SECTION CXLVI
(Jatugriha Parva Continued)
"Vaisampayana said, 'The wicked Duryodhana
became very pleased when the king, O Bharata, had said so unto Pandavas. And, O
bull of Bharata's race, Duryodhana, then, summoning his counsellor, Purochana
in private, took hold of his right hand and said, 'O Purochana, this world, so
full of wealth, is mine. But it is thine equally with me. It behoveth thee,
therefore, to protect it. I have no more trustworthy counsellor than thee with
whom to consult. Therefore, O sire, keep my counsel and exterminate my foes by
a clever device. O, do as I bid thee. The Pandavas have, by Dhritarashtra, been
sent to Varanavata, where they will, at Dhritarashtra's command, enjoy
themselves during the festivities. Do that by which thou mayest this very day
reach Varanavata in a car drawn by swift mules. Repairing thither, cause thou
to be erected a quadrangular palace in the neighbourhood of the arsenal, rich
in the materials and furniture, and guard thou the mansion well (with prying
eyes). And use thou (in erecting that house) hemp and resin and all other
inflammable materials that are procurable. And mixing a little earth with
clarified butter and oil and fat and a large quantity of lac, make thou a
plaster for lining the walls, and scatter thou all around that house hemp and
oil and clarified butter and lac and wood in such a way that the Pandavas, or
any others, may not, even with scrutiny behold them there or conclude the house
to be an inflammable one. And having erected such mansion, cause thou the
Pandavas, after worshipping them with great reverence, to dwell in it with
Kunti and all their friends. And place thou there seats and conveyances and
beds, all of the best workmanship, for the Pandavas, so that Dhritarashtra may
have no reason to complain. Thou must also so manage it all that none of
Varanavata may know anything till the end we have in view is accomplished. And
assuring thyself that the Pandavas are sleeping within in confidence and
without fear, thou must then set fire to that mansion beginning at the outer
door. The Pandavas thereupon must be burnt to death, but the people will say that
they have been burnt in (an accidental) conflagration of their house.
"Saying, 'So be it' unto the Kuru prince,
Purochana repaired to Varanavata in a car drawn by fleet mules. And going
thither, O king, without loss of time, obedient to the instructions of
Duryodhana, did everything that the prince had bid him do."
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