Nayadhamma Kahao

SR No.: 034981
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: N V Vaidya
Publisher: N V Vaidya
Total Pages: 174
Language: Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 15 MB

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drinks, and offer flowers, garments, scents, garlands and ornaments to [P.31] Vāsudeva and all the other thousands of kings, in their respective guest-houses. They too served that (accordingly). Then Vasudeva and those other kings tasted of that plenty of food and liquors etc., and having finished their meals, took wash, and became clean...... upto... seated comfortably, were being entertained with musi. cal concerts etc. Then, in the forenoon, king Drupada called on his household staff, and said to them :-Go you, O B., on horseback to the various streets etc., in Kāmpilyapura, as well as to the respective pavilions of Vasudeva and the other kings, and proclaim loudly as follows :—"Thus, O B., tomorrow morning, there will take place'the Swayamvara ceremony of princess Draupadi, daughter of king Drupada and the queen Culanī, and the sister of Dhệstadyumra. Do you, therefore, favour king Drupada by going to tha Sway. amvara pandal, after finishing your bath etc., being decked, seated on elephant-back, with Korantaka wreaths put on, with white Chowries, and surrounded by your retinue, on horseback etc, and by good warriors; and there you please take your seats on the seats bearing your names, and wait for the princess Draupadī". You make this announcement and then report to me. The house-hold staff did accordingly. Then king Drupada called his personal attendants and said to them :--"Go you, O B., to the Swayamvara pandal, haying properly cleaned and wiped it, sprinkle it with perfumed and scented water, make it covered over (or decorated) with the offerings of five-coloured flowers, and then (burn) the black Agaru (sandalwood), and the excellent Kundurukka and Turuşka incence...upto...let it be full of sweet aroma and fragrance, and arrange the sofas and couches in Tows one above the other; get it done (well), and then have all the seats of the thousands of princes and that of Vāsu. deva labelled with their names, and get it properly covered (and upholstered), and then report to me...upto they did it, Then next day, Vāsudeva and those many other kings had their bath... upto...decked, seated on lordly elephants, with the umbrellas of Koranțaka wreaths being held over (their heads), with the white Chowries being waved, and surrounded by many