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Jambū Kumāra, addressing Padmasénā said "I will not become bewildered with attachment like the Vidyādhara Vidyunmāli and you also should not become bewildered like him. Now, listen to the story of the Vidyādhara.
STORY OF THE VIDYADHARA. At the town of a Gagana vallabba, which beautified the northern row of aaic , Mount Vaitadhya, there were two Vidyādhara brothers, named Mégharatha and Vidyunmāli. One day, both the brothers assuming the apparel of a flag Mātanga, a man of the lowest class, went to a na Mātanga, a Candāla (a man of the lowest class in Vasantapura for the purpose of acquiring afagfag Mātangi Vidyā, because that Vidya 'art ) is not obtainable without a marriage and association with the daughter of a Matanga. With this idea in their mind they associated with Candalas. When they went there, the Cāndālas asked them Who are you? Why have you come here? They replied “We are sons of a nonAryan king of Sākétapur and we have been expelled from his kingdom. We have come here with the object of learning Mātangi Vidyā (art). All of them were greatly pleased on seeing both the princes. They kept them with them, and married their daughters with them.
The elder brother Mégharatha remaining chaste, had all the household work done by his wife and by intimacy with her, he learned Mātangi Vidyā, within a year, while his younger brother Vidyunmāli overcome with sensual desires, became deeply engrossed in the enjoyment of sexual pleasures with his wife. She became pregnant.
Mégharatha asked his younger brother Vidyunmāli “ Brother ! Did you accomplish the Vidyā or not? Vidyunmāli then narrated an account of what bappened with him and his wife. Mégharatha said " stupid man ! why did you defile yourself by your connection with a low caste barbarian woman? Vidyunmāli replied virtuous, lovely brother! grant
