Vaisampayana continued,--"thus addressed, Dhananjaya replied unto
Bhagadatta, saying,--'If thou wilt give thy promise to do this, thou
hast done all I desire.' And having thus subjugated the king of
Pragjyotisha, Dhananjaya of long arms, the son of Kunti, then marched
towards the north--the direction presided over by the lord of
treasures. That bull amongst men, that son of Kunti, then conquered the
mountainous tracts and their outskirts, as also the hilly regions. And
having conquered all the mountains and the kings that reigned there,
and bringing them under his sway, he exacted tributes from all. And
winning the affections of those kings and uniting himself with them, he
next marched, O king, against Vrihanta, the king of Uluka, making this
earth tremble with the sound of his drums, the clatter of his
chariot-wheels, and the roar of the elephants in his train. Vrihanta,
however, quickly coming out of his city followed by his army consisting
of four kinds of troops, gave battle to Falguna (Arjuna). And the fight
that took place between Vrihanta and Dhananjaya was terrible. It so
happened that Vrihanta was unable to bear the prowess of the son of
Pandu. Then that invincible king of the mountainous region regarding
the son of Kunti irresistible, approached him with all his wealth.
Arjuna snatched out the kingdom from Vrihanta, but having made peace
with him marched, accompanied by that king, against Senavindu whom he
soon expelled from his kingdom. After this he subjugated Modapura,
Vamadeva, Sudaman, Susankula, the Northern Ulukas, and the kings of
those countries and peoples. Hereafter at the command of Yudhishthira,
O monarch, Arjuna did not move from the city of Senavindu but sent his
troops only and brought under his sway those five countries and
peoples. For Arjuna, having arrived at Devaprastha, the city of
Senavindu, took up his quarters there with his army consisting of four
kinds of forces. Thence, surrounded by the kings and the peoples he had
subjugated, the hero marched against king Viswagaswa--that bull of
Puru's race. Having vanquished in battle the brave mountaineers, who
were all great warriors, the son of Pandu, O king, then occupied with
the help of his troops, the town protected by the Puru king. Having
vanquished in battle the Puru king, as also the robber tribes of the
mountains, the son of Pandu brought under his sway the seven tribes
called Utsava-sanketa. That bull of the Kshatriya race then defeated
the brave Kshatriyas of Kashmira and also king Lohita along with ten
minor chiefs. Then the Trigartas, the Daravas, the Kokonadas, and
various other Kshatriyas, O king, advanced against the son of Pandu.
That Prince of the Kuru race then took the delightful town of Avisari,
and then brought under his sway Rochamana ruling in Uraga. Then the son
of Indra (Arjuna), putting forth his might, pressed the delightful town
of Singhapura that was well-protected with various weapons. Then
Arjuna, that bull amongst the son of Pandu, at the head of all his
troops, fiercely attacked the regions called Suhma and Sumala. Then the
son of Indra, endued with great prowess, after pressing them with great
force, brought the Valhikas always difficult of being vanquished, under
his sway. Then Falguna, the son of Pandu, taking with him a select
force, defeated the Daradas along with the Kambojas. Then the exalted
son of Indra vanquished the robber tribes that dwelt in the
north-eastern frontier and those also that dwelt in the woods. And, O
great king, the son of Indra also subjugated the allied tribes of the
Lohas, the eastern Kambojas, and northern Rishikas. And the battle with
the Rishikas was fierce in the extreme. Indeed, the fight that took
place between them and the son of Pritha was equal to that between the
gods and the Asuras in which Taraka (the wife of Vrihaspati) had become
the cause of so much slaughter. And defeating, O king, the Rishikas in
the field of battle, Arjuna took from them as tribute eight horses that
were of the colour of the parrot's breast, as also other horses of the
hues of the peacock, born in northern and other climes and endued with
high speed. At last having conquered all the Himalayas and the Nishkuta
mountains, that bull among men, arriving at the White mountains,
encamped on its breast."