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Adipurana - Many kings who had no other refuge and desired to end their suffering took refuge in the shade of the feet of Bharata, which was cool and pleasant. ||18|| Just as the approaching summer destroys the leaves of trees and causes the absence of their shade, so too, the approaching Bharata destroyed the chariots, horses, and elephants of many kings, and caused the absence of their splendor. ||19|| As soon as the great king Bharata approached, the energy of the enemy kings was extinguished, their heavy breaths began to come, and they were agitated within, so they were attaining the state of a dying man. ||20|| The one who desired to be an enemy of Bharata had already perished, so it is right, because what moth desiring to extinguish fire can ever remain safe? ||21|| The great king Bharata had taken away all the wealth, jewels, and chariots of the enemies, and thus he had clearly made the entire group of enemies, wealthless. ||22|| The kings who had offered all their wealth and bowed down to the Chakravarti, although they were enemies before, later became great officials. ||23|| The earth, which was previously terrified by the army of Bharata, now became fearless by satisfying Bharata with its wealth. ||24|| Many kings born in noble families had given their ancestral wealth to Bharateshwar and regained their kingdoms, so it is right, because those kings are like a 'kulyā' (canal) for the victorious king, for the sake of obtaining the flow of water in the form of wealth. ||25|| The king under whose rule the subjects were suffering due to the burden of taxes,
1 Destruction of chariots, complete destruction of the side. 2 Loss of energy. 3 Nearby. 4 Those whose influence and spread have been removed. On the side, those whose heat and spread have been removed. 5 Bharata. 6 Meaning, the state of a person who has reached the time of death. 7 Desires enmity. 8 Who is not in this etc. (Not a man etc. Commentary). 9 Desiring to extinguish. 10 Attracting. 11 Accepting. 12 There is no wealth for those, those are the enemies, their state is the truth, meaning, poverty. 13 The sound of being a great enemy. 14 By the army. 15 Fearless. 16 Those born in noble families. 17 He used to earn. In the acquisition of land, movement, and acquisition. 18 Rivers. 'Kulyā, Kulvadhu, Sarit'. Or artificial rivers. In that case, 'Kulyā, small, artificial river'. 19 Suffering, etc. 20 He established a man who was capable of giving appropriate punishment.