Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 4

SR No.: 001004
Original Sutra Author: Hemchandracharya
Author: Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1954
Total Pages: 449
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Mythology, & Story
File Size: 9 MB

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CHAPTER TWO
Thus enlightened by him, Daśasya, knowing dharma, began to fight in person, skilled in all weapons. Whatever weapon Daśagrīva hurled, the king of the Kapis destroyed it by his own weapons, like the sun the brilliance of strong fires. Rāvana even discharged his magic missiles, Sarpa, Varuna, et cetera, and Välin destroyed them by his missiles, Tārkṣya, et cetera. Then Dasamukha, angered by the failure of his weapons and magic missiles, drew his sword Candrahāsa, cruel as a great serpent. Like a mountain with one peak, like an elephant with one tusk, holding Candrahāsa aloft, Daśakandhara attacked Välin. Välin seized the lord of Lanka with Candrahasa, like a tree with its branches, easily with his left hand. Setting him in the hollow of his hand like a ball, adroit, the lord of the Kapis wandered in a moment over the four oceans. Just then, having come there,108 King Välin released Daśakandhara whose neck was bent in shame and said:
"No one at any time is entitled to homage from me except the Arhat, free from desire, omniscient, authoritative, to be worshipped by the three worlds. Alas for that pride, an enemy arising within the body, deluded by which you have reached this condition, eager for homage from me. Now I have freed you, recalling former benefits. Rule the realm of the world given (to you) with unbroken command. If I wished to conquer, how would this earth be yours? Can elephants live in a forest inhabited by lions? Therefore, I shall take mendicancy, the source of the sovereignty of emancipation; but let Sugrīva be king in Kişkindha, subject to your command."
After saying this, he installed Sugriva in his own kingdom at once and he himself took the vow at the feet of Rși Gaganacandra. Observing many restrictions, devoted to penance, practicing pratima, meditating, free from affection, Muni Välin wandered over the world. Magic powers gradually developed in reverend Välin, like the wealth of a tree, flowers, leaves, fruit, et cetera. He went To the starting-point.
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