Part 2: Sambhava’s parents

Now, there is a large city, named Śrāvastī, very wealthy, the ornament of the eastern half of Bharata in Jambūdvīpa. In it there was a king, suitably named ‘Jitāri’ from the conquest of his enemies, who was like a moon to the Ocean of Milk of the Ikṣvāku-family. Among kings there was no one equal or superior to him like a lion among deer, like an eagle among birds. The King shone with kings installed in the duties of footmen like the moon with planets entering its orbit. He did not say anything not in accordance with dharma; he did not do anything of the kind; he did not think anything of the kind; he was dharma incarnate, as it were.

While he was king, punisher of criminals, giver of money to the poor, there was neither a wicked nor a poor man in this kingdom. He carried a weapon in his hand and was compassionate; he was powerful and forbearing; wise and free from jealousy; young and his senses were subdued. His chief-queen was suitable because of a wealth of beauty, the general of the soldiers—the virtues, named Senādevī. Not injuring the other objects of existence, at the proper moments he sported with the queen like the moon with Rohiṇī.