________________
130
Gem. 13 EITT Krapça UF9 Khadga, A dagger-and, 14 et Dando (que: Cardah) A club. (suitable for a cakravritin's Dig-Vijaya.)
45 After the acquisition of the above-pamed fourteen excellent articles, King Priyamitra, accompanied by numerous feudatory princes, started on a journey to arrati Māgadha Tirtha for a conquest of continents, carefully following the Course of the
A Cakra-ratna-the gem-like discus, and having stationed his army in the country surrounding the Māgatha Tirtha, he observed a three days' fasting with the cbject of reaching his goal by propitiating the presiding-deity of the sacred place.
Then, riding an excellent chariot, well-decorated with four big bells, and yoked to beautiful white horses, and accom panled by numercus equipped horses, warriors, and charlots, and advancing forward in the path of the unita Cakra-ratna,the gem-like discus-King Priyamitra valiently held a dreadful bow, resembling the brow of wrathful God of Death, and equipped with a string enlightening the directions by the rays of numerous gems in his left hand baving drawn an arrow surmounted by a sharp adamantine point and by sides Inlald with numerous brilliant gems and marked by gems with the name of the Cakravartin by his right hand towards his ear, he threw the arrow towards the presiding deity of the Māgadha Tirtba
The arrow rapidly travelled a distance of twelve yojans, and sell before the Māgadha Déva sitting in his assembly.
Then, with a face terrible with up-raised eyebrows on his contumelious fore-head and with eyes, glistening and red-hot by vehemant anger, Māgadha Déva said: "Ah! Who has to-day remembered the God of Death? Or, who has no affection for his own life? That he desires to fall, like a bu'ter-fly, in the Alame of my intense anger. Or, is this arrow thrown by a celestial being or a human being or an Yakşa (a demi-god ) or a Rākşasa ( an evil spirit ) who has become proud of the valour of his arms !
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
