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  1   1    |         and Dhrita-rashtra became king of the Kurus, and brought
  2   1, 1 |           combat, publish far thy king's consent.~Sightless roll
  3   1, 7 |        And anointed crownéd Karna king of Anga's fair domain,~And
  4   1, 9 |      gallant boy,~Saw him crownéd king of Anga, with a mother's
  5   2, 4 |        bedecked in gems and gold!~King and prince from Matsya kingdom
  6   2, 4 |          this is Chedi's peerless king!~This is mighty Jarasandha,
  7   2, 5 |     whence he came!~Uprose Salya, king of Madra, with his wondrous
  8   3    |       five sons of Pandu, and now king of Indra-prastlia, resolved
  9   3    |       powerful and semi-civilised king of Magadha or South Behar,
 10   3    |          sacrifice with tributes. King Dhrita-rashtra and his sons,
 11   3, 1 |          sons and bold,~Sisupala, king of Chedi, with his son bedecked
 12   3, 2 |           a regal honour welcomed king and chief of might,~Bhishma
 13   3, 4 |        and to the Scholar, to the King as lord of feast,~Unto these
 14   3, 5 |       priest, nor wise preceptor, king nor foremost chief is he!"~
 15   3, 6 |         holy abhisheka hailed him king of Chedi's race!~
 16   3, 7 |        and wish fulfil,~Grant us, king of mighty monarchs, now
 17   3, 7 |     ancient Bhishma and on Kuru's king doth wait,~Sahadeva waits
 18   3, 7 |          accents calm and brave:~"King of men! with sleepless watching
 19   4    | bond-slaves of Duryodhan. The old king Dhrita-rashtra released
 20   4, 1 |     anguish keen,~"Doth a crownéd king and husband stake his wife
 21   4, 3 |    flaming with an anguish dire!~"King and elder! " uttered Bhima,
 22   4, 3 |           keen,~Hadst thou, noble king and elder, staked nor freedom
 23   4, 5 |      hungry and the poor to feed,~King VARNUA quell thy passions,
 24   5    |           his hatred.~Jayadratha, king of the Sindhu or Indus country,
 25   5    |       Pandavs however pursued the king, chastised him for his misconduct,
 26   5, 2 |     country of fair Madra lived a king in days of old,~Faithful
 27   5, 2 |    affection prove,~Ask thy boon, king Aswapati, from creation'
 28   5, 2 |           kingly," so the saintly king replied,~"Holy rites and
 29   5, 2 |             Madra's pious-hearted king,~From SWAYMBHU, Self-created,
 30   5, 2 |      silence, bow unto Creation's King!"~Vanished then the Prayer-Maiden,
 31   5, 2 |        the Prayer-Maiden, and the king of noble fame,~Aswapati,
 32   5, 2 |      kindly gods on high!~And the king performed its birth-rites
 33   5, 2 |           did so befall,~When the king and rishi Narad sat within
 34   5, 3 |      Salwa's monarch was of old a king of might,~Righteous -hearted
 35   5, 3 |    patience like the Earth,~Yet O king! a sad disaster marks the
 36   5, 3 |        righteous truth,~Nathless, king, thy daughter may not wed
 37   5, 3 |          die!"~Shook the startled king in terror and in fear and
 38   5, 4 |           rigid penance heard the king with anxious woe,~Spake
 39   5, 4 |           morning," so the loving king replied,~"Wish or thought
 40   5, 5 |        living mortal may not with King YAMA go!"~Still Savitri,
 41   5, 5 |       saintly word,~And the Sable King was vanquished, and he turned
 42   6    |         menial service of Virata, king of the Matsyas, to pass
 43   6    |          became a courtier of the king. Bhima entered the king'
 44   6    |           king. Bhima entered the king's service as cook. For Arjun,
 45   6    |           inner apartments of the king. He assumed the name of
 46   6    |     Nakula became a keeper of the king's horses, and Sahadeva took
 47   6    |       Sahadeva took charge of the king's cows. Draupadi too disguised
 48   6    |     chiefs of ancient Greece. The king of the Trigartas and the
 49   6    |          of the Trigartas and the king of the Kurus combined and
 50   6    |          combined and fell on the king of the Matsyas in order
 51   6    |         the capital to defend it. King Virata had gone out with
