SECTION VII
(Lokapala
Sabhakhayana Parva Continued)
"Narada said,--the celestial assembly room
of Sakra is full of lustre. He hath obtained it as the fruit of his own acts.
Possessed of the splendour of the sun, it was built, O scion of the Kuru race,
by Sakra himself. Capable of going everywhere at will, this celestial assembly
house is full one hundred and fifty yojanas in length, and hundred yojanas in
breadth, and five yojanas in height. Dispelling weakness of age, grief,
fatigue, and fear, auspicious and bestowing good fortune, furnished with rooms
and seats and adorned with celestial trees, it is delightful in the extreme.
There sitteth in that assembly room, O son of Pritha, on an excellent seat, the
Lord of celestials, with his wife Sachi endowed with beauty and affluence.
Assuming a form incapable of description for its vagueness, with a crown on his
head and bright bracelets on the upper arms, attired in robes of pure white and
decked with floral wreaths of many hues, there he sitteth with beauty, fame,
and glory by his side. And the illustrious deity of a hundred sacrifices is
daily waited upon. O monarch, in that assembly by the Marutas in a body, each
leading the life of a householder in the bosom of his family. And the Siddhyas,
celestial Rishis, the Sadhyas in all, the gods, and Marutas of brilliant
complexion and adorned with golden garlands,--all of them in celestial form and
decked in ornaments, always wait upon and worship the illustrious chief of the
immortals, that mighty represser of all foes. And O son of Pritha, the
celestial Rishis also, all of pure souls, with sins completely washed off and
resplendent as the fire, and possessed of energy, and without sorrow of any
kind, and freed from the fever of anxiety, and all performers of the Soma
sacrifice, also wait upon and worship Indra. And Parasara and Parvata and
Savarni and Galava; and Sankha, and the Muni, Gaursiras, and Durvasa, and
Krodhana and Swena and the Muni Dhirghatamas; and Pavitrapani, Savarni,
Yajnavalkya and Bhaluki; and Udyalaka, Swetaketu, and Tandya, and also
Bhandayani; and Havishmat, and Garishta, and king Harischandra; and Hridya,
Udarshandilya. Parasarya, Krishivala; Vataskandha, Visakha, Vidhatas and Kala.
Karaladanta, Tastri, and Vishwakarman, and Tumuru; and other Rishis, some born
of women and others living upon air, and others again living upon fire, these
all worship Indra, the wielder of the thunderbolt, the lord of all the worlds.
And Sahadeva, and Sunitha, and Valmiki of great ascetic merit; and Samika of
truthful speech, and Prachetas ever fulfilling their promises, and Medhatithi, and
Vamadeva, and Pulastya, Pulaha and Kratu; and Maruta and Marichi, and Sthanu of
great ascetic merit; and Kakshivat, and Gautama, and Tarkhya, and also the Muni
Vaishwanara; and the Muni Kalakavrikhiya and Asravya, and also Hiranmaya, and
Samvartta, and Dehavya, and Viswaksena of great energy; and Kanwa, and
Katyayana, O king, and Gargya, and Kaushika;--all are present there along with
the celestial waters and plants; and faith, and intelligence, and the goddess
of learning, and wealth, religion, and pleasure; and lightning. O son of Pandu;
and the rain-charged clouds, and the winds, and all the loud-sounding forces of
heaven; the eastern point, the twenty seven fires conveying the sacrificial
butter, Agni and Soma, and the fire of Indra, and Mitra, and Savitri, and
Aryaman; Bhaga, Viswa the Sadhyas, the preceptor (Vrihaspati), and also Sukra;
and Vishwavasu and Chitrasena, and Sumanas, and also Taruna; the Sacrifices,
the gifts to Brahmanas, the planets, and the stars, O Bharata, and the mantras
that are uttered in sacrifices--all these are present there. And, O King, many
Apsaras and Gandharvas, by various kinds of dances and music both instrumental
and vocal, and by the practice of auspicious rites, and by the exhibition of many
feats of skill, gratify the lord of the celestials--Satakratu--the illustrious
slayer of Vala and Vritra. Besides these, many other Brahmanas and royal and
celestial Rishis, all resplendent as the fire, decked in floral wreaths and
ornaments, frequently come to and leave that assembly, riding on celestial cars
of various kinds. And Vrihaspati and Sukra are present there on all occasions.
These and many other illustrious ascetics of rigid wows, and Bhrigu and the
seven Rishis who are equal, O king, unto Brahma himself, come to and leave that
assembly house, riding on cars beautiful as the car of Soma, and themselves
looking as bright therein as Soma himself. This, O mighty armed monarch, is the
assembly house, called Pushkaramalini, of Indra of a hundred sacrifices that I
have seen. Listen now to the account of Yama's assembly house."
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