Vaisampayana said,--"I shall now recite to you the deeds and triumphs of
Nakula, and how that exalted one conquered the direction that had once
been subjugated by Vasudeva. The intelligent Nakula, surrounded by a large
host, set out from Khandavaprastha for the west, making this earth tremble
with the shouts and the leonine roars of the warriors and the deep rattle
of chariot wheels. And the hero first assailed the mountainous country
called Rohitaka that was dear unto (the celestial generalissimo) Kartikeya
and which was delightful and prosperous and full of kine and every kind of
wealth and produce. And the encounter the son of Pandu had with the
Mattamyurakas of that country was fierce. And the illustrious Nakula after
this, subjugated the whole of the desert country and the region known as
Sairishaka full of plenty, as also that other one called Mahetta. And the
hero had a fierce encounter with the royal sage Akrosa. And the son of
Pandu left that part of the country having subjugated the Dasarnas, the
Sivis, the Trigartas, the Amvashtas, the Malavas, the five tribes of the
Karnatas, and those twice born classes that were called the Madhyamakeyas
and Vattadhanas. And making circuitous journey that bull among men then
conquered the (Mlechcha) tribes called the Utsava-sanketas. And the
illustrious hero soon brought under subjection the mighty Gramaniya that
dwelt on the shore of the sea, and the Sudras and the Abhiras that dwelt
on the banks of the Saraswati, and all those tribes that lived upon
fisheries, and those also that dwelt on the mountains, and the whole of
the country called after the five rivers, and the mountains called Amara,
and the country called Uttarayotisha and the city of Divyakutta and the
tribe called Dwarapala. And the son of Pandu, by sheer force, reduced to
subjection the Ramathas, the Harahunas, and various kings of the west. And
while staying there Nakula sent, O Bharata, messengers unto Vasudeva. And
Vasudeva with all the Yadavas accepted his sway. And the mighty hero,
proceeding thence to Sakala, the city of the Madras, made his uncle Salya