SECTION –CLXIII
(Tirtha-yatra Parva Continued)
Vaisampayana continued, "Dwelling in that
best of mountains those high-souled ones observing excellent vows, felt
themselves attracted (to that place), and diverted themselves, eager to behold
Arjuna. And multitudes of Gandharvas and Maharshis gladly visited those
energetic ones, possessing prowess, of chaste desires and being the foremost of
those endued with truth and fortitude. And having arrived at that excellent
mountain furnished with trees bearing blossoms, those mighty charioteers were
exceedingly delighted, even as the Marutas, on arriving at the celestial
regions. And experiencing great exhilaration, they lived (there), seeing the
slopes and summits of that mighty mountain, filled with flowers, and resonant
with the cries of peacocks and cranes. And on that beautiful mountain they
beheld lakes filled with lotuses, and having their shores covered with trees,
and frequented by darkness, and karandavas and swans. And the flourishing
sporting-regions, graceful on account of the various flowers, and abounding in
gems, was capable of captivating that king, the dispenser of wealth (Kuvera).
And always ranging (there), those foremost of ascetics (the Pandavas) were
incapable of conceiving (the significance of) that Summit, furnished with
mighty trees, and masses of wide-spreading clouds. And, O great hero, owing to
its native splendour, and also on account of the brilliance of the annual
plants, there was no difference there between night and day. And staying in the
mountain, remaining in which the Sun of unrivalled energy cherisheth the mobile
and immobile things, those heroes and foremost of men beheld the rising and the
setting of the Sun. And having seen the rising and the setting points of the
Sun and the rising and the setting mountain, and all the cardinal points, as
well as the intervening spaces ever blazing with the rays of the Dispeller of
darkness, those heroes, in expectation of the arrival of that mighty charioteer
firm in truth, became engaged in reciting the Vedas, practising the daily
rituals, chiefly discharging the religious duties, exercising sacred vows, and
abiding by the truth. And saying, 'Let us even here experience delight by
joining without delay Arjuna accomplished in arms,' those highly blessed
Parthas became engaged in the practice of Yoga. And beholding romantic woods on
that mountain, as they always thought of Kiriti, every day and night appeared
unto them even as a year. From that very moment joy had taken leave of them
when, with Dhaumya's permission, the high-souled Jishnu, matting his hair,
departed (for the woods). So, how could they, absorbed in his contemplation,
experience happiness there? They had become overwhelmed with grief ever since
the moment when at the command of his brother, Yudhishthira, Jishnu of the
tread of a mad elephant had departed from the Kamyaka forest. O Bharata, in
this way, on that mountain those descendants of Bharata passed a month with
difficulty, thinking of him of the white steeds, who had gone to Vasava's abode
for learning arms. And Arjuna, having dwelt for five years in the abode of him
of a thousand eyes, and having from that lord of celestials obtained all the
celestial weapons,--such as those of Agni, of Varuna, of Soma, of Vayu, of
Vishnu, of Indra, of Pasupati, of Brahma, of Parameshthi, of Prajapati, of
Yama, of Dhata, of Savita, of Tvashta, and of Vaisravana; and having bowed down
to and gone round him of a hundred sacrifices, and taken his (Indra's)
permission, cheerfully came to the Gandhamadana."
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