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## Chapter 184
123. **Mahapuranam** says, "The king, wearing the **chakra** (wheel), collects taxes like a beggar, begging for alms. By your actions, you have made your master, Bharat, reach the pinnacle of humility."
124. It is true that the **chakravarti** (universal monarch) conquered even the gods during his **digvijaya** (conquest of the directions). But you should consider this: when your master Bharat was engaged in the **jalastambhana** (stopping the water) **maya** (illusion), was he not sleeping on a bed of **darbha** (grass) or fasting?
125. Just as a potter, using a long, beautiful stick, rotates the **chakra** (wheel) and makes earthen pots, so too, Bharat, using the beautiful stick of his future (**danda ratna**), rotates the **chakra ratna** (wheel jewel) and subjugates the kings of the earth. Therefore, it must be said that your king behaves like a potter.
126. He, Bharat, has become stained by the dust of sin, and he is forever staining the lineage of even the noble ones.
127. O messenger, how can you praise the valor of this Bharat, who, using mantras and tantras, has subdued many kings from afar, without any shame?
128. O messenger, when you praise his war, we are filled with sorrow, because at that time, Bharat's army was swaying like a swing in the water, due to the force of the Mlechchha army.
129. A Kshatriya son should protect the wealth of **yasha** (fame), which cannot be stolen, because many people have died after burying their treasures in the earth. The meaning is that immortality is attained only through fame.
130. What use are those jewels that do not even reach the earth, and for which kings only attain death?
131. All this work seems to us like mere talk, because how can one start a **digvijaya** and at the same time be eager to collect wealth?