Chapter 116
“Bhishma said, ‘In this connection is cited the following history ofolden times.
1 [व]
तस्मिन संप्रस्थिते कृष्णा पृथां पराप्य यशस्विनीम
आपृच्छद भृशदुःखार्ता याश चान्यास तत्र यॊषितः
“Sanjaya said, ‘Bhuri, O king, in that battle, resisted that foremost ofcar-warriors, viz., the grandson of Sini, who advanced like an elephanttowards a lake full of water.
Vaisampayana said, “Girding their waists with swords, and equipped withfinger-protectors made of iguana skins and with various weapons, thoseheroes proceeded in the direction of the river Yamuna.
1 [स]
तथा निपातिते कर्णे तव सैन्ये च विद्रुते
आश्लिष्य पार्थं दाशार्हॊ हर्षाद वचनम अब्रवीत
“Narada said,–the celestial assembly room of Sakra is full of lustre. Hehath obtained it as the fruit of his own acts. Possessed of the splendourof the sun, it was built, O scion of the Kuru race, by Sakra himself.