 52   6, 1 |       chieftains Matsya's warlike king is gone,~Thee we count our
 53   6, 3 |            plumed.~They belong to King Yudhishthir, with their
 54   6, 3 |          kept that sabre when tho king his kingdom lost,~Yonder
 55   6, 5 |          GUERDON~Now with joy the king Virata to his royal city
 56   6, 5 |        line is honoured, Matsya's king is gratified!"~
 57   6, 6 |      arméd troopers came,~And the king of fair Panchala with his
 58   7, 1 |          cushions shone!~Matsya's king, Panchala's monarch, foremost
 59   7, 1 |       sacred Jumna's shore~Either king may rule his empire as in
 60   7, 3 |     crownéd monarch can a crownéd king decline,~Can a Kshatra warrior
 61   7, 3 |          humble suppliant, but as king and warrior bold,~Past his
 62   7, 5 |          Kuru's great and ancient king,~Seek not war and death
 63   7, 5 |      Ruler of a worldwide empire, king of kings and nations free?~
 64   7, 5 |           father's might!~This, O king! the soft entreaty Pandu'
 65   7, 5 |         sons of Pandu unto Kuru's king have said,~Take their love,
 66   7, 5 |           kith and kin,~Mark not, king, thy closing winters with
 67   7, 6 |          and grace,~Listen to thy king and father, he hath Kuru'
 68   7, 7 |         decideth, thou art Kuru's king and lord!"~
 69   8    |   thousand. His father-in-law the king of the Panchalas, and Arjun'
 70   8    |          and Arjun's relative the king of the Matsyas, were his
 71   8, 1 |         sought,~And the righteous king Yudhishthir with the car-borne
 72   8, 3 |     warrior's face,~Vainly Salya, king of Madra, threw with skill
 73   8, 9 |        royal race,~On the ancient king my father grant thy never-failing
 74   8, 10|   Car-borne Salya mighty warrior, king of Madra's distant land,~
 75   8, 10|     Jayadratha matchless fighter, king of Sindhu's sounding shore,~
 76   9    |          slew his ancient foe the king of the Panchalas, and was
 77   9, 1 |           by the hair,~Jayadratha king of Sindhu marked the faint
 78   9, 1 |      midway broke!~Weaponless the king of Sindhu ran into his sheltering
 79   9, 1 |           bulls infuriate Madra's king and Bhima stood,~Closer
 80   9, 1 |          came,~Strove to save his king and elder and redeem his
 81   9, 2 |       bay-colour carried Matsya's king of fame.~Varied as their
 82   9, 2 |          Karna, and fair Sindhu's king of fame,~Fiercely raged
 83   9, 3 |           the impious Jayadratha, king of Sindhu's sounding shore,~
 84   9, 4 |          of mighty Salya, Madra's king of warlike fame,~Far and
 85   9, 5 |        preceptor would not fight,~King nor chief nor other archer
 86   9, 5 |       grief and pride,~Rushed the king, and bold Virata charged
 87  10, 2 |         weapon laid!~Yet I own, O king of Kuru! Arjun doth his
 88  10, 2 |       long and loudly laughed the king of Madra's land,~As he reined
 89  10, 2 | glistening brand!~Sacred blood of king and elder would have stained
 90  10, 2 |      heart to move~Grant me, holy king and elder, monarch's grace
 91  10, 3 |         unto death,~Salya valiant king of Madra. leads our arméd
 92  10, 3 |          battle, for the Mlechcha king was slain,~Pierced by angry
 93  11, 4 |           mighty car,~Bhurisravas king of nations, Jayadratha famed
 94  11, 4 |            Drupad fair Panchala's king,~And his sons, Panchala'
 95  12    |         the meantime been crowned king of the Kurus at Hastinapura,
 96  12    |         place, accompanied by the king's guard. If any neighbouring
 97  12    |        guard. If any neighbouring king ventured to detain the animal,
 98  12    |           a signal for war. If no king ventured to restrain the
 99  12, 1 |       great Yudhishthir came each king and chieftain bold,~With
100  12, 1 |   Yudhishthir, for each chief and king of men,~Cooling drinks and
101  12, 3 |          stricken by the gracious king's command,~Charity with
102  12, 5 |           dear relations gave the king of righteous fame,~And the
103 Epi    |     direction of some enlightened king, the vast mass of legends