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INTRODUCTION
there was a terrible fight between them. In the course of the fight, Aśvagrīva threw his discus at Triprstha, but instead of doing any harm to him, it remained on his arm. He then used this very discus against Aśvagrīva who was killed. Immediately on his death Triprstha became the Ardha-cakravartin. Jvalanajati thereafter returned to his capital Rathanapura, and enjoying the sovereignty of both the sides of the Vaitadhya mo intain for a considerable time, became a monk. King Prajapati also did the same.
Now Triprstha remained ever unsatiated with pleasures, died and went to the seventh hell. After his death Vijaya handed over his kingdom to Srivijaya, practised penance and attained emancipation. Svayamprabha also did the same.
LIII. For the life of Vasupujya see the Tables.
LIV. This samdhi gives the narrative of the second set of Baladevas and Vasudevas. There lived in Vindhyapura a king named Vindhyafakti. King Susepa of Kanakapura was his contemporary. Both of them were great friends. Now king Susepa had at his court a beautiful courtezan named Gupamañjart. King VindhyaSakti hearing about the beauty of Gunamañjarī sent a messenger to Susepa and asked him to send the courtezan to him. This request was, of course, rejected and the two friends met in a battle in which Susena was defeated. On hearing the defeat of Susena, his friend, king Vayuratha of Mahapura, got disgusted with the worldly. life and became a monk. King Susena also became a monk, but formed a hankering to avenge his defeat in one of his next births. Both Vayuratha and Susena were born in the Prapata heaven. King Vindhyaśakti also was born in one of the heavens.
In the next birth Vindhyasakti was born as son to king Śrīdhara and queen Srimath of Bhogavardhana, and was named Taraka, who, in course of time became. an Ardha-cakravartin. Vayuratha and Susena were born sons to king Brahms and queens Subhadra and Uvavädevi or Uşădevī and were named Acala and Dvipṛṣṭha who were the Baladeva and Vasudeva. They had an excellent elephant. Now laraka had a desire to have that elephant and sent a messenger to Acala to hand it over. As Acala refused to do so, there was a fight between Taraka and Dvipṛṣṭha in which Taraka was killed. Dvipṛṣṭha then became the Ardha-cakravartin. After death both Taraka and Dviprstha went to hell, and Acala, seeing the death of his brother, became a monk and secured emancipation from samsara.
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LV. For the life of Vimala the thirteenth Tirthamkara see the Tables.
LVI. There was a king called Nandimitra in Śrīpura in the western Videha. One day he reflected on the impermanence of the world, renounced the pleasures, became a monk, and after death was born in the Anuttaravimana heaven.
There lived in Śravasti a king named Suketu. There lived in the same town another king named Bali. They once indulged in the play of dice in which Suketu lost everything. Out of disgust he became a monk, but while practising penance he formed a hankering that he should take revenge on Bali in the next birth. Suketu, after death, was born in the Lantava heaven. Bali also was born as a god in heaven. In their subsequent births Bali was born as a son of king Samarakesarī and queen Sundari of Ratnapura, and was called Madhu. He was a Prati-Vasudeva and [3]
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