SECTION XXXIX
(Sisupala-badha
Parva)
"Vaisampayana said,--Beholding that vast
assembly of kings agitated with wrath, even like the terrific sea agitated by
the winds that blow at the time of the universal dissolution, Yudhishthira
addressing the aged Bhishma, that chief of intelligent men and the grandsire of
the Kurus, even like Puruhita (Indra) that slayer of foes, of abundant energy
addressing Vrihaspati, said,--'This vast ocean of kings, hath been agitated by
wrath. Tell me, O Grandsire, what I should do in view of this. O Grandsire, now
what I should do that my sacrifice may not be obstructed and my subjects may
not be injured.'
"When king Yudhishthira the just, conversant
with morality, said this, Bhishma the grandsire of the Kurus, spoke these words
in reply,--'Fear not, O tiger of the Kurus. Can the dog slay the lion? I have
before this found out a way that is both beneficial and comfortable to
practise. As dogs in a pack approaching the lion that is asleep bark together,
so are all these lords of earth. Indeed, O child, like dogs before the lion,
these (monarchs) are barking in rage before the sleeping lion of the Vrishni
race. Achyuta now is like a lion that is asleep. Until he waketh up, this chief
of the Chedis--this lion among men--maketh these monarchs look like lions. O
child, O thou foremost of all monarchs, this Sisupala possessed of little
intelligence is desirous of taking along with him all these kings, through the
agency of him who is the soul of the universe, to the regions of Yama.
Assuredly, O Bharata Vishnu hath been desirous of taking back unto himself the
energy that existeth in this Sisupala. O Chief of all intelligent men, O son of
Kunti, the intelligence of this wicked-minded king of the Chedis, as also of
all these monarchs, hath become perverse. Indeed, the intelligence of all those
whom this tiger among men desireth to take unto himself, becometh perverse even
like that of this king of the Chedis. O Yudhishthira, Madhava is the progenitor
as also the destroyer of all created beings of the four species, (oviparous,
etc.,) existing in the three worlds.'"
"Vaisampayana continued--Then the ruler of
Chedis, having heard these words of Bhishma, addressed the latter, O Bharata,
in words that were stern and rough."
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