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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RÄVAŅA'S EXPEDITION OF CONQUEST · 137 dallying with Tārā. Sähasagati, in love with Tāra, his mind stirred by love, reflected:
“When shall I kiss the fawn-eyed girl's lotus-mouth covered with petals of her lips like a ripe bimba ? When shall I touch her full breasts with my hand ? When shall I make them small by a tight embrace? I shall take her by force or trickery !”
With these reflections he recalled the vidyā Semusi (wisdom) which changes the form. The son of King Cakrāňka went to Mt. Kșudrahimavat, stood in a cave, and began to subdue her.
Rāvana's conquests (293-654) Now Daśānana left Lankā, like the sun the slope of the eastern mountain, for an expedition of conquest. After conquering the Vidyadharas and the kings living within the continent, he went to Pātālalankā. There he was humbly honored with gifts by Candraņakhā's husband, Khara, soft-spoken, like a servant. Khara, attended by fourteen thousand Vidyādharas, set out with Rāvana who wished to conquer Indra. Then King Sugrīva with his army followed the powerful king of the Rakşases like a fire following a wind. Daśānana advanced with unstumbling gait, with heaven and earth covered with many armies, like an agitated ocean. Then Daśānana saw the river Revā flowing down from the Vindhya mountain, like a charming young woman, which had a tongue joined, as it were, by the groups of cooing marālas, adorned with hips, as it were, by the broad sandy beach, wearing curls, as it were, with the curling waves, casting glances often with the leaps of the saphara, as it were. Daśakandhara camped on the bank of the Revä with his army like a powerful elephant-leader surrounded by his herd. He took a bath in the river, put on white clothes, set the jeweled image of the Arhat on a jeweled seat, bathed it with water from the Revā and, firmly seated in concentrated meditation, began a pūjā with blooming lotuses. Then suddenly a