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Alas, the festival
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A great fear had arrived, causing the warriors to become confused. A man who has not accumulated merit in past lives is disliked by all eyes, just as this dust was disliked by all eyes. || 580 ||
This dust, filled with speed, was crossing the sky, spreading throughout the entire sky. Within that dust, the entire army became as if fainted, or as if in the womb, or as if a motionless picture painted on a wall. Its entire clamor became silent. Just as the agitation of a defeated king gradually calms down, so too, when that dust, filled with great agitation, gradually calmed down, and vision became somewhat mobile, the warriors, filled with anger, who were inspired by the commanders, became pure in their movement, like new clouds, holding bows, and began to rain arrows, making the hearts of the enemy warriors devoid of passion. The warriors, inspired by the commanders, were fighting with great enthusiasm. || 581-585 ||
That is right, because the strength of the virtuous does not manifest from the enemy, but from the friend. I have received sustenance from the king, to give my life - I have received wages. Thinking, "Now is the time," a warrior was repaying that debt in the battle. In fighting, there is the fulfillment of the duty of a servant, the attainment of fame, and the attainment of the path of the brave - these three fruits are obtained. || 586-587 ||
And these three are our aims, thinking this, a warrior was fighting with another warrior. "I will not see the death of anyone in my army, because that would be my defeat," thinking this, a warrior himself went to fight and died first. Thus, all the warriors, filled with intense anger, were continuously fighting without any anxiety, with all kinds of weapons, those that could be released with both hands, those that could be released with one hand, and those that could not be released. The arrows released from both sides, facing each other, were making their way through the middle, and very quickly falling into the other army. The arrows, sharp and blood-drinking, which were released far away, leaving behind the string, were killing even when they were straight, because the qualities that reside in a wicked man are not called qualities. The arrows had no enmity with anyone, nor did they receive any fruit, yet they were killing the enemies. || 588-591 ||
That is right, because
1 (kalakalam yatha syat, ka. ti.) kalakalan kanchit kha.
2 phalatrayam kha.
3 aanit-la, ma.
4 param prapatitah la.
5 dure kha.