Listen now to me. Bright as burnished gold, that assembly house, O monarch,
covers an area of much more than a hundred yojanas. Possessed of the
splendour of the sun, it yieldeth everything that one may desire. Neither
very cool nor very hot, it delighteth the heart. In that assembly house
there is neither grief nor weakness of age, neither hunger nor thirst.
Nothing disagreeable findeth a place there, nor any kind of evil feelings
there. Every object of desire, celestial or human, is to be found in that
mansion. And all kinds of enjoyable articles, as also of sweet, juicy,
agreeable, and delicious edibles in profusion that are licked, sucked, and
drunk, are there, O chastiser of all enemies. The floral wreaths in that
mansion are of the most delicious fragrance, and the trees that stand
around it yield fruits that are desired of them. There are both cold and
hot waters and these are sweet and agreeable. In that mansion many royal
sages of great sanctity and Brahmana sages also of great purity,
cheerfully wait upon, O child, and worship Yama, the son of Vivaswat. And
Yayati, Nahusha, Puru, Mandhatri, Somaka, Nriga; the royal sage Trasadasyu,
Kritavirya, Sautasravas; Arishtanemi, Siddha, Kritavega, Kriti, Nimi,
Pratarddana, Sivi, Matsya, Prithulaksha, Vrihadratha, Vartta, Marutta,
Kusika, Sankasya, Sankriti, Dhruva, Chaturaswa, Sadaswormi and king
Kartavirya; Bharata and Suratha, Sunitha, Nisatha, Nala, Divodasa, and
Sumanas, Amvarisha, Bhagiratha; Vyaswa, Vadhraswa, Prithuvega,
Prithusravas, Prishadaswa, Vasumanas, Kshupa, and Sumahavala, Vrishadgu,
and Vrishasena, Purukutsa, Dhwajin and Rathin; Arshtisena, Dwilipa, and
the high-souled Ushinara; Ausinari, Pundarika, Saryati, Sarava, and Suchi;
Anga, Rishta, Vena, Dushmanta, Srinjaya and Jaya; Bhangasuri, Sunitha, and
Nishada, and Bahinara; Karandhama, Valhika, Sudymna, and the mighty Madhu;
Aila and the mighty king of earth Maruta; Kapota, Trinaka, and Shadeva,
and Arjuna also. Vysawa; Saswa and Krishaswa, and king Sasavindu; Rama the
son of Dasaratha, and Lakshmana, and Pratarddana; Alarka, and Kakshasena,
Gaya, and Gauraswa; Rama the son of Jamadagnya, Nabhaga, and Sagara;