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THE MAHABHARATA
 
'समक्षं वासुदेवस्य कुरूणां च समक्षतः ।
अभिषेकस्त्वया प्राप्तो दुष्प्रापो ह्यकृतात्मभिः ॥
 
' (Yudhisthira !) in the presence of Krishna
and the Kurus, you have had the coronation
that can hardly be obtained by those who
have not conquered themselves.
 
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गच्छ त्वं खाण्डवप्रस्थं पुरं राष्ट्रं च वर्धय ॥
Go to Khandavaprastha and bring
the city and the country to prosperity."
 
प्रतिगृह्य तु तद्वाक्यं तस्मै सर्वे प्रणम्य च ।
प्रतस्थिरे ततो घोषसंयुक्तैस्स्यन्दनैर्वरैः ॥
 
Accepting those words and bowing to
Dhritarashtra, all the Pandavas started then
 
in excellent, rumbling chariots.
 
जगन्नाथश्चिन्तयामास वासवम् ।
महेन्द्रशासनाद्गत्वा विश्वकर्मा तु केशवम् ।
प्रणम्य प्रणिपाताई कि करोमीत्यभाषत ॥
Vasudeva, the lord of the universe,
thought of Indra. Going to Kesava at the
bidding of Indra, and bowing to Him who
is worthy of salutation, Visvakarman said :
" What shall I do ?"