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Bharata in turn asked the Purohit," who said, "The Chakraratna could easily pass through the ghats of Meru Mt., why does it not pass through the gates of Ayodhya ? This implies there must be an enemy. Who could this be, awaiting death at your hands?" You are master of all the four royal arts. There is nothing you do not know. Yes, now I see there is at least one rival in your brother Bahubali. He should be subdued."
Bharata thereupon issued the following order to all his brothers" This Empire of the World is not for me alone. The Lord Purudeva has distributed it among all of us. As I am Chakravarti and your eldest brother, you have to regard me as your father and kneel before me." A hundred of the younger brothers would not bow to anyone having kneeled before Sri Adinatha Jinendra. Straightway they went to the Samavasarana, and laid before the Lord the complaint that a distinction had now been made by Bharata as subject and sovereign, which never was contemplated before, that he insisted on being regarded as their father, and that they were unwilling to submit to any after their submission to Sri Adinatha. They accordingly prayed for that diksha, which would make even Bharata to prostrate bodily before them. So they took to tapas then and there.
Bharata heard of this incident in the Samavasarana, and felt more diffident of his ability to subjugate Bahubali. All the same, he sent a message to him-Bahubali would not acknowledge his superiority, and found fault with his ambition, folly and arrogance. Bharata moved with his army again and appeared before the walls of Paudanapura.
Bahubali agreed upon a decisive single combat and not war killing or injuring hosts of men. The brothers stood for open fair fight (dharma yuddha). At first Bharata Raja was defeated in the drishti yuddha (fight by sight); then in the jalayuddha (water-fight), Bahubali being 25 bows taller than Bharata who was only 500 bows tall, the Chakravarti was again defeated, Enraged at the victorious drums of Bahubali, Bharata entered into malla yuddha (wrestling); Bahubali had got his brother well in his grasp, held him in his arms up in the air, but would not Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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