SECTION XXVII
(Digvijaya Parva Continued)
Vaisampayana said,--"that heroic and
foremost of the Pandavas endued with great energy, crossing the White
mountains, subjugated the country of the Limpurushas ruled by Durmaputra, after
a collision involving a great slaughter of Kshatriyas, and brought the region
under his complete sway. Having reduced that country, the son of Indra (Arjuna)
with a collected mind marched at the head of his troops to the country called
Harataka, ruled by the Guhakas. Subjugating them by a policy of conciliation,
the Kuru prince beheld (in that region) that excellent of lakes called Manasa
and various other lakes and tanks sacred to the Rishis. And the exalted prince
having arrived at the lake Manasa conquered the regions ruled by the Gandharvas
that lay around the Harataka territories. Here the conqueror took, as tribute
from the country, numerous excellent horses called Tittiri, Kalmasha, Manduka.
At last the son of the slayer of Paka, arriving in the country of North
Harivarsha desired to conquer it. Thereupon certain frontier-guards of huge
bodies and endued with great strength and energy, coming to him with gallant hearts,
said, 'O son of Pritha, this country can be never conquered by thee. If thou
seekest thy good, return hence. He that entereth this region, if human, is sure
to perish. We have been gratified with thee; O hero, thy conquests have been
enough. Nor is anything to be seen here, O Arjuna, that may be conquered by
thee. The Northern Kurus live here. There cannot be war here. Even if thou
enterest it, thou will not be able to behold anything, for with human eyes
nothing can be seen here. If, however thou seekest anything else, O Bharata
tell us, O tiger among men, so that we may do thy bidding. Thus addressed by
them, Arjuna smilingly addressing them, said,--'I desire the acquisition of the
imperial dignity by Yudhishthira the just, of great intelligence. If your land
is shut against human beings, I shall not enter it. Let something be paid unto
Yudhishthira by ye as tribute. Hearing these words of Arjuna, they gave him as
tribute many cloths and ornaments of celestial make, silks of celestial texture
and skins of celestial origin.
"It was thus that tiger among men subjugated
the countries that lay to the North, having fought numberless battles with both
Kshatriya and robber tribes. And having vanquished the chiefs and brought them
under his sway he exacted from them much wealth, various gems and jewels, the
horses of the species called Tittiri and Kalmasha, as also those of the colour
of the parrot's wings and those that were like the peacocks in hue and all
endued with the speed of the wind. And surrounded, O king, by a large army
consisting of the four kinds of forces, the hero came back to the excellent
city of Sakraprastha. And Partha offered the whole of that wealth, together
with the animals he had brought, unto Yudhishthira the just. And commanded by
the monarch, the hero retired to a chamber of the palace for rest."
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