The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose: Sabha Parva
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The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose: Sabha Parva
Epic literature, Sanskrit
various kinds of jewels and gems, arrows long and short and various
other kinds of weapons, obtained permission to enter the sacrificial
palace of the illustrious Pandava!'
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"Duryodhana said,--'O sinless one, listen to me as I describe that
large mass of wealth consisting of various kinds of tribute presented
unto Yudhishthira by the kings of the earth. They that dwell by the
side of the river Sailoda flowing between the mountains of Mer and
Mandara and enjoy the delicious shade of topes of the Kichaka bamboo,
viz., the Khashas, Ekasanas, the Arhas, the Pradaras, the Dirghavenus,
the Paradas, the Kulindas, the Tanganas, and the other Tanganas,
brought as tribute heaps of gold measured in dronas (jars) and raised
from underneath the earth by ants and therefore called after these
creatures. The mountain tribes endued with great strength having
brought as tribute numerous Chamaras (long brushes) soft and black and
others white as moon-beam and sweet honey extracted from the flowers
growing on the Himavat as also from the Mishali champaka and garlands
of flowers brought from the region of the northern Kurus, and diverse
kinds of plants from the north even from Kailasa, waited with their
heads bent down at the gate of king Yudhishthira, being refused
permission to enter. I also beheld there numberless chiefs of the
Kiratas armed with cruel weapons and ever engaged in cruel deeds,
eating of fruits and roots and attired in skins and living on the
northern slopes of the Himavat and on the mountain from behind which
the sun rises and in the region of Karusha on the sea-coast and on both
sides of the Lohitya mountains. And, O king, having brought with them
as tribute loads upon loads of sandal and aloe as also black aloe, and
heaps upon heaps of valuable skins and gold and perfumes, and ten
thousand serving-girls of their own race, and many beautiful animals
and birds of remote countries, and much gold of great splendour
procured from mountains, the Kiratas waited at the gate, being refused
permission to enter. The Kairatas, the Daradas, the Darvas, the Suras,
the Vaiamakas, the Audumvaras, the Durvibhagas, the Kumaras, the
Paradas along with the Vahlikas, the Kashmiras, the Ghorakas, the
Hansakayanas, the Sivis, the Trigartas, the Yauddheyas, the ruler of
Madras and the Kaikeyas, the Amvashtas, the Kaukuras, the Tarkshyas,
the Vastrapas along with the Palhavas, the Vashatayas, the Mauleyas
along with the Kshudrakas, and the Malavas, the Paundrayas, the
Kukkuras, the Sakas, the Angas, the Vangas, the Punras, the Sanavatyas,
and the Gayas--these good and well-born Kshatriyas distributed into
regular clans and trained to the use of arms, brought tribute unto king
Yudhishthira by hundreds and thousands. And the Vangas, the Kalingas,
the Magadhas, the Tamraliptas, the Supundrakas, the Dauvalikas, the
Sagarakas, the Patrornas, the Saisavas, and innumerable
Karnapravaranas, who presented themselves at the gate, were told by the
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