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
Religion
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose: Sabha Parva
Epic literature, Sanskrit
and Samichi, and Vududa, and Lata--these and a thousand other Apsaras
and Gandharvas, all well-skilled in music and dance, attend upon
Kuvera, the lord of treasures. And that mansion, always filled with the
notes of instrumental and vocal music, as also with the sounds of dance
of various tribes of Gandharvas, and Apsaras hath become extremely
charming and delicious. The Gandharvas called Kinnaras, and others
called Naras, and Manibhadra, and Dhanada, and Swetabhadra and Guhyaka;
Kaseraka, Gandakandu, and the mighty Pradyota; Kustumvuru, Pisacha,
Gajakarna, and Visalaka, Varaha-Karna, Tamraushtica, Falkaksha, and
Falodaka; Hansachuda, Sikhavarta, Vibhishana, Pushpanana, Pingalaka,
Sonitoda and Pravalaka; Vrikshavaspa-niketa, and Chiravasas--these O
Bharata, and many other Yakshas by hundred and thousands always wait
upon Kuvera. The goddess Lakshmi always stayeth there, also Kuvera's
son Nalakuvera. Myself and many others like myself often repair
thither. Many Brahmana Rishis and celestial Rishis also repair there
often. Many Rakshasas, and many Gandharvas, besides those that have
been named, wait upon the worship, in that mansion, the illustrious
lord of all treasures. And, O tiger among kings, the illustrious
husband of Uma and lord of created things, the three-eyed Mahadeva, the
wielder of the trident and the slayer of the Asura called Bhaga-netra,
the mighty god of the fierce bow, surrounded by multitudes of spirits
in their hundreds and thousands, some of dwarfish stature, some of
fierce visage, some hunch-backed, some of blood-red eyes, some of
frightful yells, some feeding upon fat and flesh, and some terrible to
behold, but all armed with various weapons and endued with the speed of
wind, with the goddess (Parvati) ever cheerful and knowing no fatigue,
always waiteth here upon their friend Kuvera, the lord of treasures.
And hundreds of Gandharva chiefs, with cheerful hearts and attired in
their respective robes and Viswavasu, and Haha and Huhu; and Tumvuru
and Parvatta, and Sailusha; and Chitrasena skilled in music and also
Chitraratha,--these and innumerable Gandharvas worship the lord of
treasures. And Chakradhaman, the chief of the Vidyadharas, with his
followers, waiteth in that mansion upon the lord of treasures. And
Kinnaras by hundreds and innumerable kings with Bhagadatta as their
chief, and Druma, the chief of the Kimpurushas, and Mahendra, the chief
of the Rakshasas, and Gandhamadana accompanied by many Yakshas and
Gandharvas and many Rakshasas wait upon the lord of treasures. The
virtuous Vibhishana also worshippeth there his elder brother the lord
Kuvera (Croesus). The mountains of Himavat, Paripatra, Vindhya,
Kailasa, Mandara, Malaya, Durdura, Mahendra, Gandhamadana, Indrakila,
Sunava, and Eastern and the Western hills--these and many other
mountains, in their personified forms, with Meru standing before all,
wait upon and worship the illustrious lord of treasures. The
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