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ADI PARVA
 
37
 
And all the ladies of the court, with
their servants and retinue, ascended the
galleries with joy, like celestial damsels
ascending Mount Meru.
 
प्रवादितैश्च वादित्रैर्जनकौतूहलेन च ।
 
महार्णव इव क्षुब्धस्समाजस्सोऽभवत्तदा ॥
 
What with the musical instruments
played and what with the eagerness
of the people, the congregation on that
occasion was tumultuous like a great ocean.
ततश्शुक्लाम्बरधरः शुक्ल पक्षोपवीतवान् ।
रङ्गमध्यं तदाचार्यस्सपुत्रः प्रविवेश ह ॥
 
Then, clad in white cloth and wearing a
white upper garment left to right across
the body, the preceptor entered into the
centre of the arena along with his son.
 
ततो बद्धाङ्गलित्राणा विविशुर्भरतर्षभाः ।
चक्रुः पूजां यथान्यायं द्रोणस्य च कृपस्य च ॥
 
With finger-bands, the heroes of the
Bharata race then entered. In accordance
 
with propriety, they worshipped Drona
 
and Kripa.