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Kinnaras and Kim-purushas mingled in the holy rite, Siddhas of austerest penance stood around the sacred site, Vyasa's great and gifted pupils who the holy hymns compiled, Helped the royal aswa-medha, on the royal yajna smiled! From the bright ethereal mansions heavenly minstrel Narad came, Chitra-sena woke the music, singer of celestial fame, Cheered by more than mortal music priests their holy task begun, And Yudhishthir's fame and virtue with a brighter lustre shone! VI SACRIFICE OF THE HORSE Birds and beasts were immolated for the sacrificial food, Then before the sacred charger priests in rank and order stood, And by rules of Veda guided slew the horse of noble breed, Placed Draupadi, Queen of yajna, by the slain and lifeless steed, Hymns and gifts and deep devotion sanctified the noble Queen, Woman's true and stainless virtue, woman's worth and wisdom keen! Priests adept in sacred duty cooked the steed with pious rite, And the steam of welcome fragrance sanctified the sacred site, Good Yudhishthir and his brothers, by the rules by rishis spoke, Piously inhaled the fragrance and the sin-destroying smoke! Severed limbs and sacred fragments of the courser duly dressed, Priests upon the blazing altar as a pious offering placed, Vyasa herald of the Vedas raised his voice in holy song, Blessed Hastina's righteous monarch and the many-nationed throng! V GIFTS Unto Brahmans gave Yudhishthir countless nishkas of bright gold, Unto sage and saintly Vyasa all his realm and wealth untold,
But the bard and ancient rishi who the holy Vedas spake, Rendered back the monarch's present, earthly gift he might not take! "Thine is Kuru's ancient empire, rule the nations of the earth, Gods have destined thee as monarch from the moment of thy birth, Gold and wealth and costly present let the priests and Brahmans hoard, Be it thine to rule thy subjects as their father and their lord! Krishna too in gentle accents to the doubting monarch said: "Vyasa. speaketh word of wisdom and his mandate be obeyed!" From the rishi good Yudhishthir then received the Kuru-land, With a threefold gift of riches gladdened all the priestly band, Pious priests and grateful nations to their distant regions went, And his share of presents Vyasa to the ancient Pritha sent. Fame and virtue Kuru's monarch by the aswa-medha wins, And the rite of pure ablution cleanses all Yudhishthir's sins, And be stands amid his brothers, brightly beaming, pure and high, Even as INDRA stands encircled by the dwellers of the sky, And the concourse of the monarchs grace Yudhishthir's regal might, As the stars and radiant planets grace the stillness of the night! Gems and jewels in his bounty, gold and garnients rich and rare, Gave Yudhishthir to each monarch, slaves and damsels passing fair, Loving gifts to dear relations gave the king of righteous fame, And the grateful parting monarchs blessed Yudhishthir's hallowed name. Last of all with many tear-drops Krishna mounts his lofty car, Faithful still in joy or sorrow, faithful still in peace or war, Arjun's comrade. Bhima's helper, good Yudhishthir's friend of yore, Krishna leaves Hastina's mansions for the sea-girt Dwarka's shore! <strong>MAHABHARATA</strong> - CONCLUSION THE real Epic ends with the war and with the funerals of the deceased warriors, as we have stated before, and Yudhishthir's Horse-Sacrifice is rather a crowning ornament than a part of the solid edifice. What follows the sacrifice is in no sense a part of the real Epic;
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Skill in arms attained these prince
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Mighty sword and ample buckler, pon
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And with equal skill his rapier did
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Angry word is coward's weapon, Arju
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Is he soil of chariot-driver? Doubt
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THE mutual jealousies of the prince
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And the princes bowed unto him and
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And her golden bridal garland, carr
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Bright Immortals gaily crowding vie
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Holy men subsist on wild fruits, in
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Like wild elephants of jungle rushe
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Brahmans, and the brothers reported
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FEAST AND SACRIFICE Jumna's dark an
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And on subjects great and sacred, o
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Ill beseems the good Yudhishthir, r
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Lowered Krishna's eye and forehead,
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"Done this glorious rajasuya, joy a
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DURYODHAN came back from the Imperi
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Sacred looks! with holy water dewed
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For they censure not a woman, when
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I have borne a child unto him, nobl
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Now once more the teaching cometh,
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Leave me not alone on wide earth, l
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Epic, impart a moral instruction to
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Aswapati, glad and grateful, take t
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Maiden! speak unto the rishi, and t
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"Monarch!" uttered then the rishi,
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Answered then the loving husband, a
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YAMA from the prince's body, pale a
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"Have thy object," answered YAMA, "
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Then she rose and tied her tresses,
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From the north the proud Duryodhan,
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Trained in war by mighty Arjun, tra
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Hark again this wondrous sabre, sha
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Pure is she in thought and action,
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MAHABHARATA BOOK VII UDYOGA (The Co
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VALADEVA'S SPEECH Krishna's elder V
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Ancient Drupad wields his weapon pe
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Stretch thy hands, O Kuru monarch!
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Exiled into Varnavata, destined unt
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Then in gentler voice Vidura sought
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For the wrongs and insults offered
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