Mahabharata · Chapter 2.8
kathayiṣye sabhāṃ yāmyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira nibodha tām /
vaivasvatasya yāṃ pārtha viśvakarmā cakāra ha //
taijasī sā sabhā rājanbabhūva śatayojanā /
vistārāyāmasampannā bhūyasī cāpi pāṇḍava //
arkaprakāśā bhrājiṣṇuḥ sarvataḥ kāmarūpiṇī /
nātiśītā ca cātyuṣṇā manasaśca praharṣiṇī //
na śoko na jarā tasyāṃ kṣutpipāse na cāpriyam /
na ca dainyaṃ klamo vā'pi pratikūlaṃ na cāpyuta //
sarve kāmāḥ sthitāstasyāṃ ye divyā ye ca mānuṣāḥ /
rasavacca prabhūtaṃ ca bhakṣyaṃ bhojyamarindama //
lehyaṃ copyaṃ ca peyaṃ ca hṛdyaṃ svādu manoharam /
puṇyagandhāḥ srajastasya nityaṃ kāmaphalā drumāḥ //
rasavanti ca toyāni śītānyuṣṇāni caiva hi /
tasyāṃ rājarṣayaḥ puṇyāstathā brahmarṣayo'malāḥ //
yamaṃ vaivasvataṃ tāta prahṛṣṭāḥ paryupāsate /
yayātirnahuṣaḥ pururmāndhātā somako nugaḥ //
trasadasyuśca rājarṣiḥ kṛtavīryaḥ śrutaśravāḥ /
ariṣṭanemiḥ siddhaśca kṛtavegaḥ kṛtirnimiḥ //
pratardanaḥ śibirmatsyaḥ pṛthulākṣo bṛhadrathaḥ /
vārto maruttaḥ kuṣikaḥ sāṅkāśyaḥ sāṅkṛtirdhruvaḥ //
caturaścaḥ sadasyormiḥ kārtavīryaśca pārthivaḥ /
bharataḥ surathaścaiva sunītho niśaṭho'nalaḥ //
divodāsaśca sumanā ambarīṣo bhagīrathaḥ /
vyaśvaḥ sadaśvo vāghryaśvaḥ pṛthuvegaḥ pṛthuśravāḥ //
pṛpadaśvo vasumanāḥ kṣupaśca sumahābalaḥ /
ruṣadrurvṛṣasenaśca purukutso dhvajī rathī //
ārṣṭiṣeṇo dilīpaśca mahātmā cāpyuśīnaraḥ /
auśīnariḥ puṇḍarīkaḥ śaryātiḥ śarabhaḥ śuciḥ //
aṅgo riṣṭaśca venaśca duṣyantaḥ sṛñjayo jayaḥ /
bhāṅgāsuriḥ sunīthaśca niṣadho'tha vahīnaraḥ //
karandhamo bāhlikaśca sudyumno balavānmadhuḥ /
ailo maruttaśca tathā balavānpṛthivīpatiḥ //
kapotaromā tṛṇakaḥ sahadevārjunau tathā /
vyaśvaḥ sāśvaḥ kṛśāśvaśca śaśabinduśca pārthivaḥ //
rāmo dāśarathiścaiva lakṣmaṇo'tha pratardanaḥ /
alarkaḥ kakṣasenaśca gayo gaurāośva eva ca //
jāmadagnyaśca rāmaśca nābhāgasagarau tathā /
bhūridyumno mahāśvaśca pṛthāśaavo janakastathā //
rājā vainyo vārisenaḥ purijijjanamejayaḥ /
brahmadattastrigartiśca rājoparicarastathā //
indradyumno bhīmajānurgaurapṛṣṭho'nagho layaḥ /
padmo'tha mucukundaśca bhūridyumnaḥ prasenajit //
ariṣṭanemiḥ sudyumnaḥ pṛthulāśvo'ṣṭakastathā /
śataṃ matsyā nṛpatayaḥ śataṃ nīpāḥ śataṃ hayāḥ //
dhṛtarāṣṭrāścaikaśatamaśītirjanamejayāḥ /
