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He crossed the rivers Vaitarani, Mashavati and Mahendraka with his army and reached the dry river. ||4|| Seeing the holy river Godavari and the Sapta Godavari pilgrimage, the pure-hearted commander was delighted upon reaching the Manas lake. ||8|| After that, he crossed the Saprayoga river with his armies and crossed the rivers Krishnavarna, Sannir and Praveni. ||86|| Seeing the rivers Kubja, Dhairy, Churni, Vena, Sukarika and Ambarna, he declared the emperor's order to the kings of the south. ||87|| Then, crossing the Mahendra mountain and conquering the regions near the Vindhyachal, he climbed the Nag mountain and went to the Malaya mountain. ||88|| From there, he reached the mountains Goshirsh, Dardur, Pandya, Kavatak and Shitgah with his army and conquered the mountains Shrikatan, Shripurvat and Kishkindha. The commander gained immense growth by obtaining appropriate benefits from the kings there. ||89-90|| The kings of the Karnataka country, whose appearance is adorned with ostentatious displays, whose attire is fierce and inspires valor, who are very fond of turmeric, betel nut and collyrium, and whose fame is their wealth, the kings of the Andhu country, who are skilled in delivering hard blows, who are very miserly, and whose bodies are as hard as stone, but whose hearts are also as hard as stone, the kings of the Kalinga country, who have a large army of elephants and are endowed with wealth in the form of art and skill, are like the Kalinga country, are foolish and warlike, the kings of the Ond country, who are very fond of lying and whose actions are deceitful, the kings of the Chola country, who are skilled in sweet conversation and speak frankly, the kings of the Kerala country, who are skilled in art gatherings and are like birds, the kings of the Pandya country, whose arms are very strong, who have destroyed the groups of enemies, who are very fond of elephants, and who use bows, spears and other weapons in abundance in battle.