Ajamila
SourceBhagavata Purana
A learned Brahmin of Kanyakubja loses his way, and at the hour of his death calls out to his youngest son, Narayana. The messengers of Yama and of Vishnu arrive and debate over what should happen to him.
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Chitraketu
SourceBhagavata Purana
A childless king of Surasena is given a son by the sage Angira, loses him to poison, and is led by the sages Angira and Narada to the vision of Lord Sesha. Later, a single laugh at Shiva and Parvati turns his fortunes once more.
Jada Bharata
SourceBhagavata Purana
King Bharata leaves his kingdom to worship the Lord in the forest, but his love for an orphaned fawn carries him into a deer's body. Born again as a Brahmana who plays the fool, he is seized for a sacrifice, then made to carry a king's palanquin, and speaks to that king at last.