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BRAHMADATTACAKRICARITA Tīrthanāthas, possessing (the right) size and color. After we had made the bath, anointing, and pājā properly and had made the circumambulation three times, we paid homage with deep concentration. When we left the temple, we saw two flyingascetics under a red aśoka tree, like penance and tranquillity embodied. After bowing to them and sitting down in front of them, we listened with faith to a sermon, moonlight for destroying the darkness of ignorance. :: Agniśikha said, 'Who will be the husband of these girls ?' They said, “The man who will kill their brother. Our father became black from that speech, like the moon from winter. Because of the speech containing disgust with existence, we said: “Just now we heard a sermon whose essence was the worthlessness of worldly existence. Why are you defeated by a savage in the form of fear of it, father? Enough for us of these various pleasures arising from sense-objects. From that time we began to protect our brother.
One day my brother in his roaming saw Puşpavati, the daughter of your maternal uncle, Puşpacūla. His mind was captivated by her beauty, wonderful grace, and merit and he, of little wit, abducted her. Intelligence is in accordance with karma. Unable to endure her glance, he went to acquire a magic art. You know fully what happened after that. .: At that time Puspavati told us of our brother's destruction. She removed sorrow by formulas of faith, like a teacher of wisdom. Furthermore Puspavati said: “When he has come, he must be met (with honor). For the words of the muni, “Let Brahmadatta be your husband,” are not false.' We agreed to that and she from haste waved a white pennant. You had abandoned us and gone away then. When you did not come and were not seen from the imperfection of our good fortune, we came here, depressed, after wandering everywhere. You have been met because of merit. You were chosen before for our husband because of Puspavati's speech. You alone are our fate.”
He married them with a gāndharva-wedding. For a king
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