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INTERVENING STORIES 177 after being reborn as T膩pasas passed through the life of Jyoti峁�ka
devas and then were reborn as Hasta and Prahasta.
43.
The previous births of Vi艣aly膩 and Lak峁�ma峁嘺 or the
story of Anangasar膩 and Punarvasu:
When Lak峁�ma峁嘺 received injuries on being hurt by the 'Sakti'
hurled by Rava峁嘺 there happened to arrive Khecara Candrama峁囜笉ala
who suggested R膩ma to procure the bath-water of Vi艣aly膩, with which
Lak峁�ma峁嘺 could be cured because he himself had been cured with it.
At this news R膩ma enquired about the source of the sacred bath-water.
Candramandala replied that he himself had been told of it by Bharata.
Bharata had come to know of it from his maternal uncle Dro峁嘺megha
when the latter's family had totally escaped while the whole country
was under the peril of epidemic. Their escape was due to the efficacy
of the bath-water of Visaly盲, the daughter of Dro峁嘺megha. Bharata
enquired of Muni Sarvahita the cause of the curative power of that bath-
water. The Muni narrated the story to the former (63.24-70) elucidat-
ing the fruits of penances. The story runs as follows in two parts :-
(A) Anangasar膩, the daughter of Cakravartin Tribhuvan膩nanda of
Pundarikavijaya was abducted by king Punarvasu of Prati峁ａ弓h膩pura.
The abductor was chased and his chariot was broken down. Ana峁僩asar膩
fell down in a forest. She performed penances for several years.
Khecara Labdhis膩ra tried to take her to her parents, but she did not
consent to his proposal because of the fear of her vows getting broken.
The matter was reported to her father who duly arrived there but found
that his daughter who was performing 'sallekhan膩' was swallowed by a
huge serpent. At this the king renounced the world. Anangasar膩 was
reborn in a celestial abode. Punarvasu died with a resolve (nid膩na) to
get her again, hence he after passing through the life of a celestial being
was reborn as Lak峁�ma峁嘺 and Anangasar膩 as Visalya. It was on account
of the result of her previous penances that her bath-water proved to be
a panacea for various diseases.
(B) A Merchant and a Buffalo :-On further enquiry the monk
narrated the cause of the spreading of the epidemic in the whole
country.
Vindhya, a merchant of Gajapura, went to S膩ketapur墨 loading
heavily one of his he-buffaloes. That buffalo fell sick, died, and was
reborn as Pavan膩suradeva. Remembering the previous tortures
inflicted on him by the people, that Deva had polluted the air with
infectious germs.
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