This page has been fully proofread once and needs a second look.

ADI PARVA
 
37
 
A
nd 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 पक्षोयज्ञोपवीतवान् ।

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 बद्धाङ्गुलित्राणा 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.