Emperor Vikramaditya Diwakar Chitrakatha 050 051 052

Author(s): Jinottamsuri, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Mahavir Seva Trust Mumbai

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EMPEROR VIKRAMADITYA In next birth I became queen
In third birth I was a doe in the of a king. He had another queen,
Malayachal forest. There also when Kalavati. She always spoke
I was pregnant my selfish and cruel against me to the king. At her
A mate wounded me with his sharp behest the cruel and love-blind
horns and left me bleeding. king tortured me all my life.
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In the fourth birth I became a goddess. Even in that birth the god I loved always neglected, insulted and tortured me.
In the fifth birth I was the wife of a Brahmin. He was very sinful and evil. One auspicious day when he cooked prohibited food and was about to eat I tried to explain him—"My lord! Think for a moment. It is an auspicious day. Please do not commit the great sin of eating prohibited food during the night." In rage he held my hair and threw me in fire.
In the sixth birth I was a she-parrot. I was nursing two chicks when there was a forest fire. I asked my mate—“My lord! We should at once fly with our chicks to some safe place. Each one of us can carry one chick. But the parrot was so cruel and selfish that he wounded me with his beak and flew away. I and my two chicks turned to ashes.
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