02.049
Pancharatra: Duryodhana continues to describe and lament in front of his father.
Duryodhana said.
But the noble kings, steadfast in truth and great vows, possessing sufficient knowledge, speakers, and immersed in the final purification of Vedānta. (2-49-1)
Those who possess steadfastness, modesty, self-restraint, righteousness, and fame, and who have been anointed as kings, all these attend upon him. (2-49-2)
I saw many thousands of cows, brought together from the forest by the kings for the sake of sacrificial fee, being milked into bronze vessels, here and there. (2-49-3)
O Bhārata, the kings there, after honoring and themselves lifting the vessels, brought various kinds of vessels for the consecration, remaining unperturbed. (2-49-4)
The Bahlika prince had a chariot adorned with Jambunada gold brought forth. Sudakshina yoked that chariot with white horses from Kamboja. (2-49-5)
Su-nītha, the greatly renowned king of the Cedis, himself quickly seized and raised the incomparable banner of his that was being drawn along. (2-49-6)
The southerner, wearing armour, garland and turban, and the Magadhan; Vasudāna, the great archer, lord of elephants, sixty years old. (2-49-7)
Matsya used to tie the dice, Ekalavya the sandals, and the king of Avanti used various kinds of water for consecration, likewise. (2-49-8)
Cekitāna brought the bow named Upāsaṅga; the King of Kāśi brought a sword with a golden hilt; Śalya brought the Śaikya weapon, adorned with gold. (2-49-9)
Then Dhaumya and Vyāsa, both of great austerity, with Nārada indeed at the forefront, together with Devala and the sage Āsita, performed the anointing. (2-49-10)
The affectionate great sages attended the consecration, together with Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma) and other Vedic scholars. (2-49-11)
The seven sages approached the great-souled one, rich in mantras and abundant gifts, just as the seven sages in heaven approach Mahendra, the lord of the gods. (2-49-12)
Sātyaki, renowned for his true valor, held his umbrella; Dhanañjaya and Bhīmasena, the Pāṇḍava, held the fan. (2-49-13)
In a previous kalpa, Prajapati accepted for Indra that conch which the ocean of pots, belonging to Varuṇa, gave to him. (2-49-14)
Sprinkled with a thousand niṣkas and crafted well by Viśvakarman, I was anointed there by Kṛṣṇa, and at that moment, confusion arose in me. (2-49-15)
They travel from the east to the western ocean and also to the south, but, O dear, they do not go to the north without the help of birds. (2-49-16)
There, indeed, hundreds blew conches for an auspicious reason; those life-giving ones blew together there; the hairs on my body did not stand on end. (2-49-17)
The kings, having bowed down, also fell, deprived of their own brilliance. Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the Pāṇḍavas, Sātyaki, and Keśava were the eighth. (2-49-18)
Those who were established in sattva, full of heroism and mutual affection, upon seeing the unconscious kings and me, laughed at that moment. (2-49-19)
Then, delighted, Arjuna (Bībhatsu) gave hundreds of golden-horned cows and five more to the foremost among the Brāhmaṇas, O Bhārata. (2-49-20)
Neither the destroyer of Śambara, nor Yauvanāśva, nor Manu, nor king Pṛthu, son of Vena, nor even Bhagīratha was thus (as you are). (2-49-21)
Just as the son of Kunti, endowed with supreme prosperity, having obtained the Rājasūya sacrifice, was like the lord Hariścandra. (2-49-22)
O Bhārata, having seen this prosperity in Partha, just as in Harishchandra, O lord, how do you consider life to be better for me? (2-49-23)
O king, it is as if the yoke is bound by the blind in reverse; the younger prosper while the elders decline, O Bhārata. (2-49-24)
O best of the Kurus, seeing thus, I do not find happiness even after examining; therefore, I have become emaciated, pale, and sorrowful. (2-49-25)
