Sambodhi 1996 Vol 20

Author(s): Jitendra B Shah, N M Kansara
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

Page 67

Vol. XX, 1996
CANDRALEKHĀVIJAYA PRAKARANA...
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Ājñāsiddha, Jñanabodha, Matimasrna and divine assistance of the goddess Ajitabalā and her mantra to facilitate this task. Vijaya happens to see the female swan and the feelings of previous birth are awakened. But again Ahitātmā, a demoness, tries to stall the meeting but she is thwarted and defeated by Vijaya and his beloved has been restored to her original human form. The lovers are united.
(Here ends the first act) Vijaya has a second wife of this birth; a mortal, Deviprabhā, who is at her parents place. Vijaya is longing for her also and one night, he goes there at her parents' place, enjoys her company secretly and returns. She, Deviprabhā, becomes pregnant and her parents afraid of the stigma abandon her in the forest. Devīprabhā is going to give birth to a son who is destined to be a Cakravartin; this was the forecast of a soothsayer. Devīprabhā while undergoing much hardship in the forest, gives birth to a son who is kidnapped again by that demoness āhitātinā. But Mativibhirama, another assistant, has already rescued. the son from the clutches of the demoness.
(Here ends the second act) The son born of Vijaya and Deviprabhā is to assist his father in acquiring the Mahāvidyā by perforining a sacrifice. Here Vijaya and Candralekhā enjoy themselves in each other's company in the lovely forests. In the forest, Vijaya goes to the succour of a maid who has been attacked by a tiger. Candralekhā sends Tattvaprapañca to his help. Meanwhile, Candralekhā has been kidnapped by a resident of nether worlds. Vijaya jumps into the dark well, where the enemy is hidden and with the assistance of a serpent Kanakacuda, Candralekhā is rescued.
(Here ends the third act) The son born of Deviprabhā is now the king of Ujjayini. Vijaya is to perform Carupāka, a tantric rite with the help of his son. He chants the mantra of Ajitabalā goddess. Mantra is of a citrabandha type, in the shape of a garland, and Vijaya receives the real garland and the divine grains of rice from the propitiated goddess Ajitbalā. Devīprabhā meets her husband.
(Here ends the fourth act) For Carupāka sacrifice, everything is ready. The divine rice is obtained. Divine milk remains to be procured, and under the guidance of sesa serpent, Vijaya