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cetera, went at once to their respective abodes, like persons who had finished their tasks. On the next day the fourteenth Arhat broke his fast with rice-pudding in the house of Vijaya in Vardhamanapura. The five divine things, the rain of treasure, et cetera, were made there by the gods, and Vijaya made a jeweled platform over the Lord's footprints. The Supreme Lord, an ordinary ascetic (chadmastha), though free from deceit (apacchadma), set out to wander from that place, enduring trials.
Narrative of Suprabha, Purusottama, and Madhu (69–195) Previous birth of Suprabha as Mahabala (69-74)
Now in Jambudvipa in East Videha there is a fair city, Nandapuri, the birth-place of great joy. Its king was Mahabala, who gave sorrow to his enemies' wives, the ornament to the garden of his family, like an aśoka. Noble-minded, he felt disgust with worldly existence, like a clever city-man disgusted with living in a village. He went to Rși Vṛṣabha's lotus-feet, pulled out his hair in five handfuls, and adopted good conduct. After cherishing good conduct like a garden bearing much fruit, he died, and became a chief-god in Sahasrāra.
Previous birth of Purusottama as Samudradatta (75-91)
Now in Bharatakṣetra in Jambūdvīpa there is a city Kauśāmbi, equal to Purandara's city. Its king was Samudradatta, who had put a seal on his enemies' splendor, deep as the ocean. He had a wife, Nanda, moonlight for the delight of the eye, destroying the pride of goddesses in their beauty by her beauty.
Canḍaśāsana, King of Malaya, a friend of the king, like the wind of Malaya of spring, came there. Samudradatta entertained him and his retinue house with great affection, like a brother. gazelle-eyed Nandā, giving delight to the eyes, the wife of Samudradatta like Jahnavi of the ocean. His limbs
cordially in his Then he saw the
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