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respect, or regard, or receive respectfully, or wait upon Kacchulla Narada, knowing that he was not properly) controlled, not abstained (from sinful activities), who had not renounced bad actions, and had not abandoned sinful actions.
[35.128]. Then the following inward thoughts, reflections, musings, and ideas occurred to Kacchulla Nārada :"Oh! this Draupadī, being endowed with beauty ... grace etc. ... upto being supported by the five Pandavas, does not respect me ...upto... does not wait upon me. It would be, therefore, better if I were to do her an evil turn"- [P.36] and thinking thus, he took his leave of king Pandu, invoked the Utpatanī (magic) lore, and with that excellent ...upto... the Vidyadhara-gait, started to go towards the eastern direction crossing the Lavaņa sea. In those days, at that time, in the continent called Dhatakīkbanda, in the eastern half of the southern half of Bhārata Varsa, there was a capital city named Aparakamkā. There, in that capital city of Aparakamkā, ruled a king named Padma. nābha, great like the mount Himavat... (Description). The king Padmanabha had, in his harem, seven hundred queens. King Padmanabha had a son named Sunābha, who was also the heir-apparent to the throne. The king Padmanabha was seated on his excellent throne, inside the harem, and surrounded by the ladies in the harem. Then Kacchulla Nārada went into the capital city Aparakamkā, to the palace of king Padmanabha, and descended down with great speed into his palace. Thereupon king Padmanabha, seeing Kacchulla Narada approaching him, got up from his seat, worshipped him with the Arghya etc., ... upto ... offered him a seat. Then Kacchulla Nárada sat down upon a seat sprinkled over with water, and spread over with the Darbha grass and... inquired after his health and other things. Thereupon that king Padmanābha, being proud of his harem, said to Kacchulla Nārada as follows:- "OB, you visit many villages... upto... enter many houses. So have you ever seen before (or come across) another such beautiful harem (i.e. beautiful ladies in the harem), like the one I possess ? Then that Kachhalla Narada, on being thus spoken to by king Padmanābha, smiled a little, and said to him :- "Ob Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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