Mahabharata Condensed in the Poet's Own Words /439

ANUSASANA PARVA
 
देवदुन्दुभिनादश्च पुष्पवर्षैस्सदाहाभवत् ॥

सिद्धा ब्रह्मर्षयश्चैव साधु साध्विति हर्षिताः ॥
 
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With showers of flowers, there arose

sounds of the celestial drums; and the

Siddhas and the Brahmarishis rejoiced

saying 'good, good '.
 

 
संस्कृत्य च कुरुश्रेष्ठं गाङ्गेयं कुरुसत्तमाः ॥

जग्मुर्भागीरथीं पुण्यामुदकं त्रफिचक्रिरे तदा ॥
 
the
 

Performing the crematory rites to
the
body of Bhishma, the greatest of the

Kauravas, all the Kauravas went to the

holy Ganges and offered then the manes'

libation to Bhishma.
 

 
॥ इति अनुशासनपर्व समाप्तम् ॥
 

THUS ENDS THE ANUSASANA PARVA.