Then Arjuna, that bull amongst the son of Pandu, at the head of all his
troops, fiercely attacked the regions called Suhma and Sumala. Then the
son of Indra, endued with great prowess, after pressing them with great
force, brought the Valhikas always difficult of being vanquished, under
his sway. Then Falguna, the son of Pandu, taking with him a select force,
defeated the Daradas along with the Kambojas. Then the exalted son of
Indra vanquished the robber tribes that dwelt in the north-eastern
frontier and those also that dwelt in the woods. And, O great king, the
son of Indra also subjugated the allied tribes of the Lohas, the eastern
Kambojas, and northern Rishikas. And the battle with the Rishikas was
fierce in the extreme. Indeed, the fight that took place between them and
the son of Pritha was equal to that between the gods and the Asuras in
which Taraka (the wife of Vrihaspati) had become the cause of so much
slaughter. And defeating, O king, the Rishikas in the field of battle,
Arjuna took from them as tribute eight horses that were of the colour of
the parrot's breast, as also other horses of the hues of the peacock, born
in northern and other climes and endued with high speed. At last having
conquered all the Himalayas and the Nishkuta mountains, that bull among
men, arriving at the White mountains, encamped on its breast."


SECTION XXVII

Vaisampayana said,--"that heroic and foremost of the Pandavas endued with
great energy, crossing the White mountains, subjugated the country of the
Limpurushas ruled by Durmaputra, after a collision involving a great
slaughter of Kshatriyas, and brought the region under his complete sway.
Having reduced that country, the son of Indra (Arjuna) with a collected
mind marched at the head of his troops to the country called Harataka,
ruled by the Guhakas. Subjugating them by a policy of conciliation, the