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Cakravart Sanatkum ra
In the city of Hastin pura, in Bharata region (k etra) of Jamb dy pa, ruled the king A vasena, He was a man of courage and character. His pious queen Sahadev during her pregnancy saw the 14 auspicious dreams and was very happy. At appropriate and good time she gave birth to a bright son with a gold-like aura, who was named Sanatkum ra. With appropriate upbringing Sanatkum ra crossed the stage from boyhood to youth. Sanatkum ra had a brave friend of good qualities, named Mahendra.
One day, king A vasena received a gift of a very fine breed of horses. Prince Sanatkum ra climbed onto the finest of these. The moment he did so, the horse started to run with the speed of the wind. The prince tried to stop the horse but the horse would only run faster. Mahendrasimha and other friends tried to chase him but could not catch up with Sanatkum ra. Hearing the news of his son disappearing thus, king A vasena was very unhappy and started on his own too, in search of him. Seeing all his efforts go in vain, Mahendrasimha somehow convinced him to return and left alone in search of Sanatkum ra. After searching for one year, there was no trace of Sanatkum ra.
One day, in the forest he heard the sweet sounds of various birds and from the same direction the whiff of a pleasant fragrance came. Hopeful, Mahendrasimha started to move in that direction. After going some distance, he heard the pleasant sounds of beautiful women at play. When he went closer he was pleasantly surprised and happy to see his friend Sanatkum ra in the midst of the beautiful women. Sanatkum ra too recognised Mahendrasimha, embraced and welcomed him. After mutual exchange of enquiries after each other's well-being, Mahendrasimha asked Sanatkum ra about his experiences upon which Sanatkum ra pointed at one of the women and said instead of hearing my story from my mouth it would be better to hear it from the Vidy dhara's daughter, Bakulamat.
Bakulamat briefly narrated to Mahendrasimha as to how Sanatkum ra defeated the demonic forces of the Yak a and accepted them as his companions. Mahendrasimha was delighted to hear of Sanatkum ra's heroic exploits and reminded him of his parents at Hastin pura.
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