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## Adipurana 90
**127.** Even though he is the protector of his clan, he is defiled by the dust of sin.
**128.** O messenger, without shame, how much do you praise the prowess of this Bharata, who, by means of mantras and tantras, summons many kings from afar?
**129.** O messenger, when you praise his war, we are filled with great sorrow, because at that time, Bharata's army was swaying like a swing in the water, due to the Mlechchha army.
**130.** A Kshatriya son should protect the wealth of glory, which cannot be stolen, because in this earth, many people who buried treasures have died.
**131.** What is the use of those gems that do not even reach the earth? Kings only attain death.
**122.** This entire act appears to us as mere verbal pomp, because how can one begin a Digvijaya and at the same time be eager to accumulate wealth?
**123.** Just as a mendicant, wearing a begging bowl, attains extreme poverty by begging, in the same way, your master Bharata, by wearing the Chakra (wheel) and collecting taxes like alms, has been brought to the extreme limit of poverty by you.
**124-125.** It is true that the Chakravarti conquered even the gods during his Digvijaya, but this is only believable. Otherwise, you should consider this: when your master Bharata, who was engaged in stopping the flow of water, released an arrow, he was not sleeping on a bed of Darbha grass, nor was he fasting.
**126.** Just as a potter, using a long, beautiful stick, rotates the wheel and makes earthen pots, in the same way, Bharata, using a beautiful stick (Dandaratna), rotates the wheel (Chakra Ratna) and subjugates the kings of the earth. Therefore, it must be said that your king behaves like a potter.
**127.** He, Bharata, has become defiled by scattering the dust of sin, and he is also defiling the clan of noble men forever.
**130.** A Kshatriya son should protect the wealth of glory, which cannot be stolen, because in this earth, many people who buried treasures have died.
**131.** Or, what can be gained from those gems that do not even reach the earth? Kings only attain death.