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(Vaivahika Parva continued)
"Vaisampayana said, 'King Drupada, after his
alliance with the Pandavas, had all his fears dispelled. Indeed, the monarch no
longer stood in fear even of the gods. The ladies of the illustrious Drupada's
household approached Kunti and introduced themselves unto her, mentioning their
respective names, and worshipped her feet with heads touching the ground.
Krishna also, attired in red silk and her wrists still encircled with the
auspicious thread, saluting her mother-in-law with reverence, stood contentedly
before her with joined palms. Pritha, out of affection, pronounced a blessing
upon her daughter-in-law endued with great beauty and every auspicious mark and
possessed of a sweet disposition and good character, saying, 'Be thou unto thy
husband as Sachi unto Indra, Swaha unto Vibhavasu, Rohini unto Soma, Damayanti
unto Nala, Bhadra unto Vaisravana, Arundhati unto Vasishtha, Lakshmi unto
Narayana! O amiable one, be thou the mother of long-lived and heroic children,
and possessed of everything that can make thee happy! Let luck and prosperity
ever wait on thee! Wait thou ever on husbands engaged in the performance of
grand sacrifices. Be thou devoted to thy husbands. And let thy days be ever
passed in duly entertaining and reverencing guests and strangers arrived at thy
abode, and the pious and the old; children and superiors. Be thou installed as
the Queen of the kingdom and the capital of Kurujangala, with thy husband
Yudhishthira the just! O daughter, let the whole earth, conquered by the
prowess of thy husbands endued with great strength, be given away by thee unto
Brahmanas at horse-sacrifice! O accomplished one whatever gems there are on
earth possessed of superior virtues, obtain them, O lucky one, and be thou
happy for a full hundred years! And, O daughter-in-law, as I rejoice today
beholding thee attired in red silk, so shall I rejoice again, when, O
accomplished one, I behold thee become the mother of a son!'
"Vaisampayana continued, 'After the sons of
Pandu had been married, Hari (Krishna) sent unto them (as presents) various
gold ornaments set with pearls and black gems (lapis lazuli). And Madhava
(Krishna) also sent unto them costly robes manufactured in various countries,
and many beautiful and soft blankets and hides of great value, and many costly
beds and carpets and vehicles. He also sent them vessels by hundreds, set with
gems and diamonds. And Krishna also gave them female servants by thousands,
brought from various countries, and endued with beauty, youth and
accomplishments and decked with every ornament. He also gave them many
well-trained elephants brought from the country of Madra, and many excellent
horses in costly harness, cars drawn by horses of excellent colours and large
teeth. The slayer of Madhu, of immeasurable soul, also sent them coins of pure
gold by crores upon crores in separate heaps. And Yudhishthira the just,
desirous of gratifying Govinda, accepted all those presents with great
joy.'"
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