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as your Majesty orders" and having done bathing and other ceremonies suitable for the occasion and being surrounded by several heads of troops and heads of fortresses who were valient lustrous, clever in barbarian languages, renowned for fame, who were armed with armours, and who had bows fightly fixed on their backs, he with a white umbrella held over his head with pure chowries walved about him, and with the directions deafened by the sound of musical instruments, rode on an excellent elephant, and he reached the bank of river Sindhu. He then spread the area Carma-ratma-the excellent leather twelve yojans in extent, to serve as a boat for crossing the great river. Then, remaining on the Carma-ratna along with his horaes, elephants, warriors, and cakra (discus), the Commander fearlessly crossed, as it were the Gospada (cow's foot prints) the great river in which big waves were sergiug bigh and having made all the barbarous races obedient to his orders, he took presents of gems etc from them The barbarians saying “O supreme lord ! you are our only means of support," went back to their respective places. Commander Vijayaséna returned to Priyamitra Cakravartin, and making a low salute to the lotuslike feet of the Cakravartin, he handed over the gems, ornaments etc to him, and narrated the account of his victory over the barbarians to him.
Priyamitra Cakravartin, then, told Commander Vijayaséna, "O good man! you go to Tamisră cave and open its door." In strict obediance to the Cakravartin's orders, Vijayasena went to the cave along with all his army, and commenced the three days' fasting
By, striking three times with thick, and sharp Fusco Danda-ratna, the jewelled staff-on the adamantine doors the doors urged by the blow, opened wide with a crackling noise, like a secret imparted to a bad woman Vijayaséna then returned to Priyamitra Cakravartin, and narrated the whole account to him.
Then riding on an intoxicated elephant and accompanied by hin entire army, Priyamitra took the aforca emerald gem capable
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