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Mahapuraanam
Where the Sindhu river, with its waters rising, enters the Sindhu river, with its waters sinking, both flowing out of the walls on either side, and where the army of the emperor reached. ||21|| Maharaja Bharateshwara, having stationed his army near the banks of both rivers, observed the disparity of the two rivers with curiosity. ||22|| One of them, the Nimnajala, quickly carries down wood and other things, while the other, the Unmajnala, quickly throws everything upwards. Although these two are opposite to each other, they somehow meet here in the Sindhu river. ||23|| What is the way to cross these rivers? Thinking thus, the emperor immediately called his architect (Silavat Ratna) who was standing there. ||24|| Seeing those two rivers, whose waters were going up and down, Silavat Ratna considered them as insignificant as a handful of water, just by looking at them. ||25|| He understood that the Unmajnala river is being thrown upwards by the great wind that resides below it, and the Nimnajala river is being taken downwards by the great wind that resides above it. ||26|| Therefore, what other way could there be to build a bridge over these two, except by building a bridge? Thinking thus, the skillful Silavat Ratna, like a great physician, began the work of building a bridge to cross those rivers. ||27|| He brought from the deserted forests, by the power of his divine strength, whatever large trees there were. Meaning: He brought large trees from dense forests by his subordinate gods. ||28|| He erected strong pillars in the water with strong wood and built a bridge over them. ||29|| Fearing that the army would suffer if it took a long time, that wise Silavat, with the command of Bharateshwara, built the bridge in a moment. ||30|| As soon as the bridge was built, the armies made a joyful noise, and at that very moment, the entire army of the emperor crossed over to the other side of the rivers. ||31||