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CHAPTER XII
BHARATA.
بہت مضبوط گھر سے عاقبت کا دار دنیا سے
اوثها لینا یہاں سے اپنی دولت اور وھان رکھنا
Bahut mazbut ghar hai agebat kā dār-z-duniyā se: Utha lenā yahān se apni daulat aur wahân rakhnā! [Tr. Much safer is the House of the next world than
that of this one; You should withdraw your wealth from here, and
place it in the next world!] , Many people read' blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the world '; but it was Bharata who realized it! Men hear that the fruit of renunciation is a hundred million fold; Bharata actually enjoyed the abundance of it!
Bharata's wealth was immense. There was none who could count his treasures. He possessed a countless number of precious gems of great value. His horses, his elephants, bis war and other kinds of chariots were counted in millions. Huge armies followed him when he went on war. Thousands of great kings, and tens of thousands of smaller chiefs and chieftains were proud to be
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