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realized that the Vidyadhara could not be cured of his passion in any other way, she decided to pass as much time as possible by delaying tactics and, hence requested him to first take her to the holy place Nandisvara where his recluse brother Manicada had retired. She hoped that once she reaches there, the Vidyadhara might perchance be converted to the path of abstinence and her consequent safety might be secure.
The Vidyadhara thought she would submit to him on fulfilling her wish and took her to Nandiśvara-tirtha. When both of them arrived there, Manicuḍa, the saint, immediately realized the situation and gave a purposeful discourse propounding the importance of life of abstinence and serious consequences of coveting other's wife. The Vidyadhara was thereupon partially cured of his misplaced Infatuation.
Madanarekha, then, asked the saint as to the story of the past births of her just born son. The saint began to relate the account thus:
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"There was a city named Manitoraṇa in the Puşkalavatı-vijaya situated in the Purva-videha country. King Amṛtayaśas ruled there. He had, by his queen Puspavati, two sons named Puspasikha and Ratnaśikha. Both these princes took to renunciation and after their death they were reborn as gods in the Acyutakalpa heaven, where they enjoyed for a long duration. their merit exhausted they were again reborn as sons named Sagaradeva and Sagaradatta to King Harlsena by his queen Samudradatta in Bharatakṣetra situated in the Dhataki-khanda. They ruled there for some time and again renounced the world and got initiated at the hands of Drdhasuvrata. On the third day they were killed by lightning and were reborn as gods is the Mahaśukra heaven. When again their merit was about to be exhausted, they approached revered Aristanemi and asked him as to their future rebirth. The saint informed them that one of them would be born as a son to king Jayasena of Mithila in the Bharata-kşetra and the other. would be born as a son to prince Yugabahu in the city of Sudarsana, but in fact their relation in the world would be one of father and son. In due course, one of them was born as a son named Padmaratha to whom, when he came of age, his father made over the kingdom, renounced the wordly life and became a monk. Padmaratha had no son. Meanwhile the other god was born as your (i.e. Madanarekha's) son. At that time king Padmaratha was thrown down by his horse in the forest and by chance found your son whom he took with him and made over to his queen Puspamala."
Madanarekha, then, asked about the fate of her first son Candrayajas. The saint informed her that on her departure from the city, king Maniratha was bitten by a poisonous snake and died, whereupon he was reborn in the fourth hell named Pankaprabha. The ministers performed the obsequies
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