धर्मशास्त्रं तथैवापि सर्वश्रेष्ठं बभूव ह
He became the foremost in dharmaśāstra as well.
करार्थं प्रेषयामास स्वसैन्यं च महावतीम्
He sent his own army for the purpose of conquest, and to the great city.
ऊचुः परिमलं भूपं शृणु चंद्रकुलोद्भव
They said to King Parimala, 'Listen, O descendant of the lunar dynasty.'
षडंशं करमादायास्मद्राजाय ददंति वै
They take one-sixth as tax and give it to our king.
अद्यप्रभृति चेद्राज्ञे तस्मै दद्यात्करं न हि
But from today onward, if anyone gives tax to that king, it will not be accepted.
ये भूपा जयचंद्रस्य पक्षगास्ते हि तद्भयात्
Those kings who have joined the side of Jayachandra do so out of fear of him.
इति श्रुत्वा स नृपतिस्तस्मै राज्ञे महात्मने
Hearing this, that king approached the great-souled ruler.
दशलक्षमितं द्रव्यं गृहीत्वा ते समाययुः
Taking wealth amounting to one million, they came together.
तदा ते लक्षशूराश्च कान्यकुब्जमुपाययुः 3.3.10.
Then those hundred thousand heroes arrived at Kanyakubja.
पृथ्वीराजो महाराजो दंडं त्वत्तः समिच्छति
King Prithviraja, the great king, desires tribute from you.
मद्देशे मंडलीकाश्च बहवः संति सांप्रतम्
At present, there are many feudatory chiefs in my land.
इत्युक्त्वा वैष्णवास्त्रं तान्क्रुद्धः स च समादधत्
Having said this, he angrily took up the Vaishnava weapon against them.
महीराजस्तु तच्छ्रुत्वा महद्भयमुपागमत्
But when the great king heard this, he became greatly afraid.
नानामल्लाः समाजग्मुस्तेन राज्ञैव सत्कृताः
Various wrestlers arrived, honored by that king.
उर्वीयाधिपतेः पुत्रः षोडशाब्दवया बली
The son of the lord of the earth, strong and sixteen years of age,
पितृष्वसृपतिं भूपं नत्वा नाम्नाऽभयो बली
Having bowed to the king, his maternal uncle, named Abhaya, who was mighty,
उवाच श्यालजं प्रेम्णा भवान्युद्धविशारदः
The expert in battle, with affection, spoke to his sister's son.
क्व भवान्वज्रसदृशः क्व सुतोऽयं सुकोमलः 3.3.10.
How can you, who are like a thunderbolt, be compared to this son, so tender?
इति श्रुत्वा नृपः स्यालो महीपतिरिति स्मृतः
Hearing this, the king, his uncle, remembered as the lord of the earth,
शृणु तत्कारणं भूप यथा ज्ञातो मया शिशुः
Listen, O king, to the reason how I came to know about the child.
पंडितांश्च समाहूय मुहूर्तं पृष्टवान्मुदा
He summoned the learned men and joyfully asked them about the auspicious moment.
लक्षणं वचनं प्राह महीराजमनुत्तमम्
They spoke of the marks and uttered the supreme words to the king of the earth.
कृष्णांशस्तस्य योग्योऽयं देशराजसुतोऽवरः
This son of the regional king is suitable for the Krishna lineage.
तच्छ्रुत्वा लक्षणो वीरः पूर्वे बर्हिष्मतीं प्रति
Hearing this, Lakṣaṇa, the heroic one, set out towards Barhiṣmatī as in former times.
उत्तरे नैमिषारण्यं स्वकीयं राष्ट्रमादधत्
He established his own kingdom in the northern Naimisha forest.
नागोत्सवे च भूपाल पंचम्यां च नभस्सिते
O king, during the festival of serpents and on the fifth day under the clear sky—
इति श्रुत्वा स कृष्णांशो वाक्छरेण प्रपीडितः। अभयं भुजयोः शीघ्रं गृहीत्वा सोऽयुधद्बली
Hearing this, Krishna's descendant, distressed by harsh words, swiftly seized safety with his arms and, being mighty, prepared for battle.
क्षणमात्रं रणं कृत्वा भूमिमध्ये तमक्षिपत् 3.3.10.
After fighting for only a moment, he threw him down in the midst of the battlefield.
मूर्च्छितं स्वसुतं ज्ञात्वा खड्गहस्तो महीपतिः
Knowing his own son had fallen unconscious, the king, sword in hand—
रुषाविष्टांश्च ताञ्ज्ञात्वा कृष्णांशो बलवत्तरः
Krishna's descendant, perceiving them to be filled with anger, became even more powerful.