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began to leap forwards. Powerful warriors speedily mounted chariots, and warriors bearing various deadly weapons came forward. In this way, the entire army consisting of four parts became ready for a march. King Prajapati, sitting on a lordly elephant, appearing beautiful by the magnificence of a big armour, and surrounded by the army, came out of the town.
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Then Tripristha Kumāra,-whose extensive chest was orna mented with a necklace of pearls as big as the fruit Amalaka (Myrobalan Embellicum), like the sky beautified with the stream of the heavenly Ganges,-whose body was appearing lovely by the pair of clothes resembling the rays of the Rising Sun like the sea by the mass of submarine fire,-whose face shone brightly by the beautiful ear-rings in his ears, like the amorous side-glances of royal prosperity eagerly desirous of meeting him, giving vent as if to his anger by the reddish lustre of gold with which the diamond stick held in front of him was in-laid, and surrounded by feudatory chiefs assembled around a big swinging dark-coloured banner as black as a large Tala-patra (Palmyra leaf), followed by Acala Kumāra, who wore dark-coloured clothes, who was armed with a plough and a club in his hands, and who was very eager for a victorious fight-immediately joined King Prajapati and told him:-'Father! You abstain from this work and give me your permission to do it. Of what account is that Asvagriva? By your favour, I will overcome his malicious pride. Besides, you need not imagine that he has many associates. They are only his associates for dinner. Really speaking, he is alone. The king said :-'O darling! What is unconquerable to the brave man who killed the violent young lion sportively (with the greatest ease), and who is strong enough to defy millions of enemies by his prowess? We shall remain at a distance, and only watch the strange event with interest. The Kumāra said "Well, let it so happen.
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39 Now, Tripristha Kumāra, having excellent omen and great delight at heart, marched on uninterruptedly and reached 10
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