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and on the refusal of the sage cursed him to become a wanderer for
ever. She was referred however by Narada to Fear, the King of
Yavanas. King Fear would not accept her for his wife. But
he addressed her as his sister and assured her that she would enjoy
all beings on earth, if only she attacked them unnoticed. His
Yavana troops would always accompany her as well as his brother
Prajvara.
The Yavana troops of King Fear under Prajvara and the
daughter of Kala attacked the Puri of Puranjana. The old serpent
gave way. The Puri was burnt up by Prajvara. There was wailing
all round. The Serpent left the Puri. Puranjana was dragged out
of it. The sufferings he had caused to others in sacrifices or otherwise
reacted upon him. Long he suffered forgetting even his old friends.
His mind had been tainted by the constant company of women and
he had thought of his wife till the last moment. So he became a
female in the next birth. She was born as the daughter of the Vidar-
bha king. Malayadhvaja, King of Pandya, defeated other princes in
the fight for her hand and the princess became his wife. She bore to
the King one black-eyed daughter and seven sons. The sons became
kings of Dravida and each of them had millions of sons, Agastya
married the daughter of the King, and had by her a son called Dri-
dhachyta. His son was Idhmavaha. King Malayadhvaja divided
the kingdom amongst his sons; and ascended the hills for devotional
meditation. His wife accompanied him. One day the princess found
the body of her husband cold in death. With loud lamentations,
she prepared the funeral pyre, placed the King's body upon it and put
fire thereon. She then resolved to burn herself on the same pyre.
The former friend now appeared. Addressing the Queen he
said:
"Who art thou? Who is he lying on the funeral pyre that
thou mournest aloud? Dost thou know me, thy friend, thy former
companion? Dost thou remember even so much that thou hadst
a friend, whom thou canst not recognise? Thou didst leave me in
search of some earthly abode and enjoyment. We were two Hansas
(swans) on the Manasa Loka and we lived together for one thousand
years. Desirous of wordly enjoyments thou didst leave me for
the earth and there didst find a town with a woman as its mistress.
The company of that woman spoiled thy vision and effaced thy me-
mory. Hence thou hasl attained this state. Thou art not the daugh-
ter of the Vidarbha King, nor ts this King thy husband. Nor wast
thou the husband of Puranjana.. By my mdyd thou misconceivest
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