(Digvijaya Parva)
Vaisampayana said,--"Arjuna, having obtained that best of bows and that
couple of inexhaustible quivers and that car and flag-staff, as also
that assembly-house, addressing Yudhisthira said,--'Bow, weapons, great
energy, allies, territory, fame, army--those, O king, difficult of
acquisition however desirable, have all been obtained by me. I think,
therefore, that what should now be done is for the swelling up of our
treasury. I desire, O best of monarchs, to make the kings (of the
earth) pay tributes to us. I desire to set out, in an auspicious moment
of a holy day of the moon under a favourable constellation for the
conquest of the direction that is presided over by the Lord of
treasures (viz. the North).'"
Vaisampayana continued,--"King Yudhisthira the just, hearing these
words of Dhananjaya, replied unto him in a grave and collected tone,
saying,--'O bull of the Bharata race, set thou out, having made holy
Brahmanas utter benedictions on thee, to plunge thy enemies in sorrow
and to fill thy friend with joy. Victory, O son of Pritha, will surely
be thine, and thou wilt surely obtain thy desires fulfilled.'
"Thus addressed, Arjuna, surrounded by a large host, set out in that
celestial car of wonderful achievements he had obtained from Agni. And
Bhimasena also, and those bull among men, the twins, dismissed with
affection by Yudhishthira the just set out, each at the head of a large
army. And Arjuna, the son of the chastiser of Paka then brought under
subjugation that direction (the North) which was presided over by the
Lord of treasures. And Bhimasena overcome by force the East and
Sahadeva the South, and Nakula, O king, acquainted with all the
weapons, conquered the West. Thus while his brothers were so employed,
the exalted king Yudishthira the just stayed within Khandavaprastha in
the enjoyment of great affluence in the midst of friends and relatives."
"Bhagadatta, hearing this, said,--'O thou who hast Kunto for thy
mother, as thou art to me, so is Yudhishthira also. I shall do all
this. Tell me, what else I may do for thee.'"