SECTION CXXIII “Lomasa said, ‘Once on a time, O king, those celestials, namely the twin Aswins, happened to behold Sukanya, when she had (just) bathed, and when her person was ba... Read more

SECTION XLIII “Vrihannala said, ‘That about which thou hath first enquired is Arjuna’s bow, of world-wide fame, called Gandiva, capable of devastating hostile hosts. Embell... Read more

So untold was the wealth, O great king! that was given to the ministering priests in all those seven sacrifices that even the above-mentioned objects might be counted by figures, but the gra... Read more

I shall in my wrath cut off his head with my excellent shafts, little inferior to snakes and poison and fire. And with the keen edge of my sword, I shall forcibly sever his head from the tru... Read more

SECTION CXIX Janamejaya said, “O thou of ascetic wealth! when the sons of Pandu and the Vrishnis reached the holy spot Prabhasa, what did they do and what conversation was held there b... Read more

“Vaisampayana said, ‘Then on the fourteenth day of the moon, the mighty-souled Rama at the proper hour showed himself to those members of the priestly caste and also to the virtu... Read more

SECTION XXXIX “Vaisampayana said, ‘Beholding that bull among men seated on the car in the habit of a person of the third sex, driving toward the Sami tree, having taken (the flyi... Read more

SECTION CXVI “Akritavrana said, ‘Jamadagni devoted himself to the study of the Veda and the practice of sacred penances, and became famous for his great austerities. Then he purs... Read more

SECTION CXV “Vaisampayana said, ‘The protector of the earth spent there a single night, and with his brothers, paid the highest honours to the religious men. And Lomasa made him... Read more

“When the great saint Vibhandaka should enquire of you about his son, ye must join your palms and say to him that these cattle, and these ploughed fields belong to his son and that ye... Read more