SECTION IX
(Lokapala
Sabhakhayana Parva Continued)
'Narada said--O Yudhishthira, the celestial Sabha
of Varuna is unparalleled in splendour. In dimensions it is similar to that of
Yama. Its walls and arches are all of pure white. It hath been built by
Viswakarma (the celestial architect) within the waters. It is surrounded on all
sides by many celestial trees made of gems and jewels and yielding excellent
fruits and flowers. And many plants with their weight of blossoms, blue and
yellow, and black and darkish, and white and red, that stand there, or excellent
bowers around. Within those bowers hundreds and thousands of birds of diverse
species, beautiful and variegated, always pour forth their melodies. The
atmosphere of that mansion is extremely delightful, neither cold nor hot. Owned
by Varuna, that delightful assembly house of pure white consists of many rooms
and is furnished with many seats. There sitteth Varuna attired in celestial
robe, decked in celestial ornaments and jewels, with his queen, adorned with
celestial scents and besmeared with paste of celestial fragrance. The Adityas
wait upon and worship the illustrious Varuna, the lord of the waters. And
Vasuki and Takshaka, and the Naga called Airavana; Krishna and Lohita; Padma
and Chitra endued with great energy; the Nagas called Kamvala and Aswatara; and
Dhritarashtra and Valahaka; Matimat and Kundadhara and Karkotaka and
Dhananjaya; Panimat and the mighty Kundaka, O lord of the Earth; and Prahlada
and Mushikada, and Janamejaya,--all having auspicious marks and mandalas and
extended hoods;--these and many other snakes. O Yudhishthira, without anxiety
of any kind, wait upon and worship the illustrious Varuna. And, O king, Vali
the son of Virochana, and Naraka the subjugator of the whole Earth; Sanghraha
and Viprachitti, and those Danavas called Kalakanja; and Suhanu and Durmukha
and Sankha and Sumanas and also Sumati; and Ghatodara, and Mahaparswa, and
Karthana and also Pithara and Viswarupa, Swarupa and Virupa, Mahasiras; and
Dasagriva, Vali, and Meghavasas and Dasavara; Tittiva, and Vitabhuta, and
Sanghrada, and Indratapana--these Daityas and Danavas, all bedecked with
ear-rings and floral wreaths and crowns, and attired in the celestial robes,
all blessed with boons and possessed of great bravery, and enjoying
immortality, and all well of conduct and of excellent vows, wait upon and
worship in that mansion the illustrious Varuna, the deity bearing the noose as
his weapon. And, O king, there are also the four oceans, the river Bhagirathee,
the Kalindi, the Vidisa, the Venwa, the Narmada of rapid current; the Vipasa,
the Satadu, the Chandrabhaga, the Saraswati; the Iravati, the Vitasta, the
Sindhu, the Devanadi; the Godavari, the Krishnavenwa and that queen of rivers
the Kaveri; the Kimpuna, the Visalya and the river Vaitarani also; the Tritiya,
the Jeshthila, and the great Sone (Soane); the Charmanwati and the great river
Parnasa; the Sarayu, the Varavatya, and that queen of rivers the Langali, the
Karatoya, the Atreyi, the red Mahanada, the Laghanti, the Gomati, the Sandhya,
and also the Trisrotasi--these and other rivers which are all sacred and are
world-renowned places of pilgrimage, as also other rivers and sacred waters and
lakes and wells and springs, and tanks, large or small, in their personified
form, O Bharata, wait upon and worship the lord Varuna. The points of the
heavens, the Earth, and all the Mountains, as also every species of aquatic
animals, all worship Varuna there. And various tribes of Gandharvas and
Apsaras, devoted to music, both vocal and instrumental, wait upon Varuna, singing
eulogistic hymns unto him. And all those mountains that are noted for being
both delightful and rich in jewels, wait (in their personified forms) in that
Sabha, enjoying sweet converse with one another. And the chief minister of
Varuna, Sunabha by name, surrounded by his sons and grandsons, also attend upon
his master, along with (the personified form) of a sacred water called go.
These all, in their personified forms, worship the deity. O bull of the Bharata
race, such is the assembly room of Varuna seen by me before, in the course of
my wanderings. Listen now to the account I give of the assembly room of
Kuvera.'"
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