SECTION LII
(Dyuta Parva Continued)
Duryodhana said,--"Those king that are
revered over all the world, who are devoted to truth and who are pledged to the
observance of rigid vows, who are possessed of great learning and eloquence,
who are fully conversant with the Vedas and their branches as also with
sacrifices, who have piety and modesty, whose souls are devoted to virtue, who
possess fame, and who have enjoyed the grand rites of coronation, all wait upon
and worship Yudhishthira. And, O king, I beheld there many thousands of wild
kine with as many vessels of white copper for milking them, brought thither by
the kings of the earth as sacrificial presents to be given away by Yudhishthira
unto the Brahmana. And, O Bharata, for bathing Yudhishthira at the conclusion
of the sacrifice, many kings with the greatest alacrity, themselves brought
there in a state of purity many excellent jars (containing water). And king
Vahlika brought there a car decked with pure gold. And king Sudakshina himself
yoked thereto four white horses of Kamboja breed, and Sunitha of great might
fitted the lower pole and the ruler of Chedi with his own hands took up and
fitted the flag-staff. And the king of the Southern country stood ready with
the coat of mail; the ruler of Magadha, with garlands of flowers and the
head-gear; the great warrior Vasudana with a sixty years old elephant, the king
of Matsya, with the side-fittings of the car, all encased in gold; king
Ekalavya, with the shoes; the king of Avanti, with diverse kinds of water for
the final bath; king Chekitana, with the quiver; the king of Kasi, with the
bow; and Salya; with a sword whose hilt and straps were adorned with gold. Then
Dhaumya and Vyasa, of great ascetic merit, with Narada and Asita's son Devala,
standing before performed the ceremony of sprinkling the sacred water over the
king. And the great Rishis with cheerful hearts sat where the sprinkling
ceremony was performed. And other illustrious Rishis conversant with the Vedas,
with Jamadagni's son among them, approached
Yudhishthira, the giver of large sacrificial
presents, uttering mantras all the while, like the seven Rishis, approaching
the great India in heaven. And Satyaki of unbaffled prowess held the umbrella
(over the king's head). And Dhananjaya and Bhima were engaged in tanning the
king; while the twins held a couple of chamaras in their hands. And the Ocean
himself brought in a sling that big conch of Varuna which the celestial
artificer Viswakarman had constructed with a thousand Nishkas of gold, and
which Prajapati had in a former Kalpa, presented unto India. It was with that
conch that Krishna bathed Yudhishthira after the conclusion of the sacrifice,
and beholding it, I swooned away. People go to the Eastern or the Western seas
and also to the Southern one. But, O father, none except birds can ever go to
the Northern sea. But the Pandavas have spread their dominion even there, for I
heard hundreds of conches that had been brought thence blown (in the
sacrificial mansion) indicative of auspicious rejoicing. And while those
conches blew simultaneously, my hair stood on end. And those among the kings,
who were weak in strength fell down. And Dhrishtadyumna and Satyaki and the
sons of Pandu and Kesava,--those eight, endued with strength and prowess and
handsome in person, beholding the kings deprived of consciousness and myself in
that plight, laughed outright. Then Vibhatsu (Arjuna) with a cheerful heart
gave, O Bharata, unto the principal Brahmanas five hundred bullocks with horns
plated with gold. And king Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, having completed the
Rajasuya sacrifice, obtained like the exalted Harishchandra such prosperity
that neither Rantideva nor Nabhaga, nor Jauvanaswa, nor Manu, nor king Prithu
the son of Vena, nor Bhagiratha, Yayati, nor Nahusha, had obtained its like.
And beholding, O exalted one, such prosperity, in the son of Pritha which is
even like that which Harishchandra had, I do not see the least good in
continuing to live, O Bharata! O ruler of men, a yoke that is tied (to the
bullock's shoulders) by a blind man becomes loosened. Even such is the case
with us. The younger ones are growing while the elder ones are decaying. And
beholding all this, O chief of the Kurus, I cannot enjoy peace even with the
aid of reflection. And it is for this, O king, that I am plunged into grief and
becoming pale and emaciated."
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