Vaishampayana continued : Adored by the king of Magadha, Pandu's son having white horses yoked to his car, proceeded along the south, following the (sacrificial) horse.

Turning round in course of his wanderings at will, the strong horse came upon the beautiful city of the Chedis called after the oyster.

Sharabha, the son of Shishupala, gifted with great strength, first met Arjuna in battle and then adored him with due honours.

Adored by him, O king, that best of horses then proceeded to the kingdom of the Kashis, the Angas, the Kosalas, the Kiratas, and the Tanganas.

Receiving due honours in all those kingdoms Dhananjaya turned his course. Indeed, the son of Kunti then proceeded to the country of the Dasharnas,

The ruler of that people was Chitrangada who was gifted with great strength and was a crusher of enemies. Between him and Vijaya took place a very dreadful battle.

Bringing him under his control the diademdecked Arjuna, that foremost of men, went to the kingdom of the Nishada king, viz., the son of Ekalavya.

The son of Ekalavya received Arjuna in battle! The encounter took place between the Kuru hero and the Nishadas was so furious as to make the hairs stand erect.

Unvanquished in battle, the brave son of Kunti defeated the Nishada king who proved an impediinent to the sacrifice.

Having subjugated the son of Ekalavya, O king, the son of Indra, duly adored by the Nishadas, then proceeded towards the southern Ocean.

In those regions battles took place between the diadem-decked hero and the Dravidas and Andhras and the dreadful Mahishakas and the hillmen of Kolwa.

Subjugating those tribes without having to perform any terrific feats, Arjuna proceeded to the country of the Saurashtras, his footsteps guided by the horse.

Arrived at Gokarna, he went thence to Prabhasa. Then he proceeded to the beautiful city of Dvaravati protected by the heroes of the Vrishni race.

When the beautiful sacrificial horse of the Kuru king reached Dvaravati, the Yadava youths, used force against that foremost of horses.

King Ugrasena, however, soon went out and forbade those youths from doing what they thought. Then the king of the Vrislinis and the Andhakas, issuing out of his palace, with Vasudeva, the maternal uncle of Arjuna, in his company, cheerfully met the Kuru hero and received him with due rites.

The two elderly chiefs honoured Arjuna duly. Getting their permission, the Kuru prince then proceeded to where the horse he followed lied him.

The sacrificial horse then proceeded along the coast of the western ocean and at last reached the country of the five waters full of population and prosperity.

Thence, O king, the horse proceeded to the country of the Gandharas. Arrived there, it roamed at will, followed by the son of Kunti.

Then took place a dreadful battle between the diadem-decked hero and the king of the Gandharas, viz., the son of Shakuni, who had a bitter remembrance of the grudge his father bore to the Pandavas.