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The prince, accepting the command of the king, ordered the march, and the army consisting of four constituent parts began to move on. The elephants darkening the directions with the fragrant temple-juice oozing out from their temples, forming crooked lines of the fragrant temple-juice by the brisk fiapping of their ears, creating a presumption about the churning of the
RETT Kșira Sagara, (the Milk Ocean ), by the roaring of their terrible sound, appearing like the vault of the sky dazzling with bright stars or beautified with ornaments like stars, appearing elegant like forests of plantain-trees, elephants with their formidable temples smeared with red chalk, and elephants, who were tall like moveable mountain-rangesimmediately commenced the march.
The horses, as swift as the wind, digging the ground with the topmost parts of their hard iron-hoofs, and spreading the fame of the prince, under the pretence of blowing out foambegan to move on.
Warriors with spears, bows, sharp lances, javelins, and swords in their hands-warriors equipped with armours and with the strength of their powerful arms-warriors regarding the enemy's army as worn-out grass by the intensity of their valour; warriors whose armours had broken loose by the stretching produced by the exclamation every moment of the cry of Ah ! warriors-who had sent back home their beloved persons and warriors who were eminent for their pride of adventurewent along
Besides, chariots filled with weapons of various kinds, formidable with the rattling noise of their heavily-laden wheels, and chariots adorned with flags moving in all directions with the wind-began to run about.
In this way, the complete army ( consisting of infantry, cavalry, elephants, and chariots) became ready with increasing delight, before the , rince, like the meritorious karma acquired by giving gifts to ascetics
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| SR No. | 008001 |
| Book Title | Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 1 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker |
| Publisher | Parimal Publication |
| Publication Year | 1989 |
| Total Pages | 650 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion |
| File Size | 15 MB |