a hellish being was reborn as Ratnamālin as mentioned above. Once Ratnamálin was prevented by that celestial being (Upamanyu) from attacking the king Vajravaranayana of Simhapura and was told of his previous life. At this Ratnamālin and his son Sūrañjaya renounced the world.
Sūrañjaya after having performed penances became a celestial being and then was reborn as Dasaratha while Ratnamālin and the celestial being (Upamanyu) were reborn as Janaka and Kanaka respectively.
The PCR (31 1-57) names Bhadravaruņa as Dhāraṇa born at Candrapura and Bhūri as Bhūti. It mentions Bhūti (mrga) to have been reborn as a deer in the Mandāraṇya in place of Dagakīrtidhara in the Dandakıranya. That deer was reborn as Kliñja in a low family and then descended to hell. It calls Arihasana as Arisūdana. The TSP (IV. p. 208) mentions Bhadravaruņa as Varuņa, born at Candrapura. Bhûri is mentioned to have first become a python who got burnt into a forest conflagration and then was reborn as Ratnamālin after passing through the life of a hellish being. Sarvabhūti is named Satyabhūti. The RPS (p. 95) follows the PCR but in place of king Bhūtimga there is a deer.
In the TR Manu Svayambhu is said to have pleased Prabhu (Bhagavāna) with his penances. He demanded a boon of
