What brings you here, O daughter (in-law) of Kuru's race, and what, also, is the cause of the arrival on the field of battle of her who is the mother of the king of Manipura?

Do you entertain friendly motives towards this king, O daughter of a snake? O you of restless glances, do you wish good to me too?

I hope, O you of ample hips, that neither I, nor this Babruvahana here, have, O beautiful lady, donc any injury to you unconsciously?

Has Chitrangada of faultless limbs, descended from the line of Chitravahana, done you any wrong?

To him, the daughter of the Prince of Snakes answered sinilingly, You have not offended me, nor has Babhruvahana done me any wrong.

Nor this prince's mother who is always obedient to me as a hand-maid. Listen, how all this has been caused by me.

You should not be angry with me. Indeed, I seek to please you by bending my head in respect. O you of Kuru's race, all this has been done by me for your good, O powerful one!

O mighty-armed Dhananjaya, Hear all that I have done. In the great battle of the BharataPrinces, you had killed the royal son of Shantanu by unfair ways. What I have done has expiated your sin. You did not overthrow Bhishma while fighting with you!

He was engaged with Shikandin. Relying on him as your help, you did bring about the overthrow of Shantanu's son. Of you had died without having expiated your sin, you would then have fallen, forsooth, into Hell on account of that sinful deed of yours. Even this which you have got from your son is the expiation of that sin!

Formerly, o king, I heard this said by the Vasus while they were in the company of Ganga, O you of great intelligence.

After the fall of Shantanu's son, those celestials, viz., the Vasus, coming to the banks of Ganga, bathed in her waters, and calling the goddess of that stream, they uttered these terrible words having the sanction of Bhagirati herself, viz., Shantanu's son Bhishma has been killed by Dhananjaya.

Indeed, O goddess, Bhishma then was engaged with another, and had ceased to fight. For this fault we shall today imprecate a curse on Dhananjaya!

To this, the goddess Ganga readily agreed, saying, Be it so! Hearing these words I became very much distressed and penetrating into the nether regions represented everything to my father.

Informed of what had taken place, my father became plunged in grief. Going to the Vasus, he begged them for your sake, again and again gratifying them by every means in his power. They then said to him, Dhananjaya has a highly blessed son who, youthful as he is, is the king of Manipura.

He will, standing on the field of battle, cast Dhananjaya down on the Earth. When this will take place, O Prince of Snakes, Arjuna will be freed from our curse!

Do you return! Thus addressed by the Vasus, he came back and informed me of what had taken place. Having learnt all this, O hero, I have freed you from the curse of the Vasus in thus.

The king of the celestials himself, incapable of defeating you in battle. The son is one's own self. It is for this that you have been defeated by him.

I cannot be held, O powerful one, to have committed any sin. How, indeed, would you hold me censurable? Thus addressed (by Ulupi), Vijaya became cheerful of heart and said to her, All this you have done, O goddess, is highly agreeable to me.

After this, Jaya addressed his son, the king of Manipura, and said to him in the hearing of Chitrangada, the daughter (-in-law) of Kuru's race, the Horse-Sacrifice of Yudhishthira will take place on the day of full moon in the coming month of Chaitra.Come there, O king, with your mother and your counsellors and officers!'

Thus addressed by Partha, king Babhruvahana of great intelligence, with tearful eyes, said these words to his father, 'O you who are conversant with every duty, I shall certainly go, at your command, to the great Horse-Sacrifice, and take upon myself the task of distributing food among the twice-born ones!

For, however, showing your grace towards me, do you enter your own city with your two wives. Do not cherish any scruple about this, O you who are fully acquainted with every duty!

O lord, having lived for one night in your own palace in happiness, you may then follow the horse, O foremost of victorious warriors!

The ape-bannered son of Kunti, thus addressed by his son, answered the child Chitrangada, saying, You know, mighty-armed one, what vow I am observing? O you of large eyes, till the termination of this my vow, I cannot enter your city.

O foremost of men, this sacrificial horse wanders at will. Blessings on you. I must go away. I have no place to rest for even a short while!

The son of the chastiser of Paka then, duly adored by his son and obtaining the permission of his wives, left the spot and proceeded on his way.