Part 2: Previous birth of Mahāpadma

There is a city Śrīnagara in the province Sukaccha, ornament of East Videha in this Jambūdvīpa. There King Prajāpāla, devoted to the care of his subjects, was a cloud for the scattering of the haṃsas of the glory of other kings.^[1] One day, when he saw a sudden flash of lightning, disgusted with existence, he took the vows in the presence of Muni Samādhigupta. For a long time he kept the vows like the blade of a sword and, after he died, was born as the Indra of Acyuta. For even a little penance is not fruitless.