The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose: Sabha Parva — John Shaqi
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
"Narada said,--'O Yudhisthira, I shall now describe the assembly house
of Yama, the son of Vivaswat, which, O son of Pritha, was built by
Viswakarma. Listen now to me. Bright as burnished gold, that assembly
house, O monarch, covers an area of much more than a hundred yojanas.
Possessed of the splendour of the sun, it yieldeth everything that one
may desire. Neither very cool nor very hot, it delighteth the heart. In
that assembly house there is neither grief nor weakness of age, neither
hunger nor thirst. Nothing disagreeable findeth a place there, nor any
kind of evil feelings there. Every object of desire, celestial or
human, is to be found in that mansion. And all kinds of enjoyable
articles, as also of sweet, juicy, agreeable, and delicious edibles in
profusion that are licked, sucked, and drunk, are there, O chastiser of
all enemies. The floral wreaths in that mansion are of the most
delicious fragrance, and the trees that stand around it yield fruits
that are desired of them. There are both cold and hot waters and these
are sweet and agreeable. In that mansion many royal sages of great
sanctity and Brahmana sages also of great purity, cheerfully wait upon,
O child, and worship Yama, the son of Vivaswat. And Yayati, Nahusha,
Puru, Mandhatri, Somaka, Nriga; the royal sage Trasadasyu, Kritavirya,
Sautasravas; Arishtanemi, Siddha, Kritavega, Kriti, Nimi, Pratarddana,
Sivi, Matsya, Prithulaksha, Vrihadratha, Vartta, Marutta, Kusika,
Sankasya, Sankriti, Dhruva, Chaturaswa, Sadaswormi and king Kartavirya;
Bharata and Suratha, Sunitha, Nisatha, Nala, Divodasa, and Sumanas,
Amvarisha, Bhagiratha; Vyaswa, Vadhraswa, Prithuvega, Prithusravas,
Prishadaswa, Vasumanas, Kshupa, and Sumahavala, Vrishadgu, and
Vrishasena, Purukutsa, Dhwajin and Rathin; Arshtisena, Dwilipa, and the
high-souled Ushinara; Ausinari, Pundarika, Saryati, Sarava, and Suchi;
Anga, Rishta, Vena, Dushmanta, Srinjaya and Jaya; Bhangasuri, Sunitha,
and Nishada, and Bahinara; Karandhama, Valhika, Sudymna, and the mighty
Madhu; Aila and the mighty king of earth Maruta; Kapota, Trinaka, and
Shadeva, and Arjuna also. Vysawa; Saswa and Krishaswa, and king
Sasavindu; Rama the son of Dasaratha, and Lakshmana, and Pratarddana;
Alarka, and Kakshasena, Gaya, and Gauraswa; Rama the son of Jamadagnya,
Nabhaga, and Sagara; Bhuridyumna and Mahaswa, Prithaswa, and also
Janaka; king Vainya, Varisena, Purujit, and Janamejaya; Brahmadatta,
and Trigarta, and king Uparichara also; Indradyumna, Bhimajanu,
Gauraprishta, Nala, Gaya; Padma and Machukunda, Bhuridyumna,
Prasenajit; Aristanemi, Sudymna, Prithulauswa, and Ashtaka also; a
hundred kings of the Matsya race and hundred of the Vipa and a hundred
of the Haya races; a hundred kings of the name of Dhritarashtra, eighty
kings of the name of Janamejaya; a hundred monarchs called Brahmadatta,
and a hundred kings of the name of Iri; more than two hundred Bhishmas,
and also a hundred Bhimas; a hundred Prativindhyas, a hundred Nagas,
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