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offended. Then he disclosd the reason as follows : 'This city is ruled by the king named Rāgakesarī. Once he ordered his minister Visayābhilāsa to manage in such a way that the whole world would accept his orders, and would never think of any other master. The minister promised to accomplish it within a few days, and ordered his five sons named Sparśana, Rasanā, Ghrána, Caksu and Srotra to conquer the world. They implemented his orders in a few days. But after some days the officers of the king got a report that the wicked Santosa had defeated the king's servants and kidnapped some people to the great city named Mukti. The king was all rage and started for war and marched so long as a messenger named Visaya-vyäsanga met him and informed that king Mahamoha has already started from the Karma-pariņāma country with a great army for punishing Santosa. Hence, the king Rāgakesarī should immediately join the forces. At this point the king thought that he has already started, and now the country of Moharāja, too, has been caught in similar situation. Thus, Rāgakesarī, too, mounted, along with Visayābhilāsa and started for the battle. This is why the city is empty.'
Then, Vimarśa asked as to the whereabouts of the army. Mithyābhimāna took them to be spies and replied that the king was in Tamasacitta with his army. They took leave of him and went further. While going, Vimarśa told Prakarsa that they have found at least some purity of Rasanā. For full information they should enquire with Visayābhilāsa. Gradually, they arrived at the Tamasacitta city. When they were entering it, they saw there a smokecomplexioned guard surrounded by a few persons named Dainya, Akranda, Rodana, and others. When they asked as to who was the king, the guard replied that the ruler was named Dvesagajendra, a younger brother of Rāgakesarī. He also has mounted an attack on Santosa, and at that moment his army was camping on the bank of the river Pramattatā in a great forest named Cittavrtti, and has attacked the enemy. Then they reached the said forest and saw the river on the bank at which the army of Moharāja was making much noise. Their eyes then fell upon a big pandal named Cittaviksepa. And, in it they saw king Mahāmoha, surrounded by feudal chieftains, sitting on the throne named Viparyaya, possessing very fearful limbs called Avidyā, repeatedly stroking his mustache full of tufts of hair in the form of bad obstinacy, looking at the three worlds through his two eyes in the form of Rajas and Tamas, having a dark-coloured body comparable
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