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Rh had heard those heroes speak amongst themselves during the night. The king of Panchala bad been sad because he knew not the Pandavas as those who had taken away his daughter. And the illustrious monarch asked Dhrishtadyumna on his return,-'Oh, where hath Krishna gone? Who hath taken her away? Hath any Sudra or anybody of mean des. cent, or hath a tribute-paying Vaisya by taking my daughter away, placed his dirty foot on my head ? O son, hath that wreath of flowers been thrown away on a grave-yard ? Hath any Kshatriya of high birth, or any one of the superior order (Brabmana) obtained my daughter ? Hath any one of mean descent, by having won Krishna, placed his left foot on my head? I would not, O son, grieve but feel greatly happy, if my daughter hath been united with Partha that foremost of men ! O thou exalted one, tell me truly who hath won my daughter to-day 1 O, are the sons of that foremost of Kurus, Vichitravirya's son alive? Was it Partha (Arjuna) that took up the bow and shot the mark ?""

Thus ends the hundred and ninety-fourth section in the Swayamvara Parya of the Adi Parva.

Vaisampayana said, "Thus addressed Dhrishtadyumna, that foremost of the Lunar princes.cheerfully said unto his father all that had happened and by whom Krishna had been won. And the prince said, -"With large, red eyes, attired in deer-skin, and resembling a celestial in beauty, the youth who stringed that foremost of bows and brought down to the ground the mark set on high, was soon surrounded by the foremost of Brahmanas who also offered him their homage for the feat be had achieved. Incapable of bearing the sight of a foe and endued with great activity, he began to exert his prowess. And surrounded by the Brahmanas he resembled the thunder-welding Indra standing in the midst of the celestial and the Rishis. And like a she-elephant following the leader of a herd, Krishna cheerfully followed that youth catcbing hold of his deer-skin. Then when the assembled monarchs incapable of bearing that sight rose up in wrath and advanced for fight, there rose up another hero who tearing up a large tree rushed at that cons course of kings, felling them right and left Bike Yama himself smiting down creatures endued with life. Then. O monarch, the assembled kings stood motionless looked at that couple of heroes, while they, ré sembling the Sun and the Moon, taking Krishna with them, left the