"Duryodhana said,--'Listen now, O Bharata, about all the most costly
articles I saw, belonging unto the sons of Pandu, and brought one after
another by the kings of the earth. Beholding that wealth of the foe, I
lost my reason and scarcely knew myself. And, O Bharata, listen as I
describe that wealth consisting of both manufactures and the produce of
the land. The king of Kamboja gave innumerable skins of the best kind,
and blankets made of wool, of the soft fur of rodents and other
burroughers, and of the hair of cats,--all inlaid with threads of gold.
And he also gave three hundred horses of the Titteti and the Kalmasha
species possessing noses like parrots. And he also gave three hundred
camels and an equal number of she-asses, all fattened with the olives
and the Pilusha. And innumerable Brahmanas engaged in rearing cattle
and occupied in low offices for the gratification of the illustrious
king Yudhishthira the just waited at the gate with three hundred
millions of tribute but they were denied admission into the palace. And
hundred upon hundreds of Brahmanas possessing wealth of kine and living
upon the lands that Yudhishthira had given them, came there with their
handsome golden Kamandalus filled with clarified butter. And though
they had brought such tribute, they were refused admission into the
palace. And the Sudra kings that dwelt in the regions on the seacoast,
brought with them, O king, hundred thousands of serving girls of the
Karpasika country, all of beautiful features and slender waist and
luxuriant hair and decked in golden ornaments; and also many skins of
the Ranku deer worthy even of Brahmanas as tribute unto king
Yudhishthira. And the tribes Vairamas, Paradas, Tungas, with the
Kitavas who lived upon crops that depended on water from the sky or of
the river and also they who were born in regions on the sea-shore, in
woodlands, or countries on the other side of the ocean waited at the
gate, being refused permission to enter, with goats and kine and asses
and camels and vegetable, honey and blankets and jewels and gems of
various kinds. And that great warrior king Bhagadatta, the brave ruler
of Pragjyotisha and the mighty sovereign of the mlechchas, at the head
of a large number of Yavanas waited at the gate unable to enter, with a
considerable tribute comprising of horses of the best breed and
possessing the speed of the wind. And king Bhagadatta (beholding the
concourse) had to go away from the gate, making over a number of swords
with handles made of the purest ivory and well-adorned with diamonds
and every kind of gems. And many tribes coming from different regions,
of whom some possess two eyes, some three and some had eyes on their
foreheads, and those also called Aushmikas, and Nishadas, and Romakas,
some cannibals and many possessing only one leg, I say, O king,
standing at the gate, being refused permission to enter. And these
diverse rulers brought as tribute ten thousand asses of diverse hues
and black necks and huge bodies and great speed and much docility and
celebrated all over the world. And these asses were all of goodly size
and delightful colour. And they were all bred on the coast of Vankhu.
And there were many kings that gave unto Yudhishthira much gold and
silver. And having given much tribute they obtained admission into the
palace of Yudhishthira. The people that came there possessing only one
leg gave unto Yudhishthira many wild horses, some of which were as red
as the cochineal, and some white, and some possessing the hues of the
rainbow and some looking like evening clouds, and some that were of
variegated colour. And they were all endued with the speed of the mind.
And they also gave unto the king enough gold of superior quality. I
also saw numberless Chins and Sakas and Uddras and many barbarous
tribes living in the woods, and many Vrishnis and Harahunas, and dusky
tribes of the Himavat, and many Nipas and people residing in regions on
the sea-coast, waiting at the gate being refused permission to enter.
And the people of Valhika gave unto him as tribute ten thousand asses,
of goodly size and black necks and daily running two hundred miles, And
those asses were of many shapes. And they were well-trained and
celebrated all over the world. And possessed of symmetrical proportion
and excellent colour, their skins were pleasant to the touch. And the
Valhikas also presented numerous blankets of woollen texture
manufactured in Chin and numerous skins of the Ranku deer, and clothes
manufactured from jute, and others woven with the threads spun by
insects. And they also gave thousands of other clothes not made of
cotton, possessing the colour of the lotus. And these were all of
smooth texture. And they also gave soft sheep-skins by thousands. And
they also gave many sharp and long swords and scimitars, and hatchets
and fine-edged battle-axes manufactured in the western countries. And
having presented perfumes and jewels and gems of various kinds by
thousands as tribute, they waited at the gate, being refused admission
into the palace. And the Sakas and Tukhatas and Tukharas and Kankas and
Romakas and men with horns bringing with them as tribute numerous large
elephants and ten thousand horses, and hundreds and hundreds of
millions of gold waited at the gate, being refused permission to enter.
And the kings of the eastern countries having presented numerous
valuable articles including many costly carpets and vehicles and beds,
and armours of diverse hues decked with jewels and gold and ivory, and
weapons of various kinds, and cars of various shapes and handsome make
and adorned with gold, with well-trained horses trimmed with tiger
skins, and rich and variegated blankets for caprisoning elephants, and
various kinds of jewels and gems, arrows long and short and various
other kinds of weapons, obtained permission to enter the sacrificial
palace of the illustrious Pandava!'