Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 1

Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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born among the Nagas. Moonlight cannot remain when the moon has set. Having completed his own life there, the elephant too attained the state of being a Nāgakumāra. Such is the power of time. By the law of the Ha-punishment alone, Cakşuṣmat preserved the boundaries of the twins, like Vimalavāhana. The last period of the life of Cakṣusmat and Candrakantā having arrived, twins Yasasvin and Surūpā were born. Having the (same) joints, figure and color (as their parents), a little shorter lived, they gradually attained growth, like strength and intellect. Always going together, seven hundred and fifty bows tall, the two had the appearance of pillars of an arch. In course of time Cakṣuşmat died and was born among the Suvarnas, and Candrakantā at once among the Nāgas.
Then Vasasvin, like his father, controlled all the twins easily for a long time, as a cow-herd controls cows. Then gradually the Hākāra was disregarded by the twins, like the elephant-goad by elephants whose internal-ichor is appearing. Yasasvin made the Makara punishment to curb them. In a disease that can not be subdued by one remedy, another remedy must certainly be applied. He, having great judgment, used the first law for a small offense, the second one for a moderate offense; and both in a serious offense. When their lives were almost ended, Yasasvin and Surūpā had a girl and boy together like knowledge and humility. They named the son, as bright as the moon, Abhicandra, and the daughter who resembled the priyangu-creeper, Pratirupā. Having shorter lives than their parents, six hundred and fifty bows tall, united like sami and aśvattha trees, they gradually grew up. Always they had the beautiful appearance of the holy streams Mandakini and Yamuna with their waters mingled. When his life was completed, Yasasvin was born among the Abdhikumāras; and at the same time Surupā among the Nāgakumāras.
Like his father, Abhicandra ruled all the twins for a