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Mahābhārata The History of the Great India
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 |  | Lord Krsna receives the Sudarsana discus, Arjuna the Gandiva bow. The sage Vaisampayana is telling the history of the Pandavas to their great-grandson, King Janamejaya. As the narration continues, Arjuna and Lord Krsna, while on a pleasure outing to the Yamuna River, receive divine weapons from Varuna, the lord of the waters.
| | | While living in Indraprastha, the Pandavas subdued other regional rulers by the order of King Dhrtarastra and Bhisma, son of Santanu, [and brought those regions within a peaceful and unified Pandava administration]. Taking shelter of Dharmaraja Yudhisthira, the king of virtue, the whole world lived happily, for people depended on the righteous deeds of the king, just as they depended on their own bodies.
| | | Yudhisthira, the noble Bharata king, attended to his religious duties, economic policies, and personal desires in a balanced way, just as a man with acquaintances respects them as he does himself and yet sees them as different from himself. So ideal and balanced was the king in his worldly and religious affairs that religion, prosperity, and personal satisfaction seemed to incarnate on the earth in his person, although he was always apart from these three, as a fourth and transcendental being.
| | | The Vedas found in the king the supreme student, the grand rituals gained in him the best performer and patron, and the social classes found in him a pure-hearted protector. In his realm, wisdom gained a shelter, the laws of God found a true friend, and the goddess of fortune found a proper place to live. The king appeared nobler and finer in the company of his four brothers, as a grand ritual becomes lovelier when united with the four Vedas.
| | | Equal in splendor to Brhaspati, the leading priests headed by Dhaumya surrounded and assisted Yudhisthira. The eyes and hearts of the citizens rejoiced exceedingly in that king of virtue, as much as in the spotless full moon. The citizens delighted in their destined good fortune, and whatever they desired in their hearts the king endeavored to give them. The king was wise, his speech elegant, and never did he utter a word that was untrue, unkind, deceitful, or unbefitting. He wielded unusual power, but he found his pleasure in working for the good of all people and of his own soul. So did all the Pandavas rejoice in the goodness of their works, for the fever of personal ambition did not burn in their hearts. Yet by their personal prowess they instilled a fear of God in all the rulers of the earth.
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