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of Harsapura is waiting at the door. He is desirous of seeing you."-The king sald:-O good man: Let him come in at once." The gate-keeper saying "Just as your majesty orders”allowed the messenger to enter. The king gave the messenger suitable reception and Inquired about the object of his coming there. The messenger said :-King Dévaséna of Harşapura bas sent me here for the purpose of selecting a bride-groom for his daughter namad silavati who can laugh out a celestial damsel by her beauty, youth, and virtuous qualites.” The king replied:-O good man ! You look at the prince sitting near my foot-stool and decide for yourself whether he is fit or not The messenger, then, sald:-O great king! I have one request to make. The king sald:-Well I let me know it The messenger sald:-Our king Dévaséna has a powerful wrestler named Kalamégha-the best among all vallent persons.-What else can I say about the superiority of his strength ? He is ready to fight head long on account of pride of his own valoar with a wellbuilt scrong and hard hearted-highly enraged wild buffalo. Also, he sportively drags along, an intoxicated elephant holding him by his trunk with his own hands as if it were a helfer born that day. He easily breaks an iron chain weighing twenty-four maunds like a worn-out piece of thread and a big slab of stone with bis fist. Iron is considered hostile to flesh but it is because arrows carefully delivered towards him do not even touch his external parts. In like manner, considering the three worlds as a decrepit plece of straw on account of his pride of strengh, he moves about un-restrained like an intoxicated elephant, in the town,
At that time, some wrestlers intolerant of the fame of Kāla-mégha came there from foreign countries. They went to the king, and informed him about the object of their arrival there. The king summoned Kāla-mégha to his presence, and explained him the object of the coming of wrestlers there. Kälamégha consented to have a wrestling-struggle with them. Both the parties became ready, and a large arena for the contest was prepared. Platforms on columns for spectators were arranged
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