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CHAPTER FOUR with waves of missiles. His army being disturbed by them like a cane-patch by elephants, Surendradatta ran forward for battle, together with the yuvarāj. Surendradatta fought with Śrī Megharatha and his son, the yuvarāj, with Dşdharatha. They cut each other's weapons and restrained each other's missiles, and looked like four Lokapālas on the battle-field.
Giving slaps (in challenge), threatening each other, they wrestled, expert in wrestling-holds, like serpents in coils. The four, very powerful, instantly had the appearance in this battle of the Gajadanta Mountains 829 with peaks in the form of their arms raised horizontally. Both were bound like forest-elephants by the princes Megharatha and Dşdharatha who had exhausted them in a moment. After they had proclaimed their command in this territory like their own country, the princes, delighted, went to Sumandirapura.
Nihatasatru came to meet the princes. Respectful greeting of other guests must be made; how much more of such as these. The king embraced them and kissed them on the top of the head, experiencing unique bliss like an Ahamindra. At an auspicious time the king married properly his elder daughters, Priyamitrā and Manoramă, to Megharatha. Dțdharatha, whose lotusfeet were cleansed by the king, married the third daughter, the youngest, Sumati. When the weddings had been properly celebrated with great magnificence, dismissed respectfully by the king, they went toward their own city. After they had restored in the same way Surendradatta and his yuvarāj to their own kingdom, they went to their own city.
They, long-armed, enjoyed pleasures with their wives like Indra and Upendra who had met in one place because of affection. Megharatha's wives bore two sons in turn, Priyamitrā Nandişeņa and Manorama Meghasena.
829 54. Cf. K., p. 233.
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