| SABHA PARV MAHABHARAT BOOK 2 CHAPTER 23 Mahabharat
Book 2 Chapter 23 : English
(Digvijay Parv)
Vaisampayan said,--Arjun, 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)."
Vaisampayan continued,--"King Yudhisthia the just, hearing these words of Dhananjaya, replied unto him in a grave and collected tone, saying,--O bull of the Bharat 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 Prith, will surely be thine, and thou wilt surely obtain thy desires fulfilled.
"Thus addressed, Arjun, surrounded by a large host, set out in that celestial car of wonderful achievements he had obtained from Agni. And Bhimsen 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
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Arjun, 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
"Bhagdatt, hearing this, said,--'O thou who hast Kunto for thy mother, as thou art to me, so is Yudhishthir also. I shall do all this. Tell me, what else I may do for thee."
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