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Shi Narayan Singh— The battle of Kanarpi Ghat. 
13. Ghhand Tribhangi. 
Indra, the king of heaven ran away in terror, and took shelter on 
mount Mem. There he extolled mother Durga, and besought her to 
save him from his great fear. Who can count the kings of the earth ? 
They were but lords of the poor, and easily submitted to his (Naren- 
dra’s) authority. By the pride of the dust of his troops the very sun 
was obscured, and the earth trembled. Who could withstand him. 
The great warrior of Bijapur, and the heroic king of Audh, took to 
penance and so conquered their fears. The Rajas of Hugli and Calcutta 
gave up their power, and wandered about clothed in rags. The king 
of the south deserted his arms and presented slaves. The queen of 
Dhaka wandered about like a mad woman, and other kings too lost 
heart. Dilli shook, Banaras fled, Betiya fell down, for who could stand 
in his way. All feared much when the king of Mitkila, the refuge of 
the distressed, issued forth. 
14. Doha. 
The Maharaj, bow in hand, marched from the fort, and encamped 
in the plain of Harina. 
15. Ghhand Nardch. 
Very long tent-walls of cloth upheld the tents set with jewels and 
thousands of golden wires. In one place stood canopies reaching to 
the sky, in another were deposited rare kinds of palanquins. Elsewhere 
were thousands of weapons and litters,* and of horses and elephants. 
Elsewhere were laid bows and innumerable arrows of excellent quality. 
Elsewhere were drums of various kinds, while in other places were 
the brilliant soldiers, conquerors in fight. 
16. Doha. 
Kabi Lai describes the camp-bazar of the Lord of Mithila. It ap¬ 
peared four times as extensive as the city of the gods. 
17. Ghhand Bhujangapraydt. 
The fountain was laid and a beautiful market established. Thou¬ 
sands of merchants marched in rows. Numerous young damsels sang 
sweet songs and asked for alms. Here were being sold edible roots,f 
sugar and bags of salt. He who tasted these, considered thereafter 
ambrosia sour. There were they preparing sponge-cakes and sweet¬ 
meats. Here were fruits in syrup, there were sugarcandy and jiiebis,% 
'* A laVkz or ndVhi is the ornamented litter used at a wedding, 
t Kund is roots like the potatoe, yam, &c., as distinguished from mul , which 
means roots like the turnip, carrot, or radish. 
t A kind of long hollow tube of flour and sugar, curled into patterns, and filled 
with syrup. 
