Laghustavacarcastavau 5_405

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labdhajanmāpi niḥśeṣāyāścatuḥsāgaraparyantāyā avaneḥ pṛthivyāścakravartī
cakre bhūmaṇḍale rājamaṇḍale vā vartituṃ śīlamasya yadvā cakraṃ sainyaṃ
vartayituṃ sarvabhūmau cālayituṃ śīlamasyeti cakravartī sarvapṛthivīpatitvāt
sārvabhaumo rājā tasya padavīmuccapadaṃ labdhvā prāpya pratāponnataḥ
pratāpaḥ koṣadaṇḍādijanyaṃ tejastenonnataḥ prāṃśuḥ pravṛddha ityarthaḥ .
yadabhavat tathā vidyādharavṛndavanditapado vidyāścatuḥṣaṣṭikalātmikāḥ
ṣaḍaṅgavedamīmāṃsādayo'ṣṭādaśa vā tā dhārayanti
adhyayanādhyāpanatadarthānuṣṭhānādinābhyasyanti te vidyādharā vipaścitaḥ .
yaduktam-

even though having taken birth [there], having obtained, achieved, the exalted status (padavī) of a universal emperor (cakravartin) over the entire earth extending to the four oceans—a cakravartin is one whose nature is to abide in the circle (cakra), the sphere of the earth or the circle of kings, or one whose nature is to turn, to dispatch, his army (cakra) over the entire earth; because he is the lord of the whole earth, a universal sovereign king—he became elevated in majesty (pratāponnata): elevated, lofty, augmented, by majesty, which is the splendor born of treasury, army, and the like. That he became such, and likewise 'one whose feet were worshipped by hosts of Vidyādharas': the Vidyās are the sixty-four arts, or the eighteen consisting of the Vedas with their six auxiliary limbs, Mīmāṃsā, and so on; those who hold them, who cultivate them through study, teaching, performing their meaning, and so on, are the Vidyādharas, the learned scholars. As it has been said: