Book Title: Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 1
Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
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know their names." Recognized as a deceitful person, he was addressed by her with ridicule: "O son, this account of your former birth agrees exactly with this. You are Lalitānga, sir, and Svayamprabhā is your wife. Now as a result of karma she is a lame girl in Nandigrāma. From recollection of her former birth, she painted her own life and gave me the canvas when I went to Dhātakikhaņda. I have searched for you out of compassion for her, lame as she is. So, come to Dhatakikhaņda. I shall lead you to her presence. Pitiable in separation from you, she lives in grief. Console at once your wife dearer than life in a former birth, Oson." When Panditā became silent after speaking thus, the deceitful man was ridiculed by his own friends. “Oh, there is fruition of your merit from this acquisition of a jewel of a woman." "By all means this lame girl must be approached and supported." Then Prince Durdánta, his face pale from embarassment, (looking like a piece of goods that has been left after a sale, went elsewhere.
Just then Vajrajangha came from the city Lohārgala, saw the events painted in the picture, and swooned. Fanned with fans, sprinkled with water, he got up. Recollection of his former birth took place, as if he had just come from heaven. Questioned by Panditā, “Why did you swoon, O Prince, when you saw this painting ?” Vajrajangha said: “This painting is the life of my wife and myself in a former birth, madam. When I saw it, I fainted. This is the holy heaven Išāna, and this the palace Śriprabha. Here am I named Lalitānga, and that is my wife, Svayamprabhā. Here in Dhātakikhanda, having descended in Nandigrāma, she, named Nirnāmikā, was born in the house of a poor man. Here she has ascended Mt. Ambaratilaka and begun fasting before Muni Yugandhara. Here I have gone to show myself to her. She died devoted to me and was born again as Svayamprabhā. Here in Nandiśvara I am engaged in worshipping the images of
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