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રાજાની કુંવરી નામે પ્રભાવતીને પટરાણી તરીકે પરણ્યો હતો. તેણી એક અમુક મૂર્તિની લાંબા
સમયથી પૂજા કરતી હતી. મૃત્યુસમય સમીપ આવ્યો છે એમ સમજી તેણે દીક્ષા લીધી. અને
King Udayan ruled Vitabhaypattana which adorned the country of Sindhu Desh. He had Prabhavati, the daughter of king Chetak as his chief queen; she worshipped a specific idol for long time, and on seeing her death nearing, she took diksha & handed over the idol for worship to one of her maid-servants, who was an ugly-looking girl. Once a merchant from Gandhar went there (to Sindhudesh ) & fell sick. This maidservant nursed him very well; in return of her services the merchant-prince gave her some medicinal conjuring pillets, by eating one of which she transformed her ugliness into damsel-beauty, by eating another a deity appeared before her, for service. She begged of the deity to find out a suitable husband for her; the deity arranged her pair with king Chand of Avanti, who took her away with that sacred and specified idol, all mounted on his Analgiri elephant; after the idol, was removed from Vitabhaya, king Udayan found out from inquiries that both the maid and the idol were at Avanti. He demanded them back; king Chand declined to part with them. So he (Udayan) invaded the country of Chand & defeated him; while the maid-queen took some where to her heels; hence the king Udayan wanted to have only the idol
back; but that did not move from the place; mean while the soul of queen Prabhavati, who was in heavens appeared before him as a god & said " Oh, king Udayan you need not remove the idol to Pattan, as your capital was shortly to be buried under the sands falling in torrents. Let it remain here” So, king Udayan prepared for return to his country, Taking king Chand with him as a warcaptive, and also maid him (Chand ) wear on his forehead a tablet of gold plate, bearing the prescription "Mamadasipati ” He encamped at Dashpur on the way, when there was the Paryushan-parva & observed a fast for the day. He therefore told his cook, not to cook for him but for king Chand alone, whatever he liked. The cook asked king Chand, what he wanted to have for his meals. King Chand, suspecting some intrigue questioned the cook, why only today he was asked of this, the cook said, king Udayan has the Paryushana fast today. King Chand pretending & suspecting that he will be given poison mixed with food, told the cook that he was also a Jain & had to observe the same fast, but being afflicted with these calamities, forgot the advent of this auspicious religious holiday. The cook carried the massage to his master,
