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Then Krşņa, accompanied by the five Pandavas, and himself as the sixth, [P.45] started towards the Lavaņa sea, towards Jambūdvīpa, towards the Bhārata Varşa.
45.130] In those days, at that time, in the Dhataķīkhada Dvīpa, in the eastern half of Bhārata Varșa, there was a city named Campā. There, in the city of Campā, ruled a king named Kapila Vasudeva. At that time, the Venerable Arhat Munisuvrata arrived in Campā, in the Punyabbadra (sanctuary). Kapila Vāsudeva heard the Law (being preached'. Now, while Kapila Vasudeva was listening to the religious sermon from the Adorable Munisu vrata, he heard the conch-sound of Kșspa Väsudeva. And then the following thoughts, such as these, occurred to Kapila Vasudeva: "Is it, that in the Dhātakıkhanda Dvīpa, in the Bhārata Varşa, there is born another Vāsudova, the sound of whose conch, blown with mouth, is exactly like that of mine''? Then the Venerable Munisuvrata, addressing him as :- 0 Gentle Kapila Vasudeva, said to him :-— "Is it not, O Kapila Vāsudeva, that while you were listening to the preaching of Law from me, the following thoughts occurred to you, on hearing the conchsound, viz. Is it .. the sound is produced'. So, is that correct, O Kapila Vasudeva" ? (Kapila replied]—'It is, as you say, Sir'. [Then Munisuvrata said}"O Kapila, it has never happened in the past), it does not happen in the present), nor shall it ever happen (in future), that in the same Kşetra, in the same Yuga (or period), and at the same time, there might be (born) simultaneously, two Tīrthamkarag (Arhats), two Sovereign monarchs, two Baladevas, or two Vásudevas; (they are never thus born in the past, nor in prosent,and shall never be born in future). Thus, 0 Vasudeva, queen Draupadī, the wife of the five Pandavas, and the daughter-in-law of king Pandu, was brought perforce to Aparakamkā from Jambūdvīpa, from Bhārata Varșa, from the city Hastinapura, by a god, the friend of your Padmanabha. Then Kroņa Vasudeva, accompanied by the five Pandavas, came forth with six chariots, to the capital Aparakamka, to the rescue of queen Draupadi. Then, Kroya Vāsudeva, being, engaged in a fight with
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