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THE MAHABHARATA OF KRISHNA-DWAIPAYANA VYASA TRANSLATE BY SABHA PARVA AND VANA PARVA

 Kakshasena, the lord of the Earth, Kshemaka the invincible ; Kamatha. the king of Kamvoja, and the mighty Kampana who alone made the Yavanas to ever tremble at his name just as the god that wieldeth the thunder-bolt maketh those Asuras, the Kalakeyas, tremble before him ; Jatasura, and the king of the Madrakas, Kunti, Pulinda the king of the Kiratas, and the kings of Anga and Vanga, and Pandrya, and the king of Udhara, and Andhaka ; Sumitra, and Saivya that slayer of foes; Sumanas, the king of the Kiratas, and Chanur the king of the Yavanas, Devarata, Bhoja, and the so called Bhimaratha, Srutayudha the king of Kalinga, Jayasena the king of Magadha ; and Sukarman, and Chekitana, and Puru that slayer of foes ] Ketumata, Vasudana, and Vaideha and Kritakshana ; Sudharman, Aniruddha, Srutayu endued with great strength ; the invincible Anuparaja, the handsome Karmajjt ; Sisupala with his son, the king of Karusha ; and the invincible youths of the Vrishni race, all equal in beauty unto the celestials, viz. t Ahuka, Viprithu, Sada, Sarana, Akrura, Kritavarman, and Satyaka, the son of Sini ; and Bhismaka, Ankriti, and the powerful Dyumatsena, those chief of bowmen viz., the Kaikeyas and Yajnasena of the Somaka race ; these Kshatriyas endued with great might, all well-armed and wealthy, and many others also regarded as the foremost, all waited upon Yudhishhira, the son of Kunti, in that Sabha, desirous of ministering to his happiness. —THE MAHABHARATA OF KRISHNA-DWAIPAYANA VYASA TRANSLATE BY SABHA PARVA AND VANA PARVA

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