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The Eleventh Canto
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Malad and Bhargava, these countries were situated in the east. Banamukta, Vaidarbh, Manav, Sakkaapir, Mulak, Ashmak, Daandok, Kalinga, Aanshik, Kuntal, Navarashtr, Maahishk, Purush and Bhogavardhan, these were the countries of the south. Maly, Kallivanopaant, Durg, Surpar, Karbuk, Kaakshi, Naasaarik, Agatam, Saarasvat, Taapas, Mahim, Bharukachch, Surashtr and Narmad, all these countries were situated in the west. Dasharnk, Kishkandh, Tripura, Aavart, Naishdh, Nepal, Uttamavarn, Vaidish, Antap, Kaushal, Pattana and Vinihaatr, these countries were situated on the Vindhyachal. ||68-74|| Bhadra, Vats, Videh, Kush, Bhang, Saitav and Vajrakhandik, these countries were dependent on Madhyadesh. ||75|| These countries, which were given by the father, the Lord Vasubhadev, were abandoned by the younger brothers of Bharat, who desired liberation, like women. They also abandoned their obedient servants. ||76||
Then, Kumar Bahubali expressed his opposition to Bharat. He considered his Sudarshanchakra as insignificant as Alatchakra and sent a messenger saying, 'I am not under your control'. And he quickly set out for war from Podanpur with an Akshouhini army. ||77-78|| From there, Bharat, whose army was like a sea, reached the west of the Vitta river, where the two armies clashed. ||79|| Then, the ministers of both the kings consulted each other and said that there should be a righteous war between the two kings so that the people of the country are not destroyed. ||80|| Bharat and Bahubali accepted the advice of their ministers and first started a war of sight. The gods and the Vidyadharas, who were standing in the sky, saw both of them for a long time with their eyes that were free from blinking. That is, both the brothers stood for a long time with their eyes that were free from blinking and neither of them lost. But in the end, the younger brother defeated the elder brother because the elder brother was five hundred bows tall, so his sight was towards the top, and the younger brother was twenty-five bows taller than him, so his sight was towards the bottom. ||81-82|| After the war of sight, there was a terrible water war between the two brothers in the pond. 1. 'Gurustugishpati shreshte gurau pitari durbhaare' iti Vishva: Kh., Gh. 2. Tatha Kh, Gh. 3. Daasah. 4. Vinataapar -ng.