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the pleasures of this world, you will have to become our husband. Otherwise, we will renounce the world, and take 1897 Dikşă along with your worthy self.'
On the auspicious day of his marriage, Jambu Kuniára sitting on a gorgeously-caprisoned elephant, and being fanned on both sides by milky-white yāk chowries, and with a large richly embroidered umbrella held over his head, went to the house of his fathers-in-law, and married the eight girls. He then returned home, under great celebration, along with his eight newly-married wives, and - wealth amount.ng to ninety crore gold-coins was given by his fathers-in-law as his private property.
On the second day of his marriage, Jambu Kumāra took his eight recently-married wives, at Sun-set, to the seventh storey of his palatial building, for the purpose of instructing them in religious matters.
Now, it so happened that King farzett Vindhya, of sage Jayapura, near fregtaft Vindhya Mountain, disregarding the birth-rights of his eldest son gua Prabhava, gave away his whole kingdom to his younger son 949 Suprabhava.
Prabhava enraged at this insult, went to a 991 a Palli, -a settlement of wild tribes,-became the head of five hundred robbers, and commenced robbery with them in neighbouring kingdoms and towns. There, Prabhava acquired two mysterious spells viz 1 sa Faifaaft Avasvāpini, sleep-producing and 2 arteaftaft Tālodghātini, opening of locks.
Hearing that marriage-celebration of Jambu Kumāra had taken place on a grand scale, Prabhava, entered the house of * 70 TT Risabha-datta Seth at Rājagriha during night, and having cpened the locks by the aiztaifeaft fagr Tālcdyhātini Vidyā,-the art of of opening locks, and having put all the members of his family, to sleep by the stafarrgat faut Avasvāpini Vidyā,-the art of putting to sleep.-plundered his whole house with the aid of his live hundred comrades.
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