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The thirty-ninth chapter has passed, and those who were confused are now filled with fear, thinking, "He has departed!" Those who were enemies, upon hearing, "He has arrived," bowed down in submission. ||12||
Just as a tree standing against the powerful current of a great river is uprooted, so too, any king who stood against this powerful Chakravarti, who did not bow down in humility, was destroyed, his lineage eradicated. ||13||
Bharata, whose only delight was in his own prowess, who could not even tolerate his own reflection in a mirror, how could he tolerate his enemies? ||14||
Some of his enemies, upon hearing the sound of his army, fled far away, adopting the ways of the deer. ||15||
And some, great and powerful kings, driven by fear, abandoned their kingdoms, leaving behind their umbrellas, whisks, and other royal insignia, just as snakes, shedding their skin, abandon their coiled bodies. ||16||
Just as wicked people are lifted up by the power of mantras and thrown into pits, so too, Bharata, by the power of his mantras (his counsel with his ministers), uprooted many wicked, pleasure-seeking kings and cast them into fortresses, replacing them with noble kings. ||17||