Part 8: Previous birth of Puruṣasiṃha

When sixteen vārdhis (sāgaras) of his life as a god had passed, there was a king, named Vikaṭa, in Potanapura just here (in Bharata). He was conquered on the battle-field by King Rājasiṃha by the strength of his arm, like an elephant by an elephant. From shame at this defeat he gave the kingdom to his son, left, and took the vow at the feet of Atibhūti. He practiced severe penance and made a nidāna: “In another birth may I be able to destroy Rājasiṃha surely.” With such a nidāna having been made, he died in the course of time and was born as chief-god in the second heaven with a life term of two sāgaras.