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The Adipurana, an Anga scripture, speaks of the mind's delusion, the stammering of speech, and the swift arrival of old age and intoxication in the body. ||87|| Just as a wicked elephant uproots a strong pillar, so too does time, the wicked elephant, forcibly uproot the life-pillar of humans. ||88|| This bodily strength is as fickle as an elephant's ear, and this dilapidated hut of a body is destroyed by the mice of disease. ||89|| Even though all this, including the kingdom, is impermanent, Bharat, whose consciousness is clouded by delusion, considers it eternal. How sorrowful! ||90|| Thus, contemplating the inferiority of his elder brother for a long time, Bahubali addressed Bharat with harsh words, saying: ||91|| "O king of kings, for a moment, abandon your shame and listen. You have been deluded and have taken refuge in this great and impossible feat." ||92|| "You have aimed your chakra at my body, which is like an impenetrable mountain. Know for sure that your chakra is as useless as a thunderbolt falling on a mountain made of diamonds." ||93|| "Furthermore, you have gained a great deal of dharma and fame by breaking the vessels of your brothers and desiring the kingdom." ||94|| "You have also established your praise by saying that Chakravarti Bharat was the eldest son of the Adi-Brahma, Lord Rishabhadeva, and that he was the savior of his lineage." ||95|| "O Bharat, you consider this kingdom, which you have conquered and which is filled with sin, to be yours alone and indestructible." ||96|| "May this kingdom, which you have honored, remain yours, O Ayushman. It is no longer worthy of me, for bondage is not for the joy of the virtuous." ||97||