अध्याय 7
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वयतीतायां रजन्यां तु राजा दुर्यॊधनस तदा
अब्रवीत तावकान सर्वान संनह्यन्तां महारथाः
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अक्षौहिण्यॊ दशैकां च वयूढां दृष्ट्वा युधिष्ठिरः
कथम अल्पेन सैन्येन परत्यव्यूहत पाण्डवः
‘Sanjaya said, ‘Karna, the son of Vikartana,[222] O king, resisted themighty car-warrior Sahadeva in that battle, who advanced from desire ofgetting at Drona.
Vaisampayana said, “And while Yudhishthira was on his way to thedelightful city of Virata, he began to praise mentally the
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शल्यस तु कर्णार्जुनयॊर विमर्दे; बलानि दृष्ट्वा मृदितानि बाणैः
दुर्यॊधनं यान्तम अवेक्षमाणॊ; संदर्शयद भारत युद्धभूमिम
“Narada said,–‘O Yudhisthira, I shall now describe the assembly house ofYama, the son of Vivaswat, which, O son of Pritha, was built byViswakarma. Listen now to me. Bright as burnished gold, that assemblyhouse, O monarch, covers an area of much more than a hundred yojanas.
प्राचीन काल में अयोध्या में सगर नामक राजा राज्य करते थे, उनके केशिनी और सुमति नामक दो रानियां थीं,
Om! Having bowed down unto Narayana and Nara, the most exalted of malebeings, and the goddess Sarasvati, must the word Jaya be uttered.