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
Harivabhru, Kaundinya, Vabhrumali, and Sanatana, Kakshivat, and Ashija,
Nachiketa, and Aushija, Nachiketa, and Gautama; Painga, Varaha, Sunaka,
and Sandilya of great ascetic merit: Kukkura, Venujangha, Kalapa and
Katha;--these virtuous and learned Munis with senses and souls under
complete control, and many others as numerous, all well-skilled in the
Vedas and Vedangas and conversant with (rules of) morality and pure and
spotless in behaviour, waited on the illustrious Yudhishthira, and
gladdened him by their sacred discourses. And so also numerous
principal Kshatriyas, such as the illustrious and virtuous Mujaketu,
Vivarddhana, Sangramjit, Durmukha, the powerful Ugrasena; Kakshasena,
the lord of the Earth, Kshemaka the invincible; Kamatha, the king of
Kamvoja, and the mighty Kampana who alone made the Yavanas to ever
tremble at his name just as the god that wieldeth the thunder-bolt
maketh those Asuras, the Kalakeyas, tremble before him; Jatasura, and
the king of the Madrakas, Kunti, Pulinda the king of the Kiratas, and
the kings of Anga and Vanga, and Pandrya, and the king of Udhara, and
Andhaka; Sumitra, and Saivya that slayer of foes; Sumanas, the king of
the Kiratas, and Chanur the King of the Yavanas, Devarata, Bhoja, and
the so called Bhimaratha, Srutayudha--the king of Kalinga, Jayasena the
king of Magadha; and Sukarman, and Chekitana, and Puru that slayer of
foes; Ketumata, Vasudana, and Vaideha and Kritakshana: Sudharman,
Aniruddha, Srutayu endued with great strength; the invincible
Anuparaja, the handsome Karmajit; Sisupala with his son, the king of
Karusha; and the invincible youths of the Vrishni race, all equal in
beauty unto the celestials, viz., Ahuka, Viprithu, Sada, Sarana,
Akrura, Kritavarman, and Satyaka, the son of Sini; and Bhismaka,
Ankriti, and the powerful Dyumatsena, those chief of bowmen viz., the
Kaikeyas and Yajnasena of the Somaka race; these Kshatriyas endued with
great might, all well-armed and wealthy, and many others also regarded
as the foremost, all waited upon Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, in
that Sabha, desirous of ministering to his happiness. And those princes
also, endued with great strength, who dressing themselves in deer-skins
learnt the science of weapons under Arjuna, waited upon Yudhishthira.
And O king, the princes also of the Vrishni race, viz., Pradyumna (the
son of Rukmini) and Samva, and Yuyudhana the son of Satyaki and
Sudharman and Aniruddha and Saivya that foremost of men who had learnt
the science of arms under Arjuna these and many other kings, O lord of
the Earth, used to wait on Yudhishthira on that occasion. And that
friend of Dhananjaya, Tumvuru, and the Gandharva Chittasena with his
ministers, any many other Gandharvas and Apsaras, well-skilled in vocal
and instrumental music and in cadence and Kinnaras also well-versed in
(musical) measures and motions singing celestial tunes in proper and
charming voices, waited upon and gladdened the sons of Pandu and the
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