SECTION CXIV
(Sambhava Parva continued)
"Vaisampayana said, 'Pandu, then, at the
command of Dhritarashtra, offered the wealth he had acquired by the prowess of
his arms to Bhishma, their grand-mother Satyavati and their mothers. And he
sent portion of his wealth to Vidura also. And the virtuous Pandu gratified his
other relatives also with similar presents. Then Satyavati and Bhishma and the
Kosala princes were all gratified with the presents Pandu made out of the
acquisitions of his prowess. And Ambalika in particular, upon embracing her son
of incomparable prowess, became as glad as the queen of heaven upon embracing
Jayanta. And with the wealth acquired by that hero Dhritarashtra performed five
great sacrifices that were equal unto a hundred great horse-sacrifices, at all
of which the offerings to Brahmanas were by hundreds and thousands.
"A little while after, O bull of Bharata's
race, Pandu who had achieved a victory over sloth and lethargy, accompanied by
his two wives, Kunti and Madri, retired into the woods. Leaving his excellent
palace with its luxurious beds, he became a permanent inhabitant of the woods,
devoting the whole of his time to the chase of the deer. And fixing his abode
in a delightful and hilly region overgrown with huge sala trees, on the
southern slope of the Himavat mountains, he roamed about in perfect freedom.
The handsome Pandu with his two wives wandered in those woods like Airavata
accompanied by two she-elephants. And the dwellers in those woods, beholding
the heroic Bharata prince in the company of his wives, armed with sword,
arrows, and bow, clad with his beautiful armour, and skilled in all excellent
weapons, regarded him as the very god wandering amongst them.
"And at the command of Dhritarashtra, people
were busy in supplying Pandu in his retirement with every object of pleasure
and enjoyment.
"Meanwhile the son of the ocean-going Ganga
heard that king Devaka had a daughter endued with youth and beauty and begotten
upon a Sudra wife. Bringing her from her father's abode, Bhishma married her to
Vidura of great wisdom. And Vidura begot upon her many children like unto
himself in accomplishments.'"
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