Once, Jayadev felt weak due to his old age on the way going to Ganga after performing the call of nature and took rest on the way. The king requested him to avail a conveyance to go to Ganga at this old age, but he declined and pleaded that according to his ability he will proceed to Ganga and take bath. At night, Jayadev dreamed Ganga in the form of a lady who approached him saying that henceforth from the morning for all the time, I will reside in the well, used by Jayadev. The fact became true. Next day, Jayadev narrated the story and with Padmavati, the king and the queen went to the well to take bath. Jayadev worshipped Ganga. He while reciting the Mantras before taking bath found that the water of the well swelled up high, the colour of the water changed and became as transparent as white as milk. People were surprised at this and Jayadev's eyes became filled with tears of joy, worshipped the Ganga and took his bath. This is the devotion of the great Jayadev.
At Kashi (Banaras) when he was residing and moving alongwith the king of Kasi, at Manikarnikar Ghat on the bank of sacred Ganga, a lady was found following her dead husband's body. Jayadev remarked that this is not sign of a chaste lady, because a chaste lady can not bear the life for a moment on the death of her husband. The king did not relish the words and made query whose wife is of this nature. Jayadev claimed that his wife Padmabati is like this. To test the veracity, the king sent a detective to observe the real fact. That messanger detective confided to Padmabati that her husband, the poet Jayadev was dead due to capsizing of the boat in the Ganga when he was making boat journey with king and got drowned in heavy current of the Ganga. On hearing the death news of her beloved husband Padmabati left her life out of severe sorrow due to separation. The queen of Kashiraj felt much. Jayadev, when knew the fact became unconscious. Jayadev, after gaining consciousness addressed the goddess of learning to be messenger to establish eternal love between them. Being appeased, goddess Saraswati went to Radha and Sri Krishna and told that both Sri Krishna and Radha are cupid affected. They require conjugation. She eulogized that chanting sacred name of Krishna can repeated to the ward off evil and to ensure sacred life. At this, Sri Krishna advised Saraswati to repeat the lines of Gitagovinda "Priye, Charusile" before Sri Radha as a messenger. Saraswati repeated this verse before Padmabati, who is recognised as Radha in another form incarnated. Then, Padmabati regained consciousness, got life, became reunited with Jayadev, the human incarnation of Lord Krishna (Jagannath) and both of them sang Gitagovinda while dancing in ecstacy before Lord and vanished from the world.
Thus, the miracle ridden life of the divine couple disappeared from human eyes at Kashi by having permanent union.
https://www.google.com/search?q=jagannath+kashi
http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/2008/May-2008/engpdf/miracle1-3.pdf
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