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 1   2, 4|      gold!~King and prince from Matsya kingdom grace this noble
 2   3, 1|   mountains swell,~Came Virata, Matsya's monarch, and his warlike
 3   3, 7|     with Virata, monarch of the Matsya race,~Bhima on the ancient
 4   6   |      served the princess of the Matsya house in that humble capacity.~
 5   6   |       The Trigartas entered the Matsya kingdom from the south-east,
 6   6, 1|  onwards day by day,~Swooped on Matsya's fattened cattle like the
 7   6, 1| thousand head of cattle was the Matsya country's yield!~And the
 8   6, 1|     Kurus' outrage and lamented Matsya's shame:~Sixty thousand
 9   6, 1|         head of cattle, bred of Matsya's finest breed,~To Hastina'
10   6, 1|   chieftains lead,~Glory of the Matsya nation! save thy father'
11   6, 1|      fierce Trigarta chieftains Matsya's warlike king is gone,~
12   6, 1|    those warriors in my absence Matsya's far-famed cattle steal,~
13   6, 1|     beneath my countless arrows Matsya's vengeance they shall feel,~
14   6, 2|        victor's glorious meed!"~Matsya's princess spake to Arjun,
15   6, 3|       Arjun drove the prince of Matsya to a darksome sami tree,~
16   6, 3|       And I ask thee, prince of Matsya, not to touch an unclean
17   6, 3|         these sabres, prince of Matsya, thou wouldst know,~Arjun'
18   6, 4|         thy steeds, O prince of Matsya! for too close we may not
19   6, 4|      thy father's stolen kine!"~Matsya's prince then turned the
20   6, 4|     fierce and brave,~What were Matsya's fattened cattle, many
21   6, 5|        to valiant Arjun offered Matsya's princess fair and young!~"
22   6, 5|         I may not take as bride~Matsya's young and beauteous princess
23   6, 5|      beauteous child!"~Answered Matsya's noble monarch with a glad
24   6, 5|       unto Pandu's race allied,~Matsya's royal line is honoured,
25   6, 5|         royal line is honoured, Matsya's king is gratified!"~
26   6, 6|     town of Upa-plavya, of fair Matsya's towns the best,~Made their
27   6, 6|         at last the bridal day,~Matsya maids were merry-hearted,
28   6, 6|       And deep-bosomed dames of Matsya, jasmine-form and lotus-face,~
29   6, 6|       her pride!~Arjun from the Matsya monarch takes the princess
30   6, 6|        doth the holy sacrifice.~Matsya's monarch on the bridegroom
31   7, 1|      the golden cushions shone!~Matsya's king, Panchala's monarch,
32   7, 5|       they have wandered and in Matsya lived unknown,~Once more
33   8, 1|       to save the son of Arjun, Matsya's gallant princes came,~
34   8, 1|      that sad and fatal strife,~Matsya's dames and dark-eyed maidens
35   8, 9|        chief and brave,~When in Matsya's fields of pasture captured
36   9, 1|     cross the conqueror's path,~Matsya's lord, Panchala's monarch,
37   9, 2|       bright bay-colour carried Matsya's king of fame.~Varied as
38   9, 3|         s gallant boy,~Loved of Matsya's soft-eyed princess and
39   9, 3|         Draupadi tore her hair,~Matsya's princess early widowed
40   9, 5|       Panchala's empire filled,~Matsya's joyless widowed princess,
41  11, 4|       for deeds of valour done,~Matsya's monarch proud Virata,