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life uselessly defiled by seelng the country acquired by his father or his fore-tathers going into the hands of other people ? NowB-days, some valient people of a family, subjugate their enemies with their powerful arms, and take away their countries, but we are not even able to protect our land. Why do females give birth to sons who are devoid of force of energy? Who are a source of rejoicing for their enemies? Who are without resoluteness, and who are without friends? Therefore, my dear son ! it is quite suitable for me to have recourge to battle-field which is like water in washing away che mire of disgrace, and an invigorating medicine for a person afflicted by old age.” When addressed in this way, the prince, angrily pressing his two lips together fell down at the feet of the king, and imploringly said “ Father ! you leave off the sudden impulse of your anger. Why do you attach so much importance to that wicked man ? A maned lion who can sportively crush the temples of rutting elephants, will never like to attack a jackal. How can an Indra's thunder-bolt which is powerful enough to grind tops of high mountain-ranges, spend up its force on a castor plant ? Can a planet which seizes and eclipses the Full Moon and Sun, desire to eclipse the multitude of stars? O father ! therefore, you desist from this adventure of yours, but order me, so that with your grace, 1 may remove the itching of the hands of the hypocrite, who has become proud of his valour. Besides, it is not desirable for a father to enter into such an enterprise when we-his sonsare existing. Indeed, your glory alone, will certainly accomplish buch deeds. Because, with the rise of the Sun, on the gate Purvācala-Sun-rise Mountain, only the rays of the Sun, are able to overthrow the darkness existing everywhere. Only the foodtide of a calm and deep ocean, can approach, as a great current, the regions of TSC33 Pãtāla Kalaša, (the subterranian pont situated in the Salt Sea. ). The lotuses with excellent leaves, bude, and atamens, shining on tall stalks on the Himalayas, are destroyed by grains of snow-flakes brought to them by winds." With these pertinent words of the prince, the king ordered him to lead the march.
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