and Tukharas and Kankas and Romakas and men with horns
bringing with them as tribute numerous large elephants
and ten thousand horses, and hundreds and hundreds
of millions of gold waited at the gate, being refused
permission to enter. And the kings of the eastern
countries having presented numerous valuable articles
including many costly carpets and vehicles and beds,
and armours of diverse hues decked with jewels and
gold and ivory, and weapons of various kinds, and
cars of various shapes and handsome make and adorned
with gold, with well-trained horses trimmed with tiger
skins, and rich and variegated blankets for caprisoning
elephants, and various kinds of jewels and gems, arrows
long and short and various other kinds of weapons,
obtained permission to enter the sacrificial palace
of the illustrious Pandava!’”
Duryodhana said,—’O sinless one,
listen to me as I describe that large mass of wealth
consisting of various kinds of tribute presented unto
Yudhishthira by the kings of the earth. They that
dwell by the side of the river Sailoda flowing between
the mountains of Mer and Mandara and enjoy the delicious
shade of topes of the Kichaka bamboo, viz., the
Khashas, Ekasanas, the Arhas, the Pradaras, the Dirghavenus,
the Paradas, the Kulindas, the Tanganas, and the other
Tanganas, brought as tribute heaps of gold measured
in dronas (jars) and raised from underneath the earth
by ants and therefore called after these creatures.
The mountain tribes endued with great strength having
brought as tribute numerous Chamaras (long brushes)
soft and black and others white as moon-beam and sweet
honey extracted from the flowers growing on the Himavat
as also from the Mishali champaka and garlands of
flowers brought from the region of the northern Kurus,
and diverse kinds of plants from the north even from
Kailasa, waited with their heads bent down at the gate
of king Yudhishthira, being refused permission to
enter. I also beheld there numberless chiefs
of the Kiratas armed with cruel weapons and ever engaged
in cruel deeds, eating of fruits and roots and attired
in skins and living on the northern slopes of the
Himavat and on the mountain from behind which the
sun rises and in the region of Karusha on the sea-coast
and on both sides of the Lohitya mountains. And,
O king, having brought with them as tribute loads
upon loads of sandal and aloe as also black aloe,
and heaps upon heaps of valuable skins and gold and
perfumes, and ten thousand serving-girls of their
own race, and many beautiful animals and birds of
remote countries, and much gold of great splendour
procured from mountains, the Kiratas waited at the
gate, being refused permission to enter. The
Kairatas, the Daradas, the Darvas, the Suras, the
Vaiamakas, the Audumvaras, the Durvibhagas, the Kumaras,
the Paradas along with the Vahlikas, the Kashmiras,
the Ghorakas, the Hansakayanas, the Sivis, the Trigartas,
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