Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 5

SR No.: 001005
Original Sutra Author: Hemchandracharya
Author: Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1962
Total Pages: 507
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Mythology, & Story
File Size: 11 MB

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VASUDEVA'S MARRIAGE WITH KANAKAVATI 105 played musical instruments, stringed instruments, 120 et cetera, in turn; and sometimes Nala had Davadanti dance in private. Thus Nala and Davadanti, inseparable day and night, passed some time with ever new amusements.
Nala as king (401–435) One day King Nişadha established Nala on the throne, Kūbara as heir-apparent, and took the vow himself. Nala guarded the people like his own family, happy at their happiness; unhappy at their unhappiness, always. No other king was able to conquer Nala endowed with intelligence and power, unrivaled in strength of arm.
One day Nala asked his hereditary vassals and others, Do I rule just the territory handed over by my father or more?' They said: “Nişadha enjoyed half of Bharata, less three parts. All of it is enjoyed by you. It is fitting for the son to be superior to the father. However, two hundred yojanas from here in the city Takşaśilā, Kadamba is king there and he does not acknowledge your command. He alone, ill-disposed, attains the glory of a spot on you, the moon of the wonderful glory of victory over half of Bharata. Disregarded like a trifling ailment by you from carelessness, having reached prosperity at will, he has reached a stage of being hard to subdue. If your mind has been made harsh with anger, long-armed one, doubtless he will be crushed by you like a water-jar dropped from a mountain. First, having instructed a messenger, let him, arrogant, be enlightened in regard to submission and tribute; and after that he can do as he likes.'
After this advice, Naişadhi sent a messenger with instructions, who was a mountain of firmness, accompanied by a numerous retinue of soldiers. The messenger went quickly, haughty like Garutmat, and, not putting to shame his own master, declared to King Kadamba;
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