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recalling you constantly. Devoted to their son, I think your parents look at every one resembling them with the thought, 'That is Sanatkumāra; that is Mahendra.' So be gracious. Let us go to the city Hastināpura. Give joy to your parents like the moon to the ocean."
When his friend had made this explanation, Sanatkumāra, a thunderbolt to the mountain of enemies, went eagerly to the city Hastināpura at once, together with his wives and friends, attended by hundreds of Vidyādhara-lords with armies, making the sky appear to have various suns by shining aerial cars, his umbrella carried by some Vidyadharas, his chauris waved by some, his slippers carried by others, a palm-leaf fan and staff being held by some; his betel-box being carried by others; the road being described by some, diversions being shown by others, his virtues being praised by others—some of them mounted on elephants and some on horses, some in chariots and some on foot, going through the air.
He rejoiced his parents there, afflicted by sorrow, and the citizens by the sight of himself, as a cloud rejoices people suffering from the heat of summer. King Aśvasena, delighted at heart, established Sanatkumāra in his kingdom and Mahendrasinha as his general. The king accomplished his own purpose when he had taken initiation in the presence of the elders in the congregation of the Tirthakrt, Sri Dharma.
Installation as cakravartin (311-336) The fourteen great jewels, the cakra, et cetera, of Sanatkumāra guarding the kingdom, came into existence. Following the path of the cakra he conquered then the six-part Bharatakşetra and the treasures, Naisarpa, et cetera. After he had conquered Bhārata in ten thousand years, he entered Hastināpura with the elephant that had become a jewel. 248 By means of clairvoyant knowledge Sahasrākşa saw him, noble-souled, as he entered and
248 313. The elephant-jewel among the 14.
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