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had to be given away to the state treasury. The officers from the King's court arrived to take charge of Nagketu's wealth. However, Nagketu was born as a creditor to whom nature owed grand rewards. It was nature who had to worry about this situation. She shook the throne of Dharanendra Nagraj, residing in ‘patal, who learnt about the situation with his avadhi-jnana. He took the form of a Brahmin and stopped the Officers from taking charge of Nagketu's wealth. He told them about the boy being alive. Then the King and the others went to where the child was buried. They dug deep into the soil and brought the child out. The Brahmin revived the child after which he regained consciousness.
Dharanendra (in the guise of Brahmin) told the King, “Bring up this child with a lot of care. He will protect you and your city in the future. He is also ‘charam-shariri'. He will annihilate all his karmas in this very birth and attain emancipation.”
Some time later, the King had impaled an innocent man on the stake taking him to be a thief. The man maintained his equanimity at the time of his death so he was reborn as a demi-god. The demi-god saw his previous birth with his ‘avadhi-jnana' and a terrible hatred arose in his mind for the King. He prepared to cause trouble for the King and destroy the city. He created a huge rock and got ready to launch it onto the city. Nagketu witnessed the scene. How could he allow all the magnificent temples of the city to be destroyed? He raised his finger, and due to the
Patal = the nether world
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