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The contents of the Sixth Bhava are as under
In the town of Mākandi, there lived a merchant named Bhandhudatta. His wife was Haraphrabha. She had a dream in which she saw the goddess of wealth entering her womb. After due period, she had a son who was named Dharana. (P.3-5 1. 11.) In the meantime, the soul of Vijaya was born as Laxmi, the daughter of merchant Kārtika. She was in due course, married to Dharana. She began to conceive hatred for Dharana on account of the impressions of her previous births. ( P. 5. 1. 22)
Once on the festival of Madana Trayodashi, Dharana went out with a chariot to the garden Malayasundara. While he was about to pass through the city-gate, the son of merchant Panchanandi by name Devanandi was entering the city. They had a tussle as to who should take aside his chariot to allow the other's to pass through. None of the two yielded. Both the chariots stood standstill at the city-gate hampering the traffic of the city. The leaders of the town met and four persons were appointed to rebuke
