Madhurāvijayam of Gaṅgādevī /131

MADHURAVIJAYA M
 
79. With the forepart of their bodies bent and

eyes fixed, the two kings, sword in hand, stood still for

a moment like a picture on a piece of painting.
 
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80. The gods were thankful for the total absence

of winking in their eyes, as they were looking on with

fixed gaze, the flight (of the two heroes), their bodies

divided at the waist.
 

 
81. Kampanṇa's sword, reflecting as it did, the

image of the Sambuvarāya monarch, looked like a

pregnant daughter about to give birth to a husband for
the celestial nymphs.
 

the celestial nymphs.
 
82. Then escaping deftly a sword thrust, king

Kampana despatched the Sambuvarāya (monarch) as

a guest to Indra's city.
 

 
83. Having thus reduced (killed) the Sambuva-

raya in the field of battle, king Kampaņṇa received the

decree of his father that he should rule (the territory

thus conquered). With the fame of his victory duly

established in Kaānci, he inaugurated a just and

prosperous rule over Tundiramandalam destroying all
confusion in castes and religious orders.
 
īramandalam destroying all
confusion in castes and religious orders.
 
Thus ends the fourth canto of Viīrakamparāya

çaritam, called Madhurāvijayam, composed by Sri Gangā

Dēvi.