Bharat Chakravarti Diwakar Chitrakatha 035

Author(s): Jinottamsuri, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Mahavir Seva Trust Mumbai

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They all said in unison
The commander
All the 98 brothers
accepted diksha# from Bhagavan.
BHARAT CHAKRAVARTI
# Formal initiation.
Lord, we accept your advise. We should renounce our kingdom and accept ascetic discipline so as to avoid war and subjugation both
Yes, sire, Bhagavan Rishabh's second son and your younger brother, mighty Bahubali, still remains unconquered. My younger brother, unconquerable by me?
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One day while chakravarti Bharat was sitting in his assembly, his commander came and submittedDoes that mean that there still remains some independent king who has not accepted my sovereignty.
Sire, although you have conquered the six continents the disc-weapon is not entering the city.
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He composed himself and saidTam in a quandary. On one hand, it is shameful that my own younger brother refuses to obey me; and on the other, it is my duty as an emperor to punish the egotistic. What should I do?
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Sire, for a king, his duty as a king gets precedence over that as a brother. Morally too it is the duty of the younger brother to obey the elder one. If he fails his duty it is the duty of the king to punish him.