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In the Mahapurana, the Uttara Purana, the gods gathered there, coming from heaven, along with the best of men. They were constantly delighted with the friendship born in heaven. ||40|| Which of these are gods and which are men? All are alike in form and so on. Thus, the lords of the birds, the Vidyadharas, were bewildered in their discernment. ||41|| Seeing the women of the marketplace, the young gods were amazed, but they did not engage with them, due to their different caste. ||42|| The objects of desire for the senses were there, but they were not in heaven, for the birth of the one worthy of worship by the gods took place there. ||43|| The gods, with their skill, had built houses there to conquer the artificial flying machines. What more can be said about them? ||44|| Just as Indra is the lord of the line of heaven, so Bharat was the lord of that city, who was the increaser of the Ikshvaku dynasty and the son of Lord Rishabhadeva. ||45|| Akampana and other kings, Nami and other Vidyadharas, and Magadha and other gods, with their pride abandoned and eager, bowed their heads, considering his command as the most precious ornament, like a garland of Malati flowers. ||46-47|| With the feelings born of good deeds, and with the destruction of karma, and with the special quality of the feeling of being worthy, he attained the ultimate limit of the best of men, that is, he was considered the most excellent. ||48|| That Bharat was the eldest son of Lord Adinath, the sixteenth Manu, the first Chakravarti, and he was liberated in a single moment (became a knower). Therefore, with whom could he be compared? That is, with no one, he was completely unique. ||49|| His goddess, Anantamati, was adorned as if she were the glory of a body-bearer, or as if Lakshmi herself had come, leaving her lotus-like abode. ||50|| Just as special Lakshmi is born from intelligence and prowess, so from them both, the Pururava Bhil's living god, the eldest son named Marichi, was born. ||51|| At the time of the initiation of his grandfather, Lord Rishabhadeva, Marichi, inspired by devotion to his guru, renounced all possessions along with the kings like Kachcha and took initiation. He endured the hardships of penance for a long time, and the pain of hunger, cold,