SECTION XXV
(Digvijaya Parva)
Vaisampayana said,--Arjuna, having obtained that
best of bows and that couple of inexhaustible quivers and that car and
flag-staff, as also that assembly-house, addressing Yudhisthira said,--Bow,
weapons, great energy, allies, territory, fame, army-those, O king, difficult
of acquisition however desirable, have all been obtained by me. I think,
therefore, that what should now be done is for the swelling up of our treasury.
I desire, O best of monarchs, to make the kings (of the earth) pay tributes to
us. I desire to set out, in an auspicious moment of a holy day of the moon
under a favourable constellation for the conquest of the direction that is
presided over by the Lord of treasures (viz. the North)."
Vaisampayana continued,--"King Yudhisthira
the just, hearing these words of Dhananjaya, replied unto him in a grave and
collected tone, saying,--O bull of the Bharata race, set thou out, having made
holy Brahmanas utter benedictions on thee, to plunge thy enemies in sorrow and
to fill thy friend with joy. Victory, O son of Pritha, will surely be thine,
and thou wilt surely obtain thy desires fulfilled.
"Thus addressed, Arjuna, surrounded by a
large host, set out in that celestial car of wonderful achievements he had
obtained from Agni. And Bhimasena also, and those bull among men, the twins,
dismissed with affection by Yudhishthira the just set out, each at the head of
a large army. And Arjuna, the son of the chastiser of Paka then brought under
subjugation that direction (the North) which was presided over by the Lord of
treasures. And Bhimasena overcome by force the East and Sahadeva the South, and
Nakula, O king, acquainted with all the weapons, conquered the West. Thus while
his brothers were so employed, the exalted king Yudishthira the just stayed
within Khandavaprastha in the enjoyment of great affluence in the midst of
friends and relatives."
"Bhagadatta, hearing this, said,--'O thou
who hast Kunto for thy mother, as thou art to me, so is Yudhishthira also. I
shall do all this. Tell me, what else I may do for thee."
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