Part 10: Birth of Bhadra

Now in Bharatakṣetra in the city Dvārakā there was a king, Rudra, deep as the ocean. He had two wives, Suprabhā and Pṛthivī, like beauty and the earth in person, charming with a wealth of beauty and virtues. Nandisumitra’s soul fell from Anuttaravimāna and descended into Queen Suprabhā’s womb. Near the end of the night Queen Suprabhā, comfortably asleep, saw the lour great dreams indicating the birth of a Halabhṛt. Then after nine months, seven and a half days, Suprabhā bore a son, not inferior to the moon in color. King Rudra gave him the name Bhadra and he gradually increased in size together with the auspicious fortune of his family.