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CHAPTER XI
BAHUBALI
ऋषभो मेरुदोव्यां च ऋषभाद्भरतोऽभवत् ॥ ऋषभो दत्तः श्रीः पुत्रे शालग्रामे हरिं गतः । भरताद्भारतं वर्षे भरतात्सुमतिस्त्वभूत् ॥ भरतो दत्तलक्ष्मीकः शालग्रामे हरिं गतः ॥ १२ ॥
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[Tr. From Maru Devi was born Risabha. Risabha was born Bharata; endowed with Lakshmi, Risabha attained to Divinity (Nirvāṇa) at Shaligram! From Bharata came Bhāratvarṣa and Sumati; dowed with Lakshmi (Excellence) Bharata attained to Divinity at Shaligram!]—The Agneya Purāņa (Hindu), CVIII. 11-12.
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Three great events had occurred simultaneously in the life of Bharata before his departure to worship the WORLD TEACHER, described in the last chapter. Each of them was pregnant with momentous import, and the harbinger of unparalleled joy. One of them was the attainment to Full Knowledge by His Divine Father, the WORLD TEACHER; the second was the appearance in his arsenal of the heavenly weapon,
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