SECTION 39
(Sisupala-badha Parva)
"Vaisampayana said,--Beholding that vast
assembly of kings agitated with wrath, even like the terrific sea agitated by
the winds that blow at the time of the universal dissolution, Yudhishthira
addressing the aged Bhishma, said,--'This vast ocean of kings, hath been agitated
by wrath. Tell me, O Grandsire, what I should do in view of
this. Now what I should do that my sacrifice
may not be obstructed and my subjects may not be injured.'
"When king Yudhishthira, said this, Bhishma
the grandsire, spoke these words in reply,--'Fear not. Can the dog slay the
lion? I have before this found out a way that is both beneficial and
comfortable to practise. As dogs in a pack approaching the lion that is asleep
bark together, so are all these lords of earth. Indeed, like dogs before the
lion, these monarchs are barking in rage before the sleeping lion of the Vrishni
race. Achyuta now is like a lion that is asleep. Until he waketh up, this chief
of the Chedis--maketh these monarchs look like lions. This Sisupala possessed
of little intelligence is desirous of taking along with him all these kings,
through the agency of him who is the soul of the universe, to the regions of
Yama. Assuredly, Vishnu hath been desirous of taking back unto himself the
energy that existeth in this Sisupala. O Yudhishthira, the intelligence of this
wicked-minded king of the Chedis, as also of all these monarchs, hath become
perverse. Indeed, the intelligence of all those whom Krishna desireth to take
unto him becometh perverse even like that of this king of the Chedis. Madhava
is the progenitor as also the destroyer of all created beings of the four
species, existing in the three worlds.'"
"Vaisampayana continued--Then the ruler
of Chedis, having heard these words of Bhishma, addressed the latter, in words
that were stern and rough."
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