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V av s. Of the same lineage, the king Ku ima was the ruler of Kollayara city. His son was Mahendradatta who had two brave sons Ari anemi and Matsya. Ari anemi settled the Gajapura city while Matsya built up the Bhaddila city. Both of them had hundred sons each. A king of the same Harivam a clan, Ayadha , settled a city named Sojjha. Further in time there was a king named M la, and then Vi la, who settled Mithil city. Vi la was later succeeded by kings Hari e a, Naha e a, Samkha, Bhadra and Abhicandra. Abhicandra's son Vasu was a very powerful and famous king who became famous later on as “Uparicara Vasu" (one who sat on a throne of space in the skies).
Uparicara Vasu
Uparicara Vasu was a famous and valorous king. In his childhood he had studied under a teacher named K rakadambaka. The son of the teacher Parvata and the sage N rada were his study-mates. Seeing those three students together one day some miraculous interpreter told his fellow ascetics that of these three one will become a king, one will go to heaven and the third will go to hell. When Krakadambaka heard this he thought Vasu is the son of a king so he will become a king, but let me find who out of the other two will go to hell. He made an artificial goat and filled it up with lac syrup. K rakadambaka called N rada and said - child, I have stupefied this goat with a chant. Today is the eighth day of Bahul , hence in the evening take it to such a place where nobody can see it and after killing it come back quietly.
N rada took that goat in the evening to an uninhabited place. When he was about to kill the goat he thought that all the stars and planets are watching. He went still further into the forest taking the goat with him, there he said here all the trees and plants and vegetation are watching. Still further ahead was a small shrine and indeed that place was remote. As soon as N rada began to kill the goat he thought the god of this shrine is watching. In the end, he took the goat to the teacher and told him everything. The teacher made him an ascetic and said -child, you did the right thing, you may go, but do not tell anyone about this.
After this K rakadambaka called his son Parvata and handing him the goat, instructed him similarly. Parvata took the goat to an empty lane from where no one could be spotted till a great distance. When he was
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