SECTION –CCXLVI
(Ghosha-yatra Parva Continud)
"Duryodhana said, 'O Radheya, thou knowest
not what hath happened. Therefore, I do not resent thy words. Thou thinkest the
hostile Gandharvas to have been vanquished by me with my own energy. O thou of
mighty arms, my brothers, indeed had for a long time, aided by me fought with
the Gandharvas. The slaughtered, indeed, on both sides were great. But when
those brave Gandharvas, resorting to their many powers of illusion, ascended
the skies and began to fight with us thence, our encounter with them ceased to be
an equal one. Defeat then was ours and even captivity. And afflicted with
sorrow, we along with our attendants and counsellors and children and wives and
troops and vehicles were being taken by them through the skies. It was then
that some soldiers of ours and some brave officers repaired in grief unto the
sons of Pandu--those heroes that never refuse succour to those that ask for it.
And having gone to them they said, 'Here is king Duryodhana, the son of
Dhritarashtra, who with his younger brothers and friends and wives is being led
away a captive by the Gandharvas along the sky. Blest be ye. Liberate the king
along with the women of the royal household! Suffer no insult to be offered
unto all the ladies of the Kuru race. And when they had spoken thus, the eldest
of Pandu's sons, who is endued with a virtuous soul then conciliated his
brothers and commanded them to liberate us. Then those bulls among men, the
Pandavas, overtaking the Gandharvas, solicited our release in soft words,
although fully able to effect it by force of arms. And when the Gandharvas,
addressed in such conciliatory words, refused to set us at liberty, then Arjuna
and Bhima and the twins endued with mighty energy, shot showers of arrows at
the Gandharvas. Then the Gandharvas, abandoning the fight, fled through the
sky, dragging our melancholy selves after them, filled with joy. Then we beheld
a network of arrows spread all around by Dhananjaya, who was also shooting
celestial weapons upon the foe. And seeing the points of the horizon covered by
Arjuna with a thick network of sharp arrows, his friend, the chief of the
Gandharvas, showed himself. And Chitrasena and Arjuna, embracing each other,
enquired after each other's welfare. And the other sons of Pandu also embraced
the chief of the Gandharvas and were embraced by him. And enquiries of courtesy
passed between them also. And the brave Gandharvas then abandoning their
weapons and mail mingled in a friendly spirit with the Pandavas. And Chitrasena
and Dhananjaya worshipped each other with regard."
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