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The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Part 2 by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
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Bhuridyumna and Mahaswa, Prithaswa, and also Janaka; king Vainya, Varisena,
Purujit, and Janamejaya; Brahmadatta, and Trigarta, and king Uparichara
also; Indradyumna, Bhimajanu, Gauraprishta, Nala, Gaya; Padma and
Machukunda, Bhuridyumna, Prasenajit; Aristanemi, Sudymna, Prithulauswa,
and Ashtaka also; a hundred kings of the Matsya race and hundred of the
Vipa and a hundred of the Haya races; a hundred kings of the name of
Dhritarashtra, eighty kings of the name of Janamejaya; a hundred monarchs
called Brahmadatta, and a hundred kings of the name of Iri; more than two
hundred Bhishmas, and also a hundred Bhimas; a hundred Prativindhyas, a
hundred Nagas, and a hundred Palasas, and a hundred called Kasa and Kusa;
that king of kings Santanu, and thy father Pandu, Usangava, Sata-ratha,
Devaraja, Jayadratha; the intelligent royal sage Vrishadarva with his
ministers; and a thousand other kings known by the name of Sasa-vindu, and
who have died, having performed many grand horse-sacrifices with large
presents to the Brahmanas--these holy royal sages of grand achievements
and great knowledge of the Sastras, wait upon, O King, and worship the son
of Vivaswat in that assembly house. And Agastya and Matanga, and Kala, and
Mrityu (Death), performers of sacrifices, the Siddhas, and many Yogins;
the Prtris (belonging to the classes--called Agniswattas, Fenapa, Ushampa,
Swadhavat, and Verhishada), as also those others that have forms; the
wheel of time, and the illustrious conveyer himself of the sacrificial
butter; all sinners among human beings, as also those that have died
during the winter solstice; these officers of Yama who have been appointed
to count the allotted days of everybody and everything; the Singsapa,
Palasa, Kasa, and Kusa trees and plants, in their embodied forms, these
all, O king, wait upon and worship the god of justice in that assembly
house of his. These and many others are present at the Sabha of the king
of the Pitris (manes). So numerous are they that I am incapable of
describing them either by mentioning their names or deeds. O son of Pritha,
the delightful assembly house, moving everywhere at the will of its owner,
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