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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 Kubēra or Indra looked insignificant; and far remote
became the question of any comparison between the
fortunes of personages like Duryōdhana and him.
<error>Slōkās</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
Amarāvati, 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.
away by the scorching heat of this Kali age sprouted
again by the water that flowed (from his hands) while
making gifts of charity.
6
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 Kubēra or Indra looked insignificant; and far remote
became the question of any comparison between the
fortunes of personages like Duryōdhana and him.
<error>Slōkās</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
Amarāvati, 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.