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The king Bharat, who was adorned with many praises that revealed his devotion to the Guru and destroyed all his sins, and who was accompanied by many princes and his younger brothers, set out for Ayodhya. ||25|| Then, as the sun's rays gently touched the face of the west, like a woman, and the wind gently moved the fluttering flags, the king Bharat, who was incapable of disobeying his Guru's command, entered Ayodhya. ||25||
The king Bharat, who was destined to be a Chakravarti, resided in Ayodhya, serving the great Lord Vrishabhadeva with reverence from afar, and engaged in activities that benefited all beings. He always kept his brothers happy and honored his Gurus with respect. Thus, he ruled the earth, marked by a single umbrella, for a long time. ||256||
Thus, the king of kings, Bharat, having performed the proper service to the Guru during the Tapas-Kalyanak, returned to his city of Ayodhya, accompanied by his younger brothers. Every morning, he would rise with the group of kings, remembering his Guru with devotion, and protect all directions, destroying the enemies, just as the Jina, Vrishabhanatha, had done before. ||257||
Thus ends the seventeenth chapter, named "Bhagavan's Tapas-Kalyanak," in the Trishattilakshana Mahapurana Sangraha, composed by the venerable Jinasena Acharya. ||17||