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Padma Purana
With divine chariots created by knowledge, shining with great brilliance, they shone, like Agni Kumaras, illuminating the ten directions. ||172|| Some, with weapons blazing, covered the directions with elephants like the Himalayas, as if with clouds filled with lightning. ||173|| Some, with a multitude of swift horses, bearing weapons of ten kinds, seemed to shatter the circle of stars with their speed. ||174|| With large, diverse musical instruments, the neighing of horses, the roaring of elephants, the shouts of foot soldiers, the lion roars of warriors, the victory cries of bards, the songs of entertainers, and the inspiring sounds of the skilled, ||175-176|| all these great sounds, united from all sides, made the sky resound, as if filled with the clouds of the end of the world. ||177||
The king's army, filled with horses, chariots, and foot soldiers, shining with the brilliance of their mutual excellence, with large arms, chests adorned with high armor, and lightning-like radiance, advanced towards victory. ||178|| The foot soldiers, with their swords flashing, went ahead, eager to please their lord. With their diverse groups, they filled the sky and the directions without a gap. ||179||
Thus, with the accumulated karma of the three worlds, both auspicious and inauspicious, still present, this being, though he performs many actions, is not able to do otherwise, even the sun cannot make him do otherwise. ||180||
Thus ends the seventy-third chapter of the Padma Purana, named Udyoga, narrated by the sage Ravishena. ||73||
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