Vaisampayana said,--"Then that chief of men, king Yudhishthira, entered
that palatial sabha having first fed ten thousand Brahmanas with
preparations of milk and rice mixed with clarified butter and honey
with fruits and roots, and with pork and venison. The king gratified
those superior Brahmanas, who had come from various countries with food
seasoned with seasamum and prepared with vegetables called jibanti,
with rice mixed with clarified butter, with different preparations of
meat--with indeed various kinds of other food, as also numberless
viands that are fit to be sucked and innumerable kinds of drinks, with
new and unused robes and clothes, and with excellent floral wreaths.
The king also gave unto each of those Brahmanas a thousand kine. And, O
Bharata, the voice of the gratified Brahmanas uttering,--'What an
auspicious day is this!' became so loud that it seemed to reach heaven
itself. And when the Kuru king entered the palatial sabha having also
worshipped the gods with various kinds of music and numerous species of
excellent and costly perfumes, the athletes and mimes and
prize-fighters and bards and encomiasts began to gratify that
illustrious son of Dharma by exhibiting their skill. And thus
celebrating his entry into the palace, Yudhishthira with his brothers
sported within that palace like Sakra himself in heaven. Upon the seats
in that palace sat, along with the Pandavas, Rishis and kings that came
from various countries, viz., Asita and Devala, Satya, Sarpamali and
Mahasira; Arvavasu, Sumitra, Maitreya, Sunaka and Vali; Vaka, Dalvya,
Sthulasira, Krishna-Dwaipayana, and Suka Sumanta, Jaimini, Paila, and
the disciples of Vyasa, viz., ourselves; Tittiri, Yajanavalkya, and
Lomaharshana with his son; Apsuhomya, Dhaumya, Animandavya; and
Kausika; Damoshnisha and Traivali, Parnada, and Varayanuka, Maunjayana,
Vayubhaksha, Parasarya, and Sarika; Valivaka, Silivaka, Satyapala, and
Krita-srama; Jatukarna, and Sikhavat. Alamva and Parijataka; the
exalted Parvata, and the great Muni Markandeya; Pavitrapani, Savarna,
Bhaluki, and Galava. Janghabandhu, Raibhya, Kopavega, and Bhrigu:
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
Rishis who sat in that Sabha. And seated in that Sabha, those bull
among men, of rigid vows and devoted to truth, all waited upon
Yudhishthira like the celestials in heaven waiting upon Brahma."