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was restored to his natural state by Sumitra some way or other. They ruled for a long time, devoted friends as before. Sumitra became a mendicant, died, and became the god Iśāna. Then he fell and became you, the son of Harivahana, king of Mathura, named Madhu, strongarmed, son of Madhavi. Prabhava wandered through births for a long time and became the son of Viśvāvasu and Jyotirmati, named Śrīkumāra. He practiced penance with a nidana, died in the course of time, and became I, the Indra Camara, your friend of a former birth.'
After relating this, he gave me this trident, which goes up to two thousand yojanas and returns, after doing its work." After hearing this, Daśagrīva gave his daughter, Manoramā, to Prince Madhu, conspicuous in devotion and power.
Then Daśakandhara went to worship the shrines in Pandaka on Svarṇadri eighteen years from the day he left Lankā. Daśakantha paid homage to the shrines ardently with concerts, pūjās, and festivals held with great magnificence.
CHAPTER TWO
Taking of Durlangha (551-577)
At Daśagriva's command Kumbhakarna and others went to capture Indra's Dikpäla, Nalakübara, in the city Durlangha. By means of the vidya Aśäli Nalakübara made a wall of fire, which was a hundred yojanas high, in his city. And on it he made machines made of fire alone making a fire in the sky, as it were, with masses of flames. Nalakübara stood near the wall, surrounded by soldiers, blazing with anger like a Vahnikumāra. Kumbhakarṇa and the others approached and were not able even to look at him, like men aroused from sleep looking at the midday sun of summer. "This city Durlangha is hard to cross," they declared to Daśasya, after they had retreated, their eagerness destroyed, with difficulty. Daśāsya himself went there and saw the wall such as it was.
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