Part 5: Expedition of conquest

One day, when he was ruling his ancestral kingdom, with great strength of arm, the cakra-jewel appeared in the armory. Gradually his other thirteen jewels: the priest, carpenter, steward, general, et cetera, appeared. Following, the cakra’s path, he went to the east to Māgadhatīrtha. He conquered the Prince of Māgadhatīrtha at the beginning of his expedition of conquest. Then he went south and, long-armed, he subdued the god, Lord of Varadāman, dwelling at the southern ocean. Going to the west, he conquered the god, Lord of Prabhāsa, haying unbroken strength like Biḍaujas on earth.

Going to the great river Sindhu, strong as an elephant of the quarters, he, the tenth cakrabhṛt, reduced her gradually to submission. Then he approached Vaitāḍhya and, skilled in the conquest of the quarters, he subdued the Prince of Mt. Vaitāḍhya according to rule. Then he himself, active, subdued the god Kṛtamāla and afterwards the west district of the Sindhu through the general.

He entered Tamisrā, whose door had been opened by the general, with an elephant that had the gem-jewel set on the right frontal boss. He crossed Unmagnā and Nimagnā by a bridge and traversed it (Tamisrā) whose interior was lighted by circles drawn by the cowrie-jewel.

He left it by the north door which had opened of its own accord and conquered the independent Mlecchas named Āpātas. He had the west district of the Sindhu conquered by the general and he himself conquered the Prince of Kṣudrahimavat. After writing his name on the peak Ṛṣabha with his cowrie, turning back to the Gaṅgā, he had the east district of the Gaṅgā conquered by the general. He accepted tribute from the Vidyādharas living in both rows and he himself conquered Nāṭyamāla later. The Cakravartin entered the cave Khaṇḍaprapātā opened by the general and left as before, following the cakra. He had the east district of the Gaṅgā conquered by the general and the king himself camped at the Gaṅgā.

The nine treasures living in Māgadha (tīrtha) at the mouth of the Gaṅgā submitted voluntarily from the power of his very great merit. The Indra to Glory, by whom the glory of a Cakravartin had been completed, by whom Six-part Bhārata had been conquered, went then to Kāmpīlya. His enthronement as cakrin was made by gods and men and a great festival was held in the city for twelve years. His commands being observed by kings in all Bharata, long-armed, he enjoyed pleasures without injury to dharma.