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me that we should know the mansion (for our accommodation at Varanavata) hath been built of inflammable materials. He also said unto me,—the path of escape too shall not be unknown to thee,—and, further, that—those that can control their senses can acquire the sovereignty of the whole world.—The reply that I gave unto Vidura was,—I have understood thee.—'"

Vaisampayana continued, "The Pandavas set out on the eighth day of the month of Falgoona when the star Rohiny was ascendant, and arriving at Varanavata they beheld the town and the people."

Thus ends the hundred and forty-seventh Section in the Jatu-griha of the Adi Parva.

Vaisampayana said, "Then all the citizens (of Varanavata), hearing that the sons of Pandu had come, and filled with joy at the tidings, with great activity came out of Varanavata, on conveyances of various kinds by thousands, and taking with them every auspicious article, as directed by the Shastras, to receive those foremost of men. And the people of Varanavata having approached the sons of Kunti blessed them by uttering the word Jaya and stood surrounding them. That tiger among men—the virtuous Yudhish-thira—thus surrounded by them looked resplendent like him having the thunder-bolt in his hands (Indra) in the midst of the celestials. And those sinless ones welcomed by the citizens and welcoming the citizens in return then entered the populous town of Varanavata decked with every ornament. And entering the town, those heroes first went, O monarch, to the abodes of Brahmanas engaged in their proper duties. Those foremost of men then went to the abodes of the Sutas and of the Vaisyas and even of the Sudras. And, O thou bull of the Bharata race, thus adored by the citizens, the Pandavas at last went, with Purochana walking before them, to the palace that had been built for them. And Purochana then began