04.067
Virāṭ said.
O best of the Pāṇḍavas, for what reason do you not wish to accept this daughter of mine whom I have given here as your wife? (04-67-1)
Arjuna said.
I have stayed in the inner apartments, always seeing your daughter. In both secret and open matters, she trusted me like a father. (04-67-2)
I am beloved, highly esteemed, a dancer, and skilled in singing. Your daughter always considers me as a teacher. (04-67-3)
O king, you have lived together with her, who is of the proper age, for a year. Great suspicion may arise among your people and yourself, O ruler. (04-67-4)
Therefore, O lord of the earth, I invite you regarding the daughter; I am pure, self-controlled, and restrained, and I have performed her purification. (04-67-5)
Whether concerning the daughter-in-law, the daughter, or again in the son or in oneself; here I see no doubt—by that, purification will result. (04-67-6)
O subduer of foes, fearing contact and false accusation, O king, for the sake of a daughter-in-law, I accept your daughter Uttarā. (04-67-7)
He was the sister's son of Vāsudeva, manifestly a divine child, beloved of the wielder of the discus, a boy already skilled in weapons. (04-67-8)
Abhimanyu, mighty-armed, is my son, O lord of men. He is indeed your designated son-in-law and the husband of your daughter. (04-67-9)
Virāṭ said;
This has arisen in the best of the Kurus, the son of Kuntī, Dhananjaya, who is ever devoted to dharma and in whom knowledge has arisen – the son of Pāṇḍu. (04-67-10)
O Pārtha, whatever task you consider, let it be done right after this. All my desires are fulfilled, for my relative is Arjuna. (04-67-11)
Vaiśampāyana said.
Thus, while the king was speaking, Kuntī's son Yudhiṣṭhira agreed to the alliance between the Matsya king and Pārtha (the Pandavas). (04-67-12)
Then, O Bhārata, both the son of Kuntī and King Virāṭa sent messages to all the friends and to Vāsudeva. (04-67-13)
After the thirteenth year had passed, all five Pāṇḍavas assembled together at Upaplavya in the domain of Virāṭa. (04-67-14)
There, Bībhatsu (Arjuna) brought Janārdana (Krishna) to that abode; from the Ānartas he also brought the Dāśārhas, Abhimanyu, and the Pāṇḍava. (04-67-15)
O lord of the earth, the king of Kāśī and the ruler of the Śibi, both pleased with Yudhiṣṭhira, came together with two akṣauhiṇīs (great formations of troops). (04-67-16)
With one akṣauhiṇī division and the brilliant, mighty Yajñasena (Drupada), Draupadī's heroic sons, and the unconquered Śikhaṇḍī. (04-67-17)
Dhṛṣṭadyumna, unconquerable and the foremost among all weapon-bearers, and all the division leaders, who are sacrifice performers and givers of great gifts—all are equipped with weapons and missiles, all are courageous and willing to lay down their lives. (04-67-18)
Seeing those who had arrived, King Matsya, the best of the righteous, was pleased and gave his daughter to Abhimanyu. (04-67-19)
Then, as the kings gathered there, Vāsudeva—adorned with a forest garland and wielding the plough—arrived, along with Kṛtavarmā, Hārdikya, Yuyudhāna, and Sātyaki. (04-67-20)
Anādhṛṣṭi, Krūra, Sāmba, and Niśaṭha, indeed, the subduers of enemies, taking Abhimanyu with his mother, (set out). (04-67-21)
Indrasena and the others, with those well-arrayed chariots, all together, having spent a full year, came. (04-67-22)
There were ten thousand elephants, and also a million horses; a complete ten million chariots, and a hundred million foot-soldiers. (04-67-23)
The Vṛṣṇis, Andhakas, and many mighty Bhojas followed Vāsudeva, the tiger among the Vṛṣṇis, who possessed great splendor. (04-67-24)
Kṛṣṇa gave wedding gifts to the great-souled Pāṇḍavas: women, jewels, and garments, each kind in various ways. Then the marriage of the Matsya princess and Arjuna was performed according to proper rites. (04-67-25)
Then conches, drums, gomukha-horns, and other instruments were loudly played by the sons of Pṛthā, and they resounded throughout the palace of the king of Matsya. (04-67-26)
They killed by the hundreds various animals fit for sacrifice, and brought in great quantities drinks of surā and maireya. (04-67-27)
Those adept at singing and storytelling, actors, and bards likewise, together with the Magadhas, and charioteers, praising them, attended upon them. (04-67-28)
Placing Sudeṣṇā at the forefront, the chief women of the Matsyas, beautiful in every limb and adorned with gleaming gem earrings, came forward. (04-67-29)
Those women, possessing color, beauty, and well adorned, were all surpassed by Kṛṣṇā in beauty, fame, and splendor. (04-67-30)
They surrounded Uttarā, the adorned princess, placed her at the front like the daughter of Mahendra, and approached.
Then Dhananjaya, son of Kunti, for his son (Abhimanyu), accepted the daughter of Virata, she of flawless limbs, for Subhadra’s son. (04-67-32)
There the great king stood assuming the form of Indra. Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Kuntī, accepted her as his daughter-in-law. (4-67-33)
Having received her and with Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa) at the forefront, Pārtha (Arjuna) arranged the marriage of the noble Saubhadra (Abhimanyu). (04-67-34)
At that time, he gave him seven thousand wind-swift horses, two hundred excellent elephants, and much wealth. (04-67-35)
But when the marriage was performed, at that time Dharmaputra Yudhiṣṭhira gave to the Brāhmaṇas the wealth that Acyuta (Kṛṣṇa) had brought. (04-67-36)
Thousands of cows, gems, garments of various kinds, ornaments, principal vehicles, and beds.
O foremost of the Bharatas, that city of the king of the Matsyas, looking like a grand festival and filled with joyful and prosperous people, shone brilliantly. (04-67-38)
