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MADHURAVIJAYAM
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40. As if apprehending early extinction, grains
of dust entered the pores of glands of lordly elephants
through which ichor was coming out.
41. The collection of dust plunged into the great
oceans having been subjected, as it were, to unbearable
heat when trying to absorb the rays of the sun.
42. Water particles sprayed from the trunks of
female elephants gave the shape of a fine hail to the
cloud of dust raised by the marching army.
43. Particles of dust fanned out by big war-
elephants flapping their ears were kept back by the rain
of spray from the trunks of elephants.
44. The army which looked like the grand con-
fluence of all the seven oceans at the time of Mahā
pralaya (the Great Deluge) began its orderly march
with a great uproar.
45. Caught up in the temples of great elephants
overflowing with ichor, dust no longer rosc, though the
ground was continuously being broken by the toe-like
hoofs of horses.
46. The cool breeze, cool by reason of its contact
with fine drops of water from the waves of the Tunga-
bhadra, proved quite welcome for the onward march
of the army.
Slökās 47 to 50: Prince Kampana at first struck camp at
Mulbagal and then arrived in Virinchipuram for the fight.
47. King Kampaņa reached Muluvāyipaṭṭaṇam
after crossing the Karnāta country within five or six
days (i.e. after a march of five or six days).
31
40. As if apprehending early extinction, grains
of dust entered the pores of glands of lordly elephants
through which ichor was coming out.
41. The collection of dust plunged into the great
oceans having been subjected, as it were, to unbearable
heat when trying to absorb the rays of the sun.
42. Water particles sprayed from the trunks of
female elephants gave the shape of a fine hail to the
cloud of dust raised by the marching army.
43. Particles of dust fanned out by big war-
elephants flapping their ears were kept back by the rain
of spray from the trunks of elephants.
44. The army which looked like the grand con-
fluence of all the seven oceans at the time of Mahā
pralaya (the Great Deluge) began its orderly march
with a great uproar.
45. Caught up in the temples of great elephants
overflowing with ichor, dust no longer rosc, though the
ground was continuously being broken by the toe-like
hoofs of horses.
46. The cool breeze, cool by reason of its contact
with fine drops of water from the waves of the Tunga-
bhadra, proved quite welcome for the onward march
of the army.
Slökās 47 to 50: Prince Kampana at first struck camp at
Mulbagal and then arrived in Virinchipuram for the fight.
47. King Kampaņa reached Muluvāyipaṭṭaṇam
after crossing the Karnāta country within five or six
days (i.e. after a march of five or six days).