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(Arjuna-vanavasa Parva continued)
"Vaisampayana said, 'Then Arjuna of
immeasurable prowess saw, one after another, all the sacred waters and other
holy places that were on the shores of the western ocean. Vibhatsu reached the
sacred spot called Prabhasa. When the invisible Arjuna arrived at that sacred
and delightful region, the slayer of Madhu (Krishna) heard of it. Madhava soon
went there to see his friend, the son of Kunti. Krishna and Arjuna met together
and embracing each other enquired after each other's welfare. Those dear
friends, who were none else than the Rishis Nara and Narayana of old, sat down.
Vasudeva asked Arjuna about his travels, saying, 'Why, O Pandava art thou
wandering over the earth, beholding all the sacred waters and other holy
places?' Then Arjuna told him everything that had happened. Hearing everything,
that mighty hero of Vrishni's race said, 'This is as it should be.' And Krishna
and Arjuna having sported as they liked, for some time at Prabhasa, went to the
Raivataka mountain to pass some days there. Before they arrived at Raivataka,
that mountain had, at the command of Krishna been well-adorned by many
artificers. Much food also had, at Krishna's command, been collected there.
Enjoying everything that had been collected there for him, Arjuna sat with
Vasudeva to see the performances of the actors and the dancers. Then the
high-souled Pandava, dismissing them all with proper respect, laid himself down
on a well-adorned and excellent bed. As the strong-armed one lay on that
excellent bed, he described unto Krishna everything about the sacred waters,
the lakes and the mountains, the rivers and the forests he had seen. While he
was speaking of these, stretched upon that celestial bed, sleep, O Janamejaya,
stole upon him. He rose in the morning, awakened, by sweet songs and melodious
notes of the Vina (guitar) and the panegyrics and benedictions of the bards.
After he had gone through the necessary acts and ceremonies, he was
affectionately accosted by him of the Vrishni race. Riding upon a golden car,
the hero then set out for Dwaraka, the capital of the Yadavas. And, O
Janamejaya, for honouring the son of Kunti, the city of Dwaraka, was
well-adorned, even all the gardens and houses within it. The citizens of
Dwaraka, desirous of beholding the son of Kunti, began to pour eagerly into the
public thoroughfares by hundreds of thousands. In the public squares and
thoroughfares, hundreds and thousands of women, mixing with the men, swelled
the great crowd of the Bhojas, the Vrishnis, and the Andhakas, that had
collected there. Arjuna was welcomed with respect by all the sons of Bhojas,
the Vrishnis, and the Andhakas. And he, in his turn, worshipped those that
deserved his worship, receiving their blessings. The hero was welcomed with
affectionate reception by all the young men of the Yadava tribe. He repeatedly
embraced all that were equal to him in age. Wending then to the delightful
mansion of Krishna that was filled with gems and every article of enjoyment, he
took up his abode there with Krishna for many days.'"
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