SECTION VI
(Sabhakriya Parva Continued)
"Vaisampayana said,--"Then that chief
of men, king Yudhishthira, entered that palatial sabha having first fed ten
thousand Brahmanas with preparations of milk and rice mixed with clarified
butter and honey with fruits and roots, and with pork and venison. The king
gratified those superior Brahmanas, who had come from various countries with
food seasoned with seasamum and prepared with vegetables called jibanti, with
rice mixed with clarified butter, with different preparations of meat--with
indeed various kinds of other food, as also numberless viands that are fit to
be sucked and innumerable kinds of drinks, with new and unused robes and
clothes, and with excellent floral wreaths. The king also gave unto each of
those Brahmanas a thousand kine. And, O Bharata, the voice of the gratified
Brahmanas uttering,--'What an auspicious day is this! became so loud that it
seemed to reach heaven itself. And when the Kuru king entered the palatial
sabha having also worshipped the gods with various kinds of music and numerous
species of excellent and costly perfumes, the athletes and mimes and
prize-fighters and bards and encomiasts began to gratify that illustrious son
of Dharma by exhibiting their skill. And thus celebrating his entry into the
palace, Yudhishthira with his brothers sported within that palace like Sakra
himself in heaven. Upon the seats in that palace sat, along with the Pandavas,
Rishis and kings that came from various countries, viz., Asita and Devala,
Satya, Sarpamali and Mahasira; Arvavasu, Sumitra, Maitreya, Sunaka and Vali;
Vaka, Dalvya, Sthulasira, Krishna-Dwaipayana, and Suka Sumanta, Jaimini, Paila,
and the disciples of Vyasa, viz., ourselves; Tittiri, Yajanavalkya, and
Lomaharshana with his son; Apsuhomya, Dhaumya, Animandavya; and Kausika;
Damoshnisha and Traivali, Parnada, and Varayanuka, Maunjayana, Vayubhaksha,
Parasarya, and Sarika; Valivaka, Silivaka, Satyapala, and Krita-srama;
Jatukarna, and Sikhavat. Alamva and Parijataka; the exalted Parvata, and the great
Muni Markandeya; Pavitrapani, Savarna, Bhaluki, and Galava. Janghabandhu,
Raibhya, Kopavega, and Bhrigu: Harivabhru, Kaundinya, Vabhrumali, and Sanatana,
Kakshivat, and Ashija, Nachiketa, and Aushija, Nachiketa, and Gautama; Painga,
Varaha, Sunaka, and Sandilya of great ascetic merit: Kukkura, Venujangha,
Kalapa and Katha;--these virtuous and learned Munis with senses and souls under
complete control, and many others as numerous, all well-skilled in the Vedas
and Vedangas and conversant with (rules of) morality and pure and spotless in
behaviour, waited on the illustrious Yudhishthira, and gladdened him by their
sacred discourses. And so also numerous principal Kshatriyas, such as the
illustrious and virtuous Mujaketu, Vivarddhana, Sangramjit, Durmukha, the
powerful Ugrasena; Kakshasena, the lord of the Earth, Kshemaka the invincible;
Kamatha, the king of Kamvoja, and the mighty Kampana who alone made the Yavanas
to ever tremble at his name just as the god that wieldeth the thunder-bolt
maketh those Asuras, the Kalakeyas, tremble before him; Jatasura, and the king
of the Madrakas, Kunti, Pulinda the king of the Kiratas, and the kings of Anga
and Vanga, and Pandrya, and the king of Udhara, and Andhaka; Sumitra, and
Saivya that slayer of foes; Sumanas, the king of the Kiratas, and Chanur the
King of the Yavanas, Devarata, Bhoja, and the so called Bhimaratha,
Srutayudha--the king of Kalinga, Jayasena the king of Magadha; and Sukarman,
and Chekitana, and Puru that slayer of foes; Ketumata, Vasudana, and Vaideha and
Kritakshana: Sudharman, Aniruddha, Srutayu endued with great strength; the
invincible Anuparaja, the handsome Karmajit; Sisupala with his son, the king of
Karusha; and the invincible youths of the Vrishni race, all equal in beauty
unto the celestials, viz., Ahuka, Viprithu, Sada, Sarana, Akrura, Kritavarman,
and Satyaka, the son of Sini; and Bhismaka, Ankriti, and the powerful
Dyumatsena, those chief of bowmen viz., the Kaikeyas and Yajnasena of the
Somaka race; these Kshatriyas endured with great might, all well-armed and
wealthy, and many others also regarded as the foremost, all waited upon
Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, in that Sabha, desirous of ministering to his
happiness. And those princes also, endued with great strength, who dressing
themselves in deer-skins learnt the science of weapons under Arjuna, waited
upon Yudhishthira. And O king, the princes also of the Vrishni race, viz.,
Pradyumna (the son of Rukmini) and Samva, and Yuyudhana the son of Satyaki and
Sudharman and Aniruddha and Saivya that foremost of men who had learnt the
science of arms under Arjuna these and many other kings, O lord of the Earth,
used to wait on Yudhishthira on that occasion. And that friend of Dhananjaya,
Tumvuru, and the Gandharva Chittasena with his ministers, any many other
Gandharvas and Apsaras, well-skilled in vocal and instrumental music and in
cadence and Kinnaras also well-versed in (musical) measures and motions singing
celestial tunes in proper and charming voices, waited upon and gladdened the sons
of Pandu and the Rishis who sat in that Sabha. And seated in that Sabha, those
bull among men, of rigid vows and devoted to truth, all waited upon
Yudhishthira like the celestials in heaven waiting upon Brahma."
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