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of warding off disease and evil, with him and entered the Tamisrā cave going along the course of Cakra-ratna With the object of dispelling the darkness of the cave, he made big cir. cles on its walls with the facut Käkini ratna. The darkness' was removed by the mass of rays of circles, and Priyamitra Cakravartin was able to go through the cave easily along with his entire army.
The extremely valient barbarian tribes of the remoter portion of Vaitadhya giri, who were affluent with gold, gems, wealth and corn, and who possessed invicuicible powers, now saw the mirage of showers of blood, earth-quakes and numerous other mishaps. On seelng the army of the Cakravartin, they became joyless, distressed, and baffled in their attempts with bumiliation, and Priyamitra Cakravartin, creating the suspicion of churming of the sea by the sound resembling, roaring of lions and accompanied by warriors bearing swords, javelins, lan. ces, spears, and other weapons, at once reached the interior of the barbarian's country.
On hearing the news of arrival of Priyamitra Cakravartin, there barbarians with their eyes blood-shot with Intense anger, began to think, thus, amongst themselves:-'Ah ! this poor soul sent by the God of Death, has come here to molest our country, let us, therefore so arrange ourselves, that he will be annihilated in the midway." With very strong unbreakable armours on their bodies and armed with various weapons in their hands, they hastily marched on-ward with banners bearing the figures of alligators, human beings, tigers, eagles, and other animals, and boasting of their, valour they began to fight with the front portion of the army of Priyamitra.
On seeing the front portion of the army Priyamitra Cakravartin, with several warriors lying dead, with excellent chariots shattered to pices, with wel-bred horses severely wounded, and with some of his tributary kings faltering in their onward march, Commander Vijayasóna, became greatly enraged and so
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