Chapter 140
“Yudhishthira said, ‘When both righteousness and men, O Bharata, decay inconsequence of the gradual lapse of Yuga, and when the world becomesafflicted by robbers, how, O Grandsire, should a king then behave?'[419]
“Yudhishthira said, ‘When both righteousness and men, O Bharata, decay inconsequence of the gradual lapse of Yuga, and when the world becomesafflicted by robbers, how, O Grandsire, should a king then behave?'[419]
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पूर्वाह्णे तस्य रौद्रस्य युद्धम अह्नॊ विशां पते
परावर्तत महाघॊरं राज्ञां देहावकर्तनम
“Sanjaya said, ‘During that fearful carnage of men and steeds andelephants, Duhsasana, O king, encountered Dhrishtadyumna.
“Vaisampayana said, ‘Discomfited before, O monarch, many a time and oftby Matsya’s Suta Kichaka aided by the Matsyas and the Salyas, the mightyking of the
Vaisampayana said,–“thus also Sahadeva, dismissed with affection by kingYudhisthira the just, marched towards the southern direction accompaniedby a mighty host. Strong in strength, that mighty prince of the Kururace, vanquishing completely at the outset the Surasenas, brought theking of Matsya under his sway.
राजकुमार असमंजस के पिता महाराज सगर थे| सगर महान् धार्मिक थे| उन्होंने जीवन में एक बार भी अधर्म का आचरण नहीं किया था| उन्होंने पुत्र की प्राप्ति के लिये परमसमाधि के द्वारा भगवान् की आराधना की थी| इससे प्रसन्न होकर महर्षि और्व ने उन्हें दो प्रकार के पुत्र होने का वरदान दिया|
अकबर के वजीर अबुल फजल ने एक बार बीरबल को नीचा दिखाने के उद्देश्य से बादशाह अकबर के सामने ही बीरबल से कहा – “बीरबल! बादशाह सलामत ने तुम्हें अब कुत्तों और सूअरों का वजीर नियुक्त किया है|”
“Sanjaya said, ‘Hearing these words of Keshava, O Bharata, Vibhatsu sooncast off his anxiety and became cheerful.