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59. King Bharat saw the Chakra Ratna proceeding towards Vardam Si Tirth. Seeing it, he felt happy and satisfied. He called his offici
said, “Prepare the horses, the elephants, the chariots and the four-tier army and brave soldiers. Quickly decorate the elephant earmarked for coronation. After issuing such orders, the king entered the bathroom. After taking bath, he came out from there. He was then looking beautiful like the moon coming out of white dense clouds. (as described earlier in aphorisms)
White whisks of excellent quality were being waved around him. Si Thousands of warriors were in the march for the battle. They were
holding excellent shields in their hands. Their waist was tied with high quality cloth. They were wearing armours (kavach). The entire surrounding was covered with kundals, buntings, flags, the flags
prepared by joining two buntings each and the whisks. Umbrellas were 4 so densely displayed that it looked like a cover of darkness. The soldiers
were having special sword (asi), missile (kshepani), ordinary sword (khadg), bow, arrow totally made of iron (chaap), quiver, ordinary arrow (shar), special arrow (kanak), small sword, javeline, thick stick, spears and bows made of bamboo, which were bearing hundreds of signs in black, blue, red, yellow and white colour. Those warriors were moving along with king Bharat spreading their arms and making war sounds. The horses were neighing in a joyful mood. The elephants were trumpeting. There was a great sound of the movement of hundreds, thousands and millions of chariots, the leather sticks for goading horses,
ms, big drums (kaurambh), flute, kahali (hoof like burgle), mridang, small conch-shell, parili, musical instrument made of grass straw (vachchak), seven-ringed violine, dans, special type of flute (vipanchi), tortoise shaped violine (kachchapi), sarangi (rigisigika), kartal, kansyatal, sound emitting due to clapping of hands and the like. Thus
the entire environment was full of such sounds and their echo. In this 15 environment king Bharat with his four-tier army, many vehicles, and his
immense grandeur and wealth, which looked like Kuber (the god of 4 wealth) surrounded with thousands of yakshas, was going ahead. He was looking powerful and grand. He was conquering villages, suburbs, towns,
karvats, madambs and all such areas that fell on his route. He was 41 conquering the rulers of those areas and accepting gift of excellent jewels
offered by them. He was following the divine Chakra Ratna. He was
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