Madhurāvijayam of Gaṅgādevī /101

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MADHURAVIJAYA M
 
37. The tree of Dharma which had withered

away by the scorching heat of this Kali age sprouted

again by the water that flowed (from his hands) while

making gifts of charity.
 

 
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38. His very enemy-kings who bore on their head

scars caused by rubbing against his foot-rest stood on

all quarters as so many pillars of his triumph.
 

 
39. The reputations of his adversaries, as if they

were enveloped by rows of flames of the fire of his

prowess, looked dark in appearance.
 

 
40. Chained in the grounds of his halls, his vic-

torious elephants looked like clouds, imprisoned, be-

cause they stood in the way of his triumphal expeditions.
 

 
41. The (cloud of) dust raised by the hoofs of his

war-horses made the sun apprehensive of an unexpect-

edly sudden approach of Rahu.
 

 
42. By the side of his prosperity, the prosperity

of Kubeēra or Indra looked insignificant; and far remote

became the question of any comparison between the

fortunes of personages like Duryōdhana and him.
 

 
<error>Slöōkās</error><fix>Slōkas</fix> 43 to 66: The City of Vijayanagar.
 

 
43. He who augmented his riches by conquest,

had the famous Vijayanagara for his capital city. That

city won the approbation of knowing men, as Indra's

Amaraāvati, won that of the gods.
 

 
44. As if in rivalry with the heavenly Ganges

that flowed round the borders of swargalōka, the river

Tungabhadra encircled the city as a formidable moat.