Gaudavaho

Author(s): Vakpatiraj, Narhari Govind Suru, P L Vaidya, A N Upadhye, H C Bhayani
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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Gajidavaho
415. The surface of the earth, gory (@amba) with the continuous flowing lines of blood of soldiers battered at the very start of the battle, looked as if it was strewn with scattered, coiling streaks of lightning conducted (down to the earth ) by shower-streams.
416. The wide expanse of the sky, (emptied) of its clouds pushed out by the gods' chariots and reverberating with the deep boom of drums ( beaten by gods ) in the heaven, ( sent down ) thick showers of the Mandāra flowers that fell (on victorious warriors ).
The King's Conquests
417. And then, after having gobbled up (Kavaliūna) the fleeing (valūamta) Magadha monarch (i.e. killed him), he marched on through the outskirts of the sea-coast forests smelling fragrant with cardamom (elū).
418. His rambling in the cocoa-nut forest-ranges, reddish with gems, studded with stones heaped in masses on the shore, and sweet-smelling with split (cocoanut ) fruits was a pleasant sight.
419. (Of the Vangas ) over whom the sun, red-tinged (rāvia ) as red lead, (soared high ) flashing from the victorious elephants' temples crashing (against one another in a combat ), does not leave, even when risen high (in the sky), the pink glow of (dawn) when the night had ended,
420. The faces of these Vangas, washed clean ( viccholia) (and white ) with the lustre of his toe-nails, turned pale, as it were, by the feeling of shame and ) embarrassment caused in their first ) attempt to ) bow down in homage ( at the King's feet ).
421. The Lord of the Earth moved on, casting his eyes on the forest-lands, bristling with pumpkin gourds and with herds of deer squatting unconcerned.
422. At the time of whose march, the earth shakes (and trembles ), distressed in her belly, as the ring of jewels on the hoods of Sesa is thrust (in her inside) by the pressure exerted by the heavy weight of the army, thus appearing as if she has ( her son ) the planet Mars ( situated ) in her womb.
423. The Lord of the Earth, to whom a cordial salutation (as an indication of homage ) was made by the southern king, marched ahead along the path over the Malaya mountain.