Mahabharata 1.210: daśādhika dviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

1.210.1

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
so'parānteṣu tīrthāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca |
sarvāṇyevānupūrvyeṇa jagāmāmitavikramaḥ || 1 ||

"Vaisampayana said, 'Then Arjuna of immeasurable prowess saw, one after another, all the sacred waters and other holy places that were on the shores of the western ocean. Vibhatsu reached the sacred spot called Prabhasa. When the invisible Arjuna arrived at that sacred and delightful region, the slayer of Madhu (Krishna) heard of it. Madhava soon went there to see his friend, the son of Kunti. Krishna and Arjuna met together and embracing each other enquired after each other's welfare. Those dear friends, who were none else than the Rishis Nara and Narayana of old, sat down. Vasudeva asked Arjuna about his travels, saying, 'Why, O Pandava art thou wandering over the earth, beholding all the sacred waters and other holy places?' Then Arjuna told him everything that had happened. Hearing everything, that mighty hero of Vrishni's race said, 'This is as it should be.' And Krishna and Arjuna having sported as they liked, for some time at Prabhasa, went to the Raivataka mountain to pass some days there. Before they arrived at Raivataka, that mountain had, at the command of Krishna been well-adorned by many artificers. Much food also had, at Krishna's command, been collected there. Enjoying everything that had been collected there for him, Arjuna sat with Vasudeva to see the performances of the actors and the dancers. Then the high-souled Pandava, dismissing them all with proper respect, laid himself down on a well-adorned and excellent bed. As the strong-armed one lay on that excellent bed, he described unto Krishna everything about the sacred waters, the lakes and the mountains, the rivers and the forests he had seen. While he was speaking of these, stretched upon that celestial bed, sleep, O Janamejaya, stole upon him. He rose in the morning, awakened, by sweet songs and melodious notes of the Vina (guitar) and the panegyrics and benedictions of the bards. After he had gone through the necessary acts and ceremonies, he was affectionately accosted by him of the Vrishni race. Riding upon a golden car, the hero then set out for Dwaraka, the capital of the Yadavas. And, O Janamejaya, for honouring the son of Kunti, the city of Dwaraka, was well-adorned, even all the gardens and houses within it. The citizens of Dwaraka, desirous of beholding the son of Kunti, began to pour eagerly into the public thoroughfares by hundreds of thousands. In the public squares and thoroughfares, hundreds and thousands of women, mixing with the men, swelled the great crowd of the Bhojas, the Vrishnis, and the Andhakas, that had collected there. Arjuna was welcomed with respect by all the sons of Bhojas, the Vrishnis, and the Andhakas. And he, in his turn, worshipped those that deserved his worship, receiving their blessings. The hero was welcomed with affectionate reception by all the young men of the Yadava tribe. He repeatedly embraced all that were equal to him in age. Wending then to the delightful mansion of Krishna that was filled with gems and every article of enjoyment, he took up his abode there with Krishna for many days.'"

1.210.2

samudre paścime yāni tīrthānyāyatanāni ca |
tāni sarvāṇi gatvā sa prabhāsamupajagmivān || 2 ||

1.210.3

prabhāsadeśaṃ saṃprāptaṃ bībhatsumaparājitam |
tīrthānyanucarantaṃ ca śuśrāva madhusūdanaḥ || 3 ||

1.210.4

tato'bhyagacchatkaunteyamajñāto nāma mādhavaḥ |
dadṛśāte tadānyonyaṃ prabhāse kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau || 4 ||

1.210.5

tāvanyonyaṃ samāśliṣya pṛṣṭvā ca kuśalaṃ vane |
āstāṃ priyasakhāyau tau naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī || 5 ||

1.210.6

tato'rjunaṃ vāsudevastāṃ caryāṃ paryapṛcchata |
kimarthaṃ pāṇḍavemāni tīrthānyanucarasyuta || 6 ||

1.210.7

tato'rjuno yathāvṛttaṃ sarvamākhyātavāṃstadā |
śrutvovāca ca vārṣṇeya evametaditi prabhuḥ || 7 ||

1.210.8

tau vihṛtya yathākāmaṃ prabhāse kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau |
mahīdharaṃ raivatakaṃ vāsāyaivābhijagmatuḥ || 8 ||

1.210.9

pūrvameva tu kṛṣṇasya vacanāttaṃ mahīdharam |
puruṣāḥ samalaṃcakrurupajahruśca bhojanam || 9 ||

1.210.10

pratigṛhyārjunaḥ sarvamupabhujya ca pāṇḍavaḥ |
sahaiva vāsudevena dṛṣṭavānnaṭanartakān || 10 ||

1.210.11

abhyanujñāpya tānsarvānarcayitvā ca pāṇḍavaḥ |
satkṛtaṃ śayanaṃ divyamabhyagacchanmahādyutiḥ || 11 ||

1.210.12

tīrthānāṃ darśanaṃ caiva parvatānāṃ ca bhārata |
āpagānāṃ vanānāṃ ca kathayāmāsa sātvate || 12 ||

1.210.13

sa kathāḥ kathayanneva nidrayā janamejaya |
kaunteyo'pahṛtastasmiñśayane svargasaṃmite || 13 ||

1.210.14

madhureṇa sa gītena vīṇāśabdena cānagha |
prabodhyamāno bubudhe stutibhirmaṅgalaistathā || 14 ||

1.210.15

sa kṛtvāvaśyakāryāṇi vārṣṇeyenābhinanditaḥ |
rathena kāñcanāṅgena dvārakāmabhijagmivān || 15 ||

1.210.16

alaṃkṛtā dvārakā tu babhūva janamejaya |
kuntīsutasya pūjārthamapi niṣkuṭakeṣvapi || 16 ||

1.210.17

didṛkṣavaśca kaunteyaṃ dvārakāvāsino janāḥ |
narendramārgamājagmustūrṇaṃ śatasahasraśaḥ || 17 ||

1.210.18

avalokeṣu nārīṇāṃ sahasrāṇi śatāni ca |
bhojavṛṣṇyandhakānāṃ ca samavāyo mahānabhūt || 18 ||

1.210.19

sa tathā satkṛtaḥ sarvairbhojavṛṣṇyandhakātmajaiḥ |
abhivādyābhivādyāṃśca sarvaiśca pratinanditaḥ || 19 ||

1.210.20

kumāraiḥ sarvaśo vīraḥ satkāreṇābhivāditaḥ |
samānavayasaḥ sarvānāśliṣya sa punaḥ punaḥ || 20 ||

1.210.21

kṛṣṇasya bhavane ramye ratnabhojyasamāvṛte |
uvāsa saha kṛṣṇena bahulāstatra śarvarīḥ || 21 ||