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तब राजा भरत ने सेनापति सुषेण को बुलाकर कहा- देवानुप्रिय ! जाओ, दूसरे निष्कुट प्रदेश हैं।
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इससे आगे का कथन दक्षिणी सिन्धु निष्कुट के विजय के वर्णन के समान यहाँ भी समझ लेना चाहिए। फ्र 77. [2] When those angels addressed Meghamukh Nagakumar demi
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gods in this manner, they felt afraid. They became very much bewildered, non-plussed and depressed. They removed the dark clouds and then came to the place where Aapat Kirats were present and said, 'O beloved of gods! King Bharat possesses a great wealth and power. No angel or demi-god can stop him. Still in order to help you in fulfilling your desire, we caused disturbance to him. Now you go, take your bath, do your usual routine activities, add collyrium to your eyes, usual mark
on your forehead and do the auspicious act with sandal paste, kumkum,
curd, akshat and the like. Thereafter, you wear a wet cover on your legs and a wet cover on your upper body. Then holding the ends of your 5 hanging clothes, take best quality if jewels and then with folded hands touch the feet of king Bharat and seek his protection. The people of grand outlook always have compassion for the humble. They think of their welfare. You shall have no fear from king Bharat. Saying so they went back in the same direction from where they had come.
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रहो। अब तुम्हें किसी से भी भय नहीं है।' यों कहकर राजा भरत ने उनका सत्कार किया,
At this call of Meghamukh Nagakumar demi-gods, the Aapat Kirats got up, took their bath, performed the usual activities, added collyrium to their eyes, a mark on their forehead and did the routine auspicious act with sandal paste, kumkum, curd, akshat (unbroken rice grains) and the like. Thereafter, they wore wet dhoti (the cover for lower part of the body) and wet dupatta (the cover for upper part of the body). They held the corners of their hanging clothes and, without wasting any time, they came to king Bharat with an offering of high class jewels. Then they folded their hands, touched their forehead with it and shouted in honour of king Bharat. They offered the jewels to the king and said
"O the master of the grand wealth of six territories ! O the possessor of good qualities ! O the ever conqueror ! O the possessor of honour,
जम्बूद्वीप प्रज्ञप्ति सूत्र
Jambudveep Prajnapti Sutra
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