Vaisampayana continued,--"Commanded by Krishna, the son of Pandu along
with his brothers set himself upon collecting the materials for the
performance of the Rajasuya sacrifice. And that chastiser of all foes, the
son of Pandu, then commanded Sahadeva that foremost of all warriors and
all ministers also, saying,--'Let persons be appointed to collect without
loss of time, all those articles which the Brahmanas have directed as
necessary for the performance of this sacrifice, and all materials and
auspicious necessaries that Dhaumya may order as required for it, each of
the kind needed and one after another in due order. Let Indrasena and
Visoka and Puru with Arjuna for his charioteer be engaged to collect food
if they are to please me. Let these foremost of the Kurus also gather
every article of agreeable taste and smell that may delight and attract
the hearts of the Brahmanas.'

"Simultaneously with these words of king Yudhisthira the just, Sahadeva
that foremost of warriors, having accomplished everything, represented the
matter to the king. And Dwaipayana, O king, then appointed as sacrificial
priests exalted Brahmanas that were like the Vedas themselves in embodied
forms. The son of Satyavati became himself the Brahma of that sacrifice.
And that bull of the Dhananjaya race, Susaman, became the chanter of the
Vedic (Sama) hymns. Yajnavalkya devoted to Brahma became the Adhyaryu, and
Paila--the son of Vasu and Dhaumya became the Hotris. And O bull of the
Bharata race, the disciples and the sons of these men, all well-acquainted
with the Vedas and the branches of the Vedas, became Hotragis. And all of
them, having uttered benedictions and recited the object of the sacrifice,
worshipped, according to the ordinance the large sacrificial compound.
Commanded by the Brahmanas, builders and artificers erected numerous
edifices there that were spacious and well-perfumed like unto the temples
of the gods. After these were finished, that best of kings and that bull