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## The Twenty-Eighth Chapter
At the beginning of the next day, having performed all the morning rituals, Chakravarti Bharat set out, following the Chakra Ratna. ||2||
The Chakra Ratna, which destroys the power of enemy groups and is itself not to be transgressed by others, and the Danda Ratna, which punishes enemies, these two jewels were in front of the Chakravarti's army. ||2||
The Chakra Ratna was protected by a thousand gods, and the Danda Ratna was also protected by the same number of gods. In truth, these two were the cause of the Chakravarti's victory; the rest of the equipment was merely for show. ||3||
This time, the Chakravarti, whose body rivaled Mount Vijayardha, mounted the revered elephant named Vijayaparth, and set out. ||4||
It seemed as if the great king Bharat, eager to conquer the eastern direction up to the sea, was carrying Mount Vijayardha on his back, by the grace of that elephant. ||5||
Just as Indra, adorned with a radiant crown, looks magnificent mounted on the elephant Airavata, so too Bharat, adorned with a radiant crown, looked magnificent mounted on the elephant Vijayaparth, which was white like the clouds of autumn. ||6||
The white umbrella above Bharat's head shone as if it were the very source of the birth of glory. ||7||
A line of fly whisks, as pure as Lakshmi's laughter and as cool as the moonlight of autumn, waved around the great king Bharat. ||8||
Mounted on the elephant Vijay, and shining with the brilliance of victorious weapons, Bharat was the target of the glances of Victory Lakshmi. ||9||
Just as the gods follow Indra, so too thousands of crowned kings followed Bharat from all sides. ||10||