śataṃ ca brahmadattānāṃ vīriṇāmīriṇāṃ śatam //
bhīṣṇāṇāṃ dve śate'pyatra bhīmānāṃ tu tathā śatam /
śataṃ ca prativindhyānāṃ śataṃ nāgāḥ śataṃ hayāḥ //
palāśānāṃ śataṃ jñeyaṃ śataṃ kāśakuśādayaḥ /
śāntanuścaiva rājendra pāṇḍuścaiva pitā tava //
uśaṅgavaḥ śataratho devarājo jayadrathaḥ /
vṛṣadarbhaśca rājarṣirbuddhimānsahamantribhiḥ //
athāpare sahasrāṇi ye gatāḥ śasabindavaḥ /
iṣṭvā'śvamedhairbahubhirmahadbhirbhūridakṣiṇaiḥ //
ete rājarṣayaḥ puṇyāḥ kīrtimanto bahuśrutāḥ /
tasyāṃ sabhāyāṃ rājendra vaivasvatamupāsate //
agastyo'tha mataṅgaśca kālo mṛtyustathaiva ca /
yajvānaścaiva siddhāśca ye na yogaśarīriṇaḥ //
agniṣvāttāśca pitaraḥ phenapāśvoṣmapāśca ye /
sudhāvanto barhiṣado mūrtimantastathā'pare //
kālacakraṃ ca sākṣācca bhagavānhavyavāhanaḥ /
narā duṣkṛtakarmāṇo dakṣiṇāyanamṛtyavaḥ //
kālasya nayane yuktā yamasya purupāśca ye /
tasyāṃ śiṃśupapālāśāstathā kāśakuśādayaḥ //
upāsate dharmarājaṃ mūrtimanto janādhipa / ete cānye ca bahavaḥ pitṛrājasabhāsadaḥ /
na śakyāḥ parisaṅkhyātuṃ nāmabhiḥ karmabhistathā /
asambādhā hi sā pārtha ramyā kāmagamā sabhā / dīrghakālaṃ tapastaptvā nirmitā viśvakarmaṇā /
jvalantī bhāsamānā ca tejasā svena bhārata /
tāmugratapaso yānti suvratāḥ satyavādinaḥ //
śāntāḥ sanyāsinaḥ śuddhāḥ pūtāḥ puṇyena karmaṇā /
sarve bhāsvaradehāśca sarve ca virajombarāḥ //
citrāṅgadāścitramālyāḥ sarve jvalitakuṇḍalāḥ /
sukṛtaiḥ karmabhiḥ puṇyaiḥ pāribarhaiśca bhūṣitāḥ //
gandharvāśca mahātmānaḥ saṅghaśaścāpsarogaṇāḥ /
vāditraṃ nṛttagītaṃ ca hāsyaṃ lāsyaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ //
puṇyāśca gandhāḥ śabdāśca tasyāṃ pārtha samantataḥ /
divyāni caiva mālyāni upatiṣṭhanti nityaśaḥ //
śataṃ śatasahasrāṇi dharmiṇāṃ taṃ prajeśvaram /
upāsate mahātmānaṃ rūpayuktā manasvinaḥ //
īdṛśī sā sabhā rājanpitṛrājño mahātmanaḥ /
varuṇasyāpi vakṣyāmi sabhāṃ puṣkaramālinīm //
Original text: Mahābhārata (southern recension) · Edition: Śrīman Mahābhāratam, ed. T. R. Krishnacharya and T. R. Vyasacharya, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay 1906–1910; e-text by SARIT (Shrinivasa Varakhedi and others) · SARIT: Search and Retrieval of Indic Texts · SARIT (e-text) via Internet Archive · CC BY-SA 3.0