Lilavati Sara

Author(s): Jinratnasuri, H C Bhayani, N M Kansara
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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Lilavati-sära
city of Campã. There, king Vimalasena, while paying his respects to the Acarya, saw his former enemy Vijayasena as a monk. He entertained thoughts to kill him but on Sudharmasvamin's admonition he desisted from evil thoughts and repented. But periodically those thoughts recurred. After his death he was born as a Bhavanapati god. Thence be passed through several births, high and low. Ultimately he was born as parrot in the forest Priyamelaka. Once the hunters arrived there. His parents flew away to save their lives. He was too young to fly, fell down in the thicket, but was not sighted by the hunters. He was picked up by the head ascetic and reared in the hermitage. The ascetics taught him various Sastras. He accompanied Surasundarx to the mount Priy amelaka.
At that moment, reminded of his past births, the parrot swconed. When he regained consciosness, he requested the ascetic to tell him about his future. The ascetic predicted that he would be reborn as Nagasena, son of Drdharatha, the royal charioteer of prince Padmakesara, that he will get initiation along with that prince, and that he will then attain to final liberation. The parrot and the ascetic left thereafter (The sub-story ends here.)
King Kusumaketu went to Ramadeva's city and he brought his son along with his two wives back to Bhrgukachha All of them lived happily together for a long time.
for his
Once the preceptor Samasasena deputed the god Süradeva to inspire. the prince to renounce the world. The god came to the prince, recited a when asked few verses for three days remaining unseen, and when identity on the last day, he appeared before the prince and informed him that the preceptor would arrive the next morning to enlighten him. When the preceptor arrived, Kusumasekhara went to him, payed homage and listened to his religious discourse. The preceptor revealed to him his past births. He also revealed to him that the souls of Jayasäsana, Ramadeva and Purandara were reborn as Samarasena (himself), Vijayasena and Surandhara. The last three of them were enlightened by Sura and were initiated by him (i.e. Samarasena). He had come to initiate Kusumasekhara, who was the reborn soul of Sulaksana. Hearing this the prince decided to renounce the worldly life and his two wives followed suit.
Then Surasundari told the prince that one of the monks was nobody else but Surandhara, who had kidnapped her. The prince offered Surasundart to the monk, but he declined as he had given up he had given up worldly pleasures. The prince then asked Surandhara how he happened to take. Surandhara related the following account:
initiation.