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with clear water, the King took food at the end of his four days' fast. When this twelve-year coronationfestival was completed, the King bathed, made the oblation, made the propitiatory rite of the tilaka and auspicious things, went outside to the assembly, rewarded the sixteen thousand deities of his body-guard and dismissed them. Then ascending the best of palaces, he enjoyed continually pleasures of the senses, like Sakra in a heavenly palace.
His possessions (708–727) The cakra, the umbrella, the sword, and the staffthese four one-sensed jewels originated in his armory. The cowrie, the skin, the gem, and the nine treasures appeared in the treasury of him illustrious, like jewels in Lavaņa. The general, the steward, the priest, the carpenter--the four men-jewels originated in his own city. The elephant and the horse jewels originated at the foot of Mt. Vaitādhya; the woman-jewel was born in the northern row of the Vidyādharas.
Bharata shone like the moon, because of his form giving delight to the eyes; like the sun, because of his brilliance hard to endure; like the ocean whose center is inaccessible changed into human form; like dharma of mankind that had attained lordship over mankind. He shone always with the fourteen jewels like Jambūdvipa with its rivers, Ganga, Sindhu, etc.820 The nine treasures were constantly beneath his feet like golden lotuses beneath the feet of Lord Vịşabha as he wandered. Always surrounded by sixteen thousand gods as attendants, like body-guards bought at a high price, he was constantly served by thirty-two thousand kings, as well as kings' daughters, with intense devotion. The King amused himself constantly with thirty-two thousand daughters of the people as well as with the same number of actors.
820 714. There are fourteen main rivers in Jambūdvipa. See App. I.
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