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her comfort. You are conferring a benefit. Do not be angry." Then, permitted by him, she took him to Surodaya with speed almost equal to the chariots of the Abhiyogyagods. Honored at dawn like the sun by the Lord of Sūrodaya, he married Jayacandrā like the moon marrying Rohini.
Two sons of Jayacandra's maternal uncle, Gangadhara and Mahidhara, possessing great vidyās, insolent from pride in their vidyas and from pride in their arms, heard of her marriage and at once became very angry. For the desire for one object is the cause of great hostility. The heroes came together to Surodaya with all their army to fight Jayacandra's husband. Padma, with a retinue of Vidyadharas, his strength of arm irresistible, left the city, eager for battle without trickery. Terrifying some, striking some down, beating some, he overcame easily the enemy-soldiers, like a lion elephants. When the Vidyadhara-lords, Gangadhara and Mahidhara, had seen their armies destroyed, they fled to save their lives.
CHAPTER EIGHT
Then the jewels, the cakra, et cetera, having appeared, the son of Padmottara, powerful, conquered six-part Bharatakṣetra. The magnificence of the cakrin was complete except for the woman-jewel, like the fullness of the fourteenth day of the bright half of the moon except for one digit. Recalling the woman-jewel, Madanavali, whom he had seen before, Padma went again to the hermitage as if in sport. The hermits entertained him and King Janamejaya,81 who had come there in his wandering, gave him Madanavali.
Return as cakravartin (117-132)
With the complete magnificence of a cakradharin he went to Hastinapura and, extremely delighted, bowed as before to his delighted parents. After hearing their
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