SECTION XXVI
(Digvijaya Parva Continued)
Vaisampayana continued,--thus addressed,
Dhananjaya replied unto Bhagadatta, saying,--'If thou wilt give thy promise to
do this, thou hast done all I desire. And having thus subjugated the king of
Pragjyotisha, Dhananjaya of long arms, the son of Kunti, then marched towards
the north--the direction presided over by the lord of treasures. That bull
amongst men, that son of Kunti, then conquered the mountainous tracts and their
outskirts, as also the hilly regions. And having conquered all the mountains
and the kings that reigned there, and bringing them under his sway, he exacted
tributes from all. And winning the affections of those kings and uniting
himself with them, he next marched, O king, against Vrihanta, the king of
Uluka, making this earth tremble with the sound of his drums, the clatter of
his chariot-wheels, and the roar of the elephants in his train. Vrihanta,
however, quickly coming out of his city followed by his army consisting of four
kinds of troops, gave battle to Falguna (Arjuna). And the fight that took place
between Vrihanta and Dhananjaya was terrible. It so happened that Vrihanta was
unable to bear the prowess of the son of Pandu. Then that invincible king of
the mountainous region regarding the son of Kunti irresistible, approached him
with all his wealth. Arjuna snatched out the kingdom from Vrihanta, but having
made peace with him marched, accompanied by that king, against Senavindu whom
he soon expelled from his kingdom. After this he subjugated Modapura, Vamadeva,
Sudaman, Susankula, the Northern Ulukas, and the kings of those countries and
peoples. Hereafter at the command of Yudhishthira, O monarch, Arjuna, did not
move from the city of Senavindu but sent his troops only and brought under his
sway those five countries and peoples. For Arjuna, having arrived at
Devaprastha, the city of Senavindu, took up his quarters there with his army
consisting of four kinds of forces. Thence, surrounded by the kings and the
peoples he had subjugated, the hero marched against king Viswagaswa--that bull
of Puru's race. Having vanquished in battle the brave mountaineers, who were
all great warriors, the son of Pandu, O king, then occupied with the help of
his troops, the town protected by the Puru king. Having vanquished in battle
the Puru king, as also the robber tribes, of the mountains, the son of Pandu
brought under his sway the seven tribes called Utsava-sanketa. That bull of the
Kshatriya race then defeated the brave Kshatriyas of Kashmira and also king
Lohita along with ten minor chiefs. Then the Trigartas, the Daravas, the
Kokonadas, and various other Kshatriyas, O king, advanced against the son of
Pandu. That Prince of the Kuru race then took the delightful town of Avisari,
and then brought under his sway Rochamana ruling in Uraga.
Then the son of Indra (Arjuna), putting forth his
might, pressed the delightful town of Singhapura that was well-protected with
various weapons. Then Arjuna, that bull amongst the son of Pandu, at the head
of all his troops, fiercely attacked the regions called Suhma and Sumala. Then
the son of Indra, endued with great prowess, after pressing them with great
force, brought the Valhikas always difficult of being vanquished, under his
sway. Then Falguna, the son of Pandu, taking with him a select force, defeated
the Daradas along with the Kambojas. Then the exalted son of Indra vanquished
the robber tribes that dwelt in the north-eastern frontier and those also that
dwelt in the woods. And, O great king, the son of Indra also subjugated the
allied tribes of the Lohas, the eastern Kambojas, and northern Rishikas. And
the battle with the Rishikas was fierce in the extreme. Indeed, the fight that
took place between them and the son of Pritha was equal to that between the
gods and the Asuras in which Taraka (the wife of Vrihaspati) had become the
cause of so much slaughter. And defeating, O king, the Rishikas in the field of
battle, Arjuna took from them as tribute eight horses that were of the colour
of the parrot's breast, as also other horses of the hues of the peacock, born
in northern and other climes and endued with high speed. At last having
conquered all the Himalayas and the Nishkuta mountains, that bull among men,
arriving at the White mountains, encamped on its breast."
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