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squatting down unconcerned' (421). The Southern king submitted and gave him a cordial salutation, after which he proceeded 'by the path over the Malaya mountain' (423).
Vāli and Rāvaṇa :
After the defeat of the Southern king, he lands with his army on the shore of the sea where Vāli, the son of Indra, roamed about, thrusting the mighty ten-faced Rāvaṇa under his armpit (430)- the great Ravana who, at one time, uprooted the Kailasa mountain and balanced it on his hands (428) and who cut off his heads and offered them at the feet of god Śiva to obtain the favour of a boon (424).
The defeat of the Parasikas:
From there the King marched against the Parasīkas, as did Raghu in the course of his world-conquest3 and 'there was a fierce ( tumula) fight between the two opposing forces' (439), in which the armies with their bodies, lifeless and heavy, scattered over the battlefield, became a heavy burden for Seșa to support on his head' (438).
The Feat of Earth-levelling by the King Pṛthu:
After defeating the Parasīkas, the King came down to the difficult regions of the Western mountain-ranges, from where he collected his tribute. These tracts had become inaccessible on account of the fact that in ancient days the King Pṛthu levelled up the earth, pushing back, east and west, the intervening mountain-ranges, with the tips of his mighty bow (459). This was a feat, more miraculous than that of Indra who cut the wings of the
3. Cf Raghuvamsa-IV. 59.
4. Ibid-IV..62. Even the word 'Tumula', occurring in this verse, appears to be taken over by Väkpatirāja.
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