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Mahabharat

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तथा शतसहस्राणि नृणाम अमिततेजसाम उपासते महाराजम इन्द्रप्रस्थे युधिष्ठिरम ॥ ४-१७-१६ ॥

'He—who at Indraprastha was revered by kings of matchless valor and might .' ॥ 4-17-16 ॥

english translation

शतं दासी सहस्राणि यस्य नित्यं महानसे पात्री हस्तं दिवारात्रम अतिथीन भॊजयन्त्य उत ॥ ४-१७-१७ ॥

'In whose palace kitchen a hundred thousand maidservants, dishes in hand, served countless guests day and night.' ॥ 4-17-17 ॥

english translation

एष निष्कसहस्राणि परदाय ददतां वरः दयूतजेन हय अनर्थेन महता समुपावृतः ॥ ४-१७-१८ ॥

'He—who gave away a thousand nishkas every single day in charity—alas, that very monarch, crushed by misery and defeated by the wretched game of dice, now sustains himself through that same ruinous play.' ॥ 4-17-18 ॥

english translation

एनं हि सवरसंपन्ना बहवः सूतमागधाः सायंप्रातर उपातिष्ठन सुमृष्टमणिकुण्डलाः ॥ ४-१७-१९ ॥

'Bards and encomiasts by the thousands, adorned with glittering gem-studded earrings and gifted with melodious voices, used to wait upon him morning and evening.' ॥ 4-17-19 ॥

english translation

सहस्रम ऋषयॊ यस्य नित्यम आसन सभा सदः तपः शरुतॊपसंपन्नाः सर्वकामैर उपस्थिताः ॥ ४-१७-२० ॥

'Alas, that Yudhishthira—who was daily attended by a thousand sages, masters of the Vedas and fulfilled in every desire, as his honored courtiers.' ॥ 4-17-20 ॥

english translation