Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.5233

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(i) Yayāti witnessed the battle between Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas which was fought as a result of the theft of King Virāṭa's cows. (M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 56, Verse 9).
(ii) Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 8, Verse 8, it is stated that King Yayāti continues to be in Yama's assembly.
(iii) Yayāti once gave 1,000 cows to a Brāhmaṇa as "Gurudakṣiṇā". (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 195).
(iv) He came riding in Indra's chariot and witnessed the battle between Arjuna and Kṛpācārya, from the sky. (M.B. Virāṭa Parva, Chapter 56, Verse 9).
(v) Mahābhārata, Udyoga Parva, Chapter 115, mentions that Yayāti had conducted 1,000 Yāgas and that he was the leader of all Kings.