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appeared before Bharata and said, "I am Kritamala at your service. I live in Tamisra guha kuta. There is no mountainous tract that I do not know." So the tract west of the Sindhu was reached through the Torana gate and on to Mlecha Khanda the army marched and over-running thrice this country, they subdued and subjugated it. Encamped at the entrance to the N. Vijayardha, through Tamisra guha, where on the walls at each yojana, the victorious king recorded in inscriptions his victorious march prefaced by the moon and the sun. Then at the confluence of the rivers he erected pillars of victory. The army thereupon crossed the Vijayardha mountain, and conquered the Western continent. Two Mlechcha Kings Balaka and Avarta prepared for an attack. Their ministers said, “We shall cause disturbance in the enemy's camp. We shall break his pride with the help of our family gods_Meghamukha and Nagaraja." Somaprabha's son Jayakumara fought against them and defeated them. Thus subdued the Balaka-Avartas surrendered, and prostrated before the Chakravarti. Following the course of the Sindhu river, the army marched up to the Himalayas. South of it they saw the Vrishabhachala Mt. It was one yojana in circumference, 1 yojana in length : hall in extent 125 in depth etc. There as the king desired to inscribe his victory, he saw the inscriptions of several ages of Chakris, his pride was humbled, and then defacing one of them, he recorded his victory.
To the N. E. towards Gangakuta the army marched southward, and camped near the Meru Rajata Mt. Then Mlechchakbanda lay to the east. The Vidyadharas Nami and Vinami came and paid homage, and gave their sister Subhadra to the king, Proceeding thence, they met Natyamalamara, who paid homage. Then towards Kailasa Mt. Bharata marched, and kneeled down before Adi Tirthesvara.
Bharata Chakravarti returned to his capital after having spent 60 thousand years over the conguest of the World (Jigvijaya). But his Chakra would not enter the capital; outside it stood in all fury. The wise men asked Bharata, “Who
could your rival be, that the Chakra cannot enter the capital ? Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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