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of long arms, said in return "Oh graceful and virtuous Rhecara, can women that have been abducted, ever return?” Then the Khecara said in sweet tones “What of the rest, I tell you how the beloved of Naravahanadatta pure and endowed with golden and imperishable excellences, was soon reunited to him accompanied by numerous Vidyās,
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Hcrc cnils, in the life of the great king Karakanda, composed by Sage Kanakamara, which is an ornament to the ears of the holy and which presents the richness of the fruit of the dcsire-giving trec of the five auspicious ritcs, the fifth chapter called listening about Nila and Mahanila
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CHAPTER VI
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1. Being asked by Karakanda, he narrated the story of Naravāhanadatta " You listen, with one mind, to what gave delight to the assembly of the excellent Suras. Here, in Bharata, in the country of the Vatsas, there is the praiseworthy town of Kausambi. There was the king Vatsarāja who, day after day, had a pure attachment for religion. His wife was Suvina who remembered the feet of the excellent Jina in her heart. He got a son Naravāhana great in excellent virtues and preeminent in fame. He was the residence of all arts, and possessed a great splendour. By his beauty he ridiculed Cupid. Seeing him intelligeni, his father, the king, soon coronated him and himself taking to ascetic-life, spread his fame in the three worlds. Having performed hard austerities which banished Cupid, he reached the portals of the damsel Salvation. Feeling depressed by the bereavement of his father, Naravāhanadatta would not feel amused any where. Having his lotus face wet with the water of tears he wandered about distressed with his face turned up.
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