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CHAPTER SIX in battles, he faced himself, reflected in the mirror of his drawn shining sword. He made all the quarters completely subject to himself in this very way he gave them glory as an ornament to keep them from going away. He, a herdsman, took proper care of the earth like a cow, and took taxes, like milk, at the right time without injury.
His wife was named Bhadrā, whose body was fair with virtue and loveliness, the sole abode of good fortune. Much time passed as he experienced pleasures of the senses with her without injury to dharma.
Birth of Maghavan (18--21) Now Amarapati's soul, which was in Graiveyaka, descended into Bhadrā's womb when it had completed its maximum life. Then Bhadrā, comfortably asleep, saw the fourteen great dreams entering her mouth, indicating the birth of a cakrabhrt. At the proper time she bore a son, whole, with auspicious marks, gold color, forty-two and a half bows tall. Saying, “He will certainly be like Maghavan (Indra) on earth," King Samudravijaya gave him the significant name, Maghavan.
Conquest of Bharata (22-44) He, victorious, capable, adorned the earth, second to Samudravijaya, like the moon adorning the sky, second to the sun. One day, the cakra-jewel appeared in his armory, shining with streams of light, like lightning in a cloud. Then all the other jewels, the priest, et cetera, were produced in succession in their proper places. Following the path of the cakra, he set out with the intention of conquering the quarters, and went to the Lord of Māgadhatīrtha, the ornament of the eastern ocean. The Lord of Māgadhatirtha came because of an arrow marked with his name, which was like a messenger who had come, and undertook service alone. He conquered Varadāman in the south, and also the god, Lord of Prabhāsa, in the west, as he had the Lord of Māgadha.
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