Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 4

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

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CHAPTER SIX
recreation and he 101 went to the women's quarters adorned by Queen Tārā. The true Sugriva went to the door and was stopped by the door-keepers saying, "King Sugrīva has gone ahead." Having seen the second Sugrīva, in doubt the son of Välin hastened to the door to prevent violation of the women's quarters. The false Sugrīva was stopped as he was entering the apartments by Välin's son, 10s like a river's current by a mountain on the road.
Then fourteen complete armies of soldiers assembled, summoned from everywhere like the whole wealth of the world. The soldiers did not know the difference between the two and half were on the true Sugriva's side and half on the false Sugriva's side. Then a battle started between the two armies, making the sky seem to have a fall of meteors from the fall of lances. Horseman fought with horseman, elephant-rider with elephant-rider, foot-soldier with foot-soldier, charioteer with charioteer. The earth trembled from the trampling of the formations of the fourfold armies like an innocent girl from meeting a bold lover.
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Sugrīva, head erect, challenged the false Sugrīva to fight, "Come! come! You who enter other men's houses!" The false Sugrīva, having been threatened, gave a loud roar like a mad elephant and faced him in battle. The two great warriors, red-eyed with anger, fought, terrifying the world like brothers of Yama. They cut down sharp weapons with sharp weapons mutually, like cutting grass, both of them skilled in battle. The crowd of Khecaris was injured by pieces of weapons flying up in the great battle of the two, like a group of trees in a fight between buffaloes. Their weapons being cut down, crestjewels of anger with each other, they crashed in a prize-fight like living mountains. Leaping up in the air one moment, falling to the earth in another moment, the two of them, crest-jewels of heroes, looked like cocks.
161 61. The impostor. 162 64. Candraraśmi.