02033001a tato 'bhiSecanIye 'hni brAhmaNA rAjabhisH saha
02033001c antarvedImM pravivizusH satkArArthamM maharSayaH 'vaizaMpAyana said,--On the last day of the sacrifice when the king was to be sprinkled over with the sacred water, the great brAhmaNaRSis ever deserving of respectful treatment, along with the invited kings, entered together the inner enclosure of the sacrificial compound.
02033002c samAsInAzH zuzubhire saha rAjarSibhis tadA And those illustrious RSis with Narada as their foremost, seated at their ease with those royal sages within that enclosure,
02033003a sametA brahmabhavane devA devarSayo yathA looked like the gods seated in the mansion of brahmA in the company of the celestial RSis.
02033003c karmAntaram upAsanto jajalpur amitaujasaH Endued with immeasurable energy those RSis, having obtained leisure, started various topics of conversation.
02033004a idam evanM na cApy evam evam etan na cAnyathA 'This is so,' 'This is not so,' 'This is even so.' 'This cannot be otherwise,'--
02033004c ity Ucur bahavas tatra vitaNDAnAH parasparam thus did many of them engage in discussions with one another.
02033005a kRzAn arthAMs tathA ke cid akRzAMs tatra kurvate
02033005c akRzAMz ca kRzAMz cakrur hetubhizH zAstranizcitaiH Some amongst the disputants, by well-chosen arguments made the weaker position appear the stronger and the stronger the weaker.
02033006a tatra medhAvinaH ke cid artham anyaiH prapUritam
02033006c vicikSipur yathA zyenA nabhogatam ivAmiSam Some disputants endued with great intelligence fell upon the position urged by others like hawks darting at meat thrown up into the air,
02033007a ke cid dharmArthasaMyuktAH kathAs tatra mahAvratAH while some amongst them versed in the interpretations of religious treatises and others of rigid vows,
02033007c remire kathayantaz ca sarvavedavidAM varAH and well-acquainted with every commentary and gloss engaged themselves in pleasant converse.
02033008a sA vedir vedasamMpannair devadvijamaharSibhiH And, O king, that platform crowded with gods, brAhmaNas and great RSis
02033008c AbabhAse samAkIrNA nakSatrair dyaur ivAmalA looked extremely handsome like the wide expanse of the firmament studded with stars.
02033009a na tasyAM sanMnidhau zUdraH kaz cid AsIn na cAvrataH There was then no zUdra nor anybody that was without vows,
02033009c antarvedyAnM tadA rAjan yudhiSThiranivezane O monarch, in that platform of Yudhisthira's mansion.
02033010a tAnM tu lakSmIvato lakSmInM tadA yajJavidhAnajAm 'And Narada, beholding the fortunate Yudhisthira's prosperity that was born of that sacrifice,
02033010c tutoSa nAradaH pazyan dharmarAjasya dhImataH became highly gratified.
02033011a atha cintAM samApede sa munir manujAdhipa
02033011c nAradas tanM tadA pazyan sarvakSatrasamAgamam Beholding that vast concourse all the kSatriyas, the Muni Narada, O king of men, became thoughtful.
02033012a sasmAra ca purAvRttAGM kathAnM tAmM bharatarSabha
02033012c aMzAvataraNe yAsau brahmaNo bhavane 'bhavat And, O bull amongst men, the RSi began to recollect the words he had heard of old in the mansion of brahmA regarding the incarnation on earth of portions of every deity.
02033013a devAnAM saGMgamanM tanM tu vijJAya kurunandana And knowing, O son of the kuru race, that that was a concourse (of incarnate) gods,
02033013c nAradaH puNDarIkAkSaM sasmAra manasA harim Narada thought in his mind of Hari with eyes like lotus-petals.
