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117 color of a tāpiccha-blossom,162 fifty bows tall, he looked like a living mountain. Long-armed, he looked like a skyelephant with two trunks, like a living mountain-plateau beautiful with the slope of his broad chest. When he walked even gently, the earth, bearing his weight, sank like a hole filled with straw. When he had heard stories of the fighting of former kings, he grieved over his own strength of arm, because he had not found a rival. After conquering the three-part half of Bharatavarşa as easily as a village, he wrote his name on the moon, 163 having unequalled strength. His circle of enemies subdued by the cakra, he became the fourth Pratyardhacakrin, equal to Sakra in power, a sun among men.
He had a full brother also, Kaitabha, a winnowingfan among the enemies' soldiers pounded by the immense mallet of his arm, handsome from the enjoyment of his enemies' Sri.
Birth of Suprabha (101–106) At that time in Dvārakā, there was a king, Soma, equal to the sun and moon in his qualities. He had two wives—one, Sudarśanā, whose appearance was charming; the other, Sītā, whose face was equal to the moon. Now the god, King Mahābala, fell from Sahasrāra and entered Queen Sudarsanā's womb. Then Queen Sudarśanā saw the four great dreams indicating the birth of a Sīrabhrt in the last part of the night. When nine months, seven and a half days had passed, Queen Sudarśanā bore a son, the color of the moon. King Soma gave him the name Suprabha with a very great festival, satisfying the throng of beggars.
Birth of Purușottama (107–110) In the course of time Samudradatta's soul fell from Sahasrāra, his life completed, and descended into Sītā's
169 94. The same as tamāla. See App. I. The color meant here is black, or very dark.
168 98. An expression indicating wide-spread glory.
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