Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 4

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

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CHAPTER TWO
“This god is new to me.” For this lord is god of gods, omniscient, by whom the faults, love, et cetera have been conquered, worshipped by the three worlds, telling facts as they are, god, Arhat, supreme lord. Buddha, Brahmā, et cetera are not gods, causing people to fall into the whirlpool of the ocean of existence, wearing rosaries, et cetera, indicating their own delusion, et cetera.' As the two amused themselves daily with various amusements, immersed in an ocean of pleasure, a certain length of time passed. :
One day during the last part of the night he said, 'Dear Ratnaprabhā, after a long time we are going to amuse ourselves pleasantly today in the southern half of Bharata.' She agreed and the two, she and he, went to Suvratā's rest-house in Padminikhanda by means of a vidyā. Stopping at the door of the rest-house, Virabhadra said to her, 'You stay right here until I return, after sipping water.' With these words he went a short distance and stayed in the same place, like a king's spy, for her protection. Alone, separated from her husband like a cakravākī, after a moment she began to cry aloud. Such is the nature of women. Hearing the pitiful sound, the head-nun, a river of compassion, herself opened the doors and saw her. The head-nun said: 'Child, who are you and where are you from? How is it you are alone and why are you crying?' She bowed and said: 'I came here with my husband from Vaitādhya. My husband went just now to sip water and delays a long time. He can not endure an hour without me. I fear the reason for his delay and hence I am much distressed, noble mother. My mind is like an ichneumon on hot ground on his account. Now I can not hold on to life.' Suvratā said to her compassionately, 'Do 11ot be afraid, devoted wife. Remain comfortably here in the resthouse until your husband comes.' Thus advised by the head-nun she entered the rest-house.