Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 1

Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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sky for a moment, giving the impression of an unexpected comet. The Cakrin struck the King on the head with his staff, like a young lion the ground with his tail. There was a loud noise from the Cakrin's blow on his head with the staff, like that of ocean waves striking on Mt. Sahya. The Cakrin reduced to powder the diadem on the King's head, like iron on an anvil with an iron hammer. Pieces of the diadem's jewels fell on the ground from the King's head like flowers from tree-tops shaken by the wind. The King's eyes closed at once from the blow, and the people's eyes closed from the terrible noise.
When he opened his eyes, Bāhubali, like a fightingelephant, took in his hand a long iron staff. “Will he make me fall ?” “Will he make me fly up?" The sky and earth, respectively, were terrified at these thoughts. The long iron staff in Bāhubali's hand looked like a snake on an ant-hill on a mountain-top. Then the Lord of Takşaśilā whirled his staff violently like a signal-cloth for summoning Death even from afar. The King of Bahali struck the Cakrin mercilessly on the heart with it, like a bundle of seed-grain with a club. The Cakravartin's armor, though it was strong, was broken into pieces at once by that blow, like a jar. His armor broken, the Cakravartin blazed from anger, like a cloudless sun, like a smokeless fire. Confused for half a moment, Bharata did not consider at all, like an elephant in the seventh stage of rutting. 369 Unhesitatingly, clinging to prowess of arm like a dear friend, the Cakrabhrt raised his staff again and ran at the King. Biting his lower lip, terrifying because of his frowns, Bharata whirled his staff which resembled a whirlpool of submarine fire. Cakrapāņi (Bharata) struck Bāhubali on
859 678. In the Hastyāyurveda, Bk. 4, Chap. 31, the 7 stages of rutting are treated in detail. They are considered to be connected with the 7 elements; chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow, and semen. They are progressively intensive and, if the seventh is reached, the elephant becomes blind and deaf and eventually dies.