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"The Mahapurana is far away, we must travel and stay near the sea. Hurry!" Thus the commanders urged the soldiers. (11) "Hurry, the king has departed, and today's camp is far away." The commanders' words stirred the army. (12) "Today we must travel to the Sindhu, and camp at the gate of the Ganga. We must conquer Magadha today, and find the treasure of water." (13) "Today we will see the ocean, with its high waves. Today we will cross the ocean, with the king's seal of authority." (14) With these words to each other, the soldiers set out. The sound of the war drums, rising in the air, filled the sky. (15) Then the army, with its banners and flags, marched along the banks of the Ganga, as if measuring its length. (16) The army resembled the Ganga, with its chamaras waving like swans, its flags fluttering like herons, and its horses leaping like waves. (17) The army marched towards the ocean, like a second Ganga, with its kings like swans, and its movement as steady as the river's flow. (18) Or perhaps the army had conquered the Ganga, for the river flowed against the current (being filled with birds), while the army did not, always following the king's command. The Ganga flowed downwards (towards the low ground), while the army flowed upwards (towards the high ground, towards the king). And the Ganga flowed in three directions (being called Trimarga), while the army...