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## The Thirty-Second Chapter
The commanders, eager and fully prepared, awaited the Emperor's departure. The courtyard was filled with the throngs of elephants, horses, chariots, and foot soldiers, overflowing into the forests of Vijayaparbata. The Emperor, mounted on his victorious elephant, surrounded by noble kings, shone like Indra on Airavata, surrounded by the gods. The Bharata army, moving slightly westward, marched in a compact formation along the path cleared by the commander, as if the path itself had been purified. Just as the purity of the monks ascends the steps of the higher realms (the eighth, ninth, and tenth steps of the Upasama or Kshapaka श्रेणी), so too did the Emperor's army ascend the slopes of Vijayardha Parvata, adorned with excellent, straight steps.
There was a cave called Tamisra, as wide as the mountain, eight yojanas high, and twelve yojanas wide. It was adorned with two pairs of vajra-made doors, each six yojanas wide, as high as the cave itself. The doorframes were made of precious jewels, radiating brilliance. The cave was graced by the flow of the Sindhu river, emerging from beneath it. Only the Emperor's commander could open these doors, which had been opened by him earlier and were now calm, cooled by the release of their inner heat. Though the cave was as ancient as the creation of the world, it seemed as if it had been made by someone.