Mahabharata 12.40: catvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

12.40.1

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
tataḥ kuntīsuto rājā gatamanyurgatajvaraḥ |
kāñcane prāṅmukho hṛṣṭo nyaṣīdatparamāsane || 1 ||

"Vaisampayana said, 'The royal son of Kunti, freed from grief and the fever of his heart, took his seat, with face eastwards, on excellent seat made of gold. On another seat, beautiful and blazing and made of gold, sat with face directed towards him, those two chastisers of foes, viz., Satyaki and Vasudeva. Placing the king in their midst, on his two sides sat Bhima and Arjuna upon two beautiful seats adorned with gems. Upon a white throne of ivory, decked with gold, sat Pritha with Sahadeva and Nakula. Sudharman, and Vidura, and Dhaumya, and the Kuru king Dhritarashtra, each sat separately on separate seats that blazed with the effulgence of fire. Yuyutsu and Sanjaya and Gandhari of great fame, all sat down where king Dhritarashtra had taken his seat. The righteous-souled king, seated there, touched the beautiful white flowers, Swastikas, vessels full of diverse articles, earth, gold, silver, and gems, (that were placed before him). Then all the subjects, headed by the priest, came to see king Yudhishthira, bringing with them diverse kinds of auspicious articles. Then earth, and gold, and many kinds of gems, and all the things in profusion that were necessary for the performance of the coronation rite, were brought there. There were golden jars full to the brim (with water), and those made of copper and silver and earth, and flowers, and fried paddy, and Kusa grass, and cow's milk, and (sacrificial) fuel consisting of the wood of Sami, Pippala, and Palasa, and honey and clarified butter and (sacrificial) ladles made of Udumvara, and conches adorned with gold. Then the priest Dhaumya, at the request of Krishna, constructed, according to rule, an altar gradually inclining towards the cast and the north. Causing the high-souled Yudhishthira then, with Krishna the daughter of Drupada, to be seated upon a handsome seat, called Sarvatobhadra, with firm feet and covered with tiger-skin and blazing with effulgence, began to pour libations of clarified butter (upon the sacrificial fire) with proper mantras. Then he of Dasaratha's race, rising from his seat, took up the sanctified conch, poured the water it contained upon the head of that lord of earth, viz., Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti. The royal sage Dhritarashtra and all the subjects also did the same at the request of Krishna. The son of Pandu then, with his brothers, thus bathed with the sanctified water of the conch, looked exceedingly beautiful. Then Panavas and Anakas and drums were beaten. King Yudhishthira the just duly accepted the gifts made unto him by the subjects. Always giving away presents in profusion in all his sacrifices, the king honoured his subjects in return. He gave a thousand nishkas unto the Brahmanas that uttered (especial) benedictions on him. All of them had studied the Vedas and were endued with wisdom and good behaviour. Gratified (with gifts), the Brahmanas, O king, wished him prosperity and victory, and with voice melodious like that of swans, uttered his praises, saying, 'O Yudhishthira of mighty arms, by good luck, O son of Pandu, victory has been thine. By good luck, O thou of great splendour, thou hast recovered thy position through prowess. By good luck, the wielder of Gandiva, and Bhimasena, and thyself, O king, and the two sons of Madri, are all well, having slain your foes and escaped with life from the battle, so destructive of heroes. Do thou, O Bharata, attend without delay to those acts that should next be done.' Thus adored by those pious men, king Yudhishthira the just, with his friends, became installed on the throne of a large kingdom, O Bharata!'"

12.40.2

tamevābhimukhau pīṭhe sevyāstaraṇasaṃvṛte |
sātyakirvāsudevaśca niṣīdaturariṃdamau || 2 ||

12.40.3

madhye kṛtvā tu rājānaṃ bhīmasenārjunāvubhau |
niṣīdaturmahātmānau ślakṣṇayormaṇipīṭhayoḥ || 3 ||

12.40.4

dānte śayyāsane śubhre jāmbūnadavibhūṣite |
pṛthāpi sahadevena sahāste nakulena ca || 4 ||

12.40.5

sudharmā viduro dhaumyo dhṛtarāṣṭraśca kauravaḥ |
niṣedurjvalanākāreṣvāsaneṣu pṛthakpṛthak || 5 ||

12.40.6

yuyutsuḥ saṃjayaścaiva gāndhārī ca yaśasvinī |
dhṛtarāṣṭro yato rājā tataḥ sarva upāviśan || 6 ||

12.40.7

tatropaviṣṭo dharmātmā śvetāḥ sumanaso'spṛśat |
svastikānakṣatānbhūmiṃ suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ maṇīn || 7 ||

12.40.8

tataḥ prakṛtayaḥ sarvāḥ puraskṛtya purohitam |
dadṛśurdharmarājānamādāya bahu maṅgalam || 8 ||

12.40.9

pṛthivīṃ ca suvarṇaṃ ca ratnāni vividhāni ca |
ābhiṣecanikaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ sarvasaṃbhārasaṃbhṛtam || 9 ||

12.40.10

kāñcanaudumbarāstatra rājatāḥ pṛthivīmayāḥ |
pūrṇakumbhāḥ sumanaso lājā barhīṃṣi gorasāḥ || 10 ||

12.40.11

śamīpalāśapuṃnāgāḥ samidho madhusarpiṣī |
sruva audumbaraḥ śaṅkhāstathā hemavibhūṣitāḥ || 11 ||

12.40.12

dāśārheṇābhyanujñātastatra dhaumyaḥ purohitaḥ |
prāgudakpravaṇāṃ vedīṃ lakṣaṇenopalipya ha || 12 ||

12.40.13

vyāghracarmottare ślakṣṇe sarvatobhadra āsane |
dṛḍhapādapratiṣṭhāne hutāśanasamatviṣi || 13 ||

12.40.14

upaveśya mahātmānaṃ kṛṣṇāṃ ca drupadātmajām |
juhāva pāvakaṃ dhīmānvidhimantrapuraskṛtam || 14 ||

12.40.15

abhyaṣiñcatpatiṃ pṛthvyāḥ kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram |
dhṛtarāṣṭraśca rājarṣiḥ sarvāḥ prakṛtayastathā || 15 ||

12.40.16

tato'nuvādayāmāsuḥ paṇavānakadundubhīḥ |
dharmarājo'pi tatsarvaṃ pratijagrāha dharmataḥ || 16 ||

12.40.17

pūjayāmāsa tāṃścāpi vidhivadbhūridakṣiṇaḥ |
tato niṣkasahasreṇa brāhmaṇānsvasti vācayat |
vedādhyayanasaṃpannāñśīlavṛttasamanvitān || 17 ||

12.40.18

te prītā brāhmaṇā rājansvastyūcurjayameva ca |
haṃsā iva ca nardantaḥ praśaśaṃsuryudhiṣṭhiram || 18 ||

12.40.19

yudhiṣṭhira mahābāho diṣṭyā jayasi pāṇḍava |
diṣṭyā svadharmaṃ prāpto'si vikrameṇa mahādyute || 19 ||

12.40.20

diṣṭyā gāṇḍīvadhanvā ca bhīmasenaśca pāṇḍavaḥ |
tvaṃ cāpi kuśalī rājanmādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau || 20 ||

12.40.21

muktā vīrakṣayādasmātsaṃgrāmānnihatadviṣaḥ |
kṣipramuttarakālāni kuru kāryāṇi pāṇḍava || 21 ||

12.40.22

tataḥ pratyarcitaḥ sadbhirdharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
pratipede mahadrājyaṃ suhṛdbhiḥ saha bhārata || 22 ||