Sramana 2016 04

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

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Śrīdatta merchant. Surataha, who was having bad intention for Kamalāvatī, tried to make her happy by all means but failed. Once he proposed Kamlāvatī to fulfill his desire. Kamalāvatī, somehow managed to escape from Suratha but at night in the way she fell down in a well. She stayed there in the well for four days. When she saw the persons sent by Amaraketu in her search, she got relaxed. Hearing the story of Kamalāvatī, Amaraketu became sad and consoled her saying that it is all result of our good karmas and once again we met. The king Amaraketu returned Hastināpura with queen Kamalāvati and a big function was organized there in their welcome. Thousands of years elapsed happily. Once, when Amaraketu was sitting in his assembly, the gardener Samantabhadra came there and informed him that he has seen a beautiful young lady in the garden lying unconscious in between the trees. After he sprinkled water on her face, she got-up. Samantabhadra told that he started thinking that is it the same lady which was proclaimed by the astrologer Sumati that when a young lady will fall down in Sukumākara garden, then the Amaraketu will be able to meet his son. Then he handed over that beautiful lady to his wife and came here to inform the king. The king Amaraketu became glad to know the possibility of meeting with his son soon. Then the lady was brought to Amaraketu. The king asked her who she is and how she fell down in the garden?
She told that in the Bharata Kșetra of Jambūdvīpa, there is a city Kuśāgranagara where the King Naravāhana is living with his wife Ratnavati. She is Sursundarī, the daughter of king Naravāhana. Due to fruition of any bad karma, she was kidnapped by someone. The queen Kamalāvati consoled her not to worry about as the king is like her father. Kamalāvati realized that Surasundarī was not happy there and her behavior was not normal. She ordered her maid servant Hansikā to know about Surasundarī. After repeated request the Surasundari told that she is daughter of King Naravāhana who somehow became friend of Bhānuvega, the son of Citrabhānu of Kunjarāvarta near Vaitādhya mountain. Bhānuvega, in order to make the friendship more strong and permanent married her sister Ratnavati