After that lie set out for Kalyana in order to console his brother. Somes'vara came out to meet him and received him affectionately. The two brothers lived for sometime after in boncord and friendship. Vikrama, though superior to Somes'vara by his talents, honoured the latter as the chief of his house and his king. He also presented him with the booty which he had made in his wars.[१] After a while, howover, Somes'vara fell into evil courses. Pride.obscured his judgionit, he became suspicious, cruel, and avaricious, so that he tarnished the glory of the Chalukya race and all right-minded persons fell away from him. He even tried to do harm to his brother. When th latter saw; that he was unable to restrain the king from ovil and had to fear for his life and good name, he loft Kalyana together with all his followers. He, also, took with him tho youngest son of Alatamalla, Jayasimha, as he did not think him safe, whilst living near the king. Somes'vara, on learning that his brothers had fled, sent an army in pursuit of thom. Vikr dditya,, unwilling to make wat against his brother, avoided it for a time. But, when finally compelled to fight, he destroyed it like one mouthful.' Other forces which were despatolod after him in succession, suffered the same fate, until these repeated losses forced Sontes'vard to desist from persecuting his more talented brother.[२]
Vikrama, on being left to himself marched towards the Tungabhadra,[३] on whose bank he rested his army for some time.
- ↑ IV. 69-96. Bilhana is again very careful to point out Vikra- ma's excellence and his generosity towards his brother in order to show that his hero gave no cause for the subsequent disagreements.
- ↑ IV. 97. 9. Compare Jour. As. Soc. IV. 14:
- ↑ The Tungabhadra apparently formed the southern frontier of the Chalukya kingdom and beyond it lay the dominions of the Chola; compare also below vs. 56, where Vikrama is requested to recede to the Tungabhadra.
