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In this very country there is a city named Achalapura. There was a King named Jitas'atru and he had two sons named Apa. rajita and Samaraketu. Aparājita was the heir-apparent, while the other was a prince. For the maintenance of his status as a prince, the city of Ujjaini was given to him (i. e. Samaraketu). Thus some time passed away. On some other time, the king of the border named Samarakesari attacked the city. [59] Then Aparajita went in order to punish him. Aparajita punished him. While coming, he came upon the teacher named Rāha, the rise of merits incarnate, the desire-yiel ding jewel of all desires, in a place called Dharmarama. Having seen him, the averseness to world was born in him. He asked him the religion as it was. He told it to him according as it was preached by great teachers. He gained knowledge. His action that deludes the right conduct was destroyed and quietened. Then he, realising this world of living beings like the illusive magic-show, took to renunciation. He attempted towards constraint and penance.
Some other time, he, always wandering
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