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CHAPTER II
SIXTH INCARNATION AS APARAJITA
Now, in this Jambudvipa in the province Ramaniya, the ornament of East Videha, on the south bank of the Śītā, there is a city, named Subha, the fair abode of Lakṣmi, presenting a manifestation of the beauty of the earth, splendid with the greatest magnificence. Its king was Stimitasagara, who surpassed Meru in firmness, the ocean in depth. He had two wives, Vasundharā and Anuddhară, who wore the yoke of good conduct, by whom the wealth of beauty of an Apsaras was surpassed.
Birth of Aparajita (5-18)
The soul of Amitatejas fell from Nanditāvarta and descended into the womb of Queen Śrīmat Vasundhară. Comfortably asleep, Vasundhara saw the four great dreams, which indicate the birth of a Bala, enter her mouth. As sleep had gone far away as if from humiliation caused by great joy, the queen told the king at the same time:
"I saw a four-tusked elephant, resembling a crystal mountain enter my mouth, like the moon entering a cloud; a bull, a spotless color as if made by weaving an autumncloud, high-humped, straight-tailed, bellowing; a moon, making an arrangement of ear-ornaments for the quarters, as it were, by its rays streaming forth very, very far; and then a pool filled with blooming lotuses, singing, as it were, having become hundred-mouthed, with bees buzzing sweetly. O master, what is the fruit of these dreams? Tell me. Ordinary people are not suitable to ask about an important dream."
The king replied, "O queen, your son will be a Balabhadra, like a god in beauty, possessing extraordinary strength,"
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