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Dhaniyaha to the test. 505,20. For the deceit I had practised, I had to suffer in my next birth. I Mad at last entered the Order, with both my brothers and their wives, and on our death we had ascended to heaven, from which my brothers were the first to descend. They were born in Campā as Bandhudeva and Sagara; I was born as Sarvãngasundari, daughter of a merchant in Gayapura. Bandhudeva coming to that town fell in love with me and proposed for me. My father, however, would marry me to none but a Jaina. Accordingly Bandhudeva allowed himself to be converted and feigned great zeal for his new faith, upon which my father and the whole family consented to our niarriage. The wedding having been celebrated, Bandhudeva returned to his country. When after some time he came to fetch me, he was decorously welcomed. 508, 10. Our bedroom was prepared for us, and my husband entered it. Now my bad karma took effect. The genius of the house,' on seeing us, determined to play my husband such a trick that we should not come together. AHsuming the form of a man, he put his head into the window and Asked, 'where is Sarvãngasundari now'? Bandhudeva thought he was my paramour; his affection for me was gone ir an instant, and he would not lie with me on the same bed. Without taking leave of my parents he departed for Campā, and our connexion with him ceased entirely. My, misfortune having rendered me indifferent to the world, I asked and got the permission of my parents to enter the Order. 511, 2.
Bandhudeva now married Śrimati, daughter of Nandana in Kosala pura, and Sagara her sister Kántimuti. Once I came to Campā, and going on my begging-tour I entered Bandhudeva's house, where I met Srimati and Kántimati. They conceived a liking for me and invited me to visit them regularly for giving religious instruction. Now the karma acquired by my second deceit took effeot. The genius of the house, 2 wondering at their 'friendship for me, resolved to put it to the test. Once in the inner appartment of thoir house, I observed Kāntimati threading & a neoklace in a basket. After I had delivered the religious
Kretrapola. Bhavanavyantara.
Poyamaņi, Samkşopa : Proyamāņi (?). The word may be derived from prota.
