Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 3

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

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TWELFTH INCARNATION AS SĀNTI
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the north district of the Ganga conquered by the general. Then the Lord hastened to the cave named Khaņdaprapātā and reduced the god Nāțyamala to submission. The general opened the cave with the staff-jewel and Cakrabhft Sānti entered, following the cakra-jewel. As before, śānti dispelled darkness in the cave with the gem-jewel and circles made by the cowrie, like lamps in a house. With his army he crossed the rivers Unmagnă and Nimagnā easily by the bridge. Nothing is difficult for the powerful. Accompanied by his army, the Lord left the cave, like a lion, by the south door which opened itself.
The Lord established his camp on the Gangā's broad sandy beach crowded with horses moving to and fro like waves of the Gangā. The nine treasures Naisarpa, et cetera, living at the mouth of the Gangā came there and made submission to śānti. The Lord had the general conquer the Gangā's southern district, which was filled with Mlecchas, like a mere village, at will. Then the Lord returned, having conquered six-part Bhārata like six groups of enemies, in eight hundred years. ..Reducing the distance day by day by unbroken marches, the man-elephant went to Hastināpura, the abode of Śrī. Watched by townsmen and villagers eager like unwinking gods, Säntinātha went to his own house. Cakrin Santi's coronation as cakravartin was made by gods, crowned kings, and others. The coronation-festival lasted for twelve years in Hastināpura, accompanied by remission of fines, custom-duties, and entrance of soldiers. Then he was adorned separately by the thousand attendant Yaksas, the fourteen jewels, and the nine treasures. He was surrounded by the sixty-four thousand women of his household; and ornamented with eighty-four lacs of elephants, chariots, and horses. He was lord of ninetysix crores of villages and foot-soldiers, of thirty-two thousand kings as well as realms. He was served by three hundred and sixty-three cooks 855 and had the earth
866 259. See App. I.