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entered to bathe. She was dragged into the water by an elephant, who then tossed her high up in the sky. Fortunately, a Vidyadhar (god) passing by that place, rescued her and took her to Nandiswar Island. Here she met Manichud, a monk of Vidyadhar and embraced the life of a nun. Her dead husband in the form of a god also appeared there. He bowed down to Madanrekha at first and then to the monk Manichud.
The child was rescued by King Padmarath of Mathura and named Namikumar.
We know that Yugababu was murdered by King Manirath. The wicked Manirath died of a snake-bite and was born in hell.
Since King Manirath died childless, Yugabahu's son Chandrayasha was made the king.
One day King Namirath's chief elephant became wild and it entered the kingdom of Chandrayasha, who refused to hand over the elephant to Namiratha. Hence Namiratha attacked King Chandrayasha, who closed the gates of the town. The nun Madanrekha was in the town and she advised King Nami not to fight back. When Nami knew that the nun was his mother, he gave up fighting. Then he went to see his elder brother Chandrayasha and both the brothers went to bow down to their mother Madanrekha. Chandrayasha then became a monk.
Now we see King Nami enjoying life with his numerous queens. One day he became ill with fever. He felt a burning
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