Sramana 2016 04

Author(s): Shreeprakash Pandey, Rahulkumar Singh, Omprakash Singh
Publisher: Parshvanath Vidhyashram Varanasi

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jungle and why she is crying. She consoled Kamalāvatī not to be grieved as all that happened was due to fruition of bad karmas performed in previous birth. She took Kamalāvatī to her Aśrama and looked after her very well. The lady monk introduced Kamalāvati with the Kulapati (the chief) of the Aśrama. Kamalāvatī asked Kulapati that who kidnapped her son? Is he alive or dead? Kulapati told her that your enemy of previous birth is behind this incident. He wanted to kill your son but suddenly a Vidyādhara came there with his wife and saved your son. The Vidyādhara took your son with him. The Kulapati continued that your son will be looked after by that Vidyādhara and in his young age he will meet you in Hastināpura.
Knowing that her son is safe, she became happy and lived there in Āśrama for several years serving the people. After sometime there appeared a prince who was kidnapped by a horse. He was welcomed by the inhabitants of Āśrama and met to Kulapati. Kulapati asked him about his identity. Then the young man told that he is Suratha, the son of the King of Siddhārthpura and his queen Kanakavatī. After his father died of Tuberculosis, he was enthroned as a King of Siddhārthapura. His elder brother did not tolerate it and after learning the Nabhogāmini: Vidyā by a Vidyādhara, he defeated him in war and succeeded to get his Kingdome back. Then with his mother, he shifted to Champānagarī. Today in jungle, a group of travelers was looted by his people along with their few horses. When he was riding on one horse, the horse kidnapped him suddenly, and brought him to this Āśrama. Kulapati introduced Kamalāvatī with Suratha as queen of King Amaraketu and requested him to drop her to her kingdom Hastināpur. Kamalāvatī though not willing to go with a stranger, left Āśrama for Hastināpura with Suratha. In the way Suratha started to come close to Kamalāvati and offered her some beautiful ornaments. Kamalāvati recognized those ornaments and asked Suratha as to where from he got those ornaments. Suratha told that a few days back a group of travelers going towards Kuśāgranagara were looted and these ornaments were obtained. She told that all these ornaments are her which were given to her by