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4. 14 सरवरपंतिहि वरणु णिबंधमि, I shall build a dam ( to stop the progress of the army) by a series of arrows, having the shape of snakes (manurzfg). 13 or gaf af, I do not behave well when I am with you, i. e., it is not right for me to indulge in pleasures when my king is marching against his enemy. fagafa, shall pay off, shall redeem, shall clear off.
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anffgue, as if drawn in picture on a wall.
3a विष्णि वि जण, both of you. Compare दोघे जण in Marathi. fafour fafag, threefold fight, viz., gazing at each other without winking; splashing water against each other so as to overpower one; and a wrestling match in which one would weigh the other on his arms.
5 afges fafg etc., The lower eye, i. e. the eye of Bharata, was conquered by the upper eye, i. e. the eye of Bahubali, whose glance was steady, fixed and unwinking.
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66 fangregeadywat, in which the beaks of cakora birds were being filled with eatable stalks of lotus. 12 fauft, would just fall (slightly) above the waist but would not cover his face.
14. 5 पीलिजउ तेरठ उच्छुपाउ etc. Let your bow of sugar-cane be crushed, let (pople) drink its juice, or let (them) eat the sweet raw sugar (2, 1). Bahubali had his bow made of sugar-cane and hence the reference. 10 ता भणइ for etc., Then the son of Jina i. e. Bahubali said: why do you talk in vain ? why do you ridicule my bow and arrow ?
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10 अलंभुषजुज्यविहणसवाई, hundred ways of wrestling.
16. 86 at fafae, then the fine-necked (Bharata) thought of his cakra or disc, saying to himself that he could not in reality be a cakravartin if he was to be so overcome by his younger brother.
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[Having lifted Bharata on his arms and thus defeated him for the third time, Bahubali felt that he insulted his elder brother and cakravartin. He therefore asked Bharata to forgive him for the offence and desired to be a monk. Bharata however did not like to have the kingdom when he remembered that he had been defeated by his younger brother in the presence of the army, relatives and women. He therefore offered his kingdom to Bahubali and desired to renounce the worldly life. Bahubali could not agree. The ministers also intervened and Bahubali placed his son on the throne, and went to Kailasa mount to practise penance. He practised penance there for one year when
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