Vaishampayana said Having been thus addressed, Dhananjaya (Arjuna) thus replied to Bhagadatta. "If you give me your promise to do it, you will have done all that I desire."

Having thus conquered him, the mighty armed son of Kunti, Dhananjaya, then went towards the north, the direction presided over by the lord of wealth (Kubera).

The son of Kunti, that best of men, conquered the inner-mountains, the outer mountains and the smaller mountains.

Having conquered all the mountains and all the kings that lived on them and having brought them under his sway, he exacted tribute from them all.

O king, having won the affection of those kings, and having united himself with them, he next marched against Brihanta (who was) the king of Uluka.

Trembling the earth with the sound of his drums, with the clatter of his chariot wheels and with the roar of the elephants that were with his troops.

Brihanta soon came out of his city with his five kinds of troops and gave battle to Falguni (Arjuna).

The battle that took place between Brihanta and Dhananjaya was a terrible one. But Brihanta was not able to stand against the prowess of the son of Pandu (Arjuna).

Thinking that the son of Kunti was incapable of being withstood, that invincible mountain-king came to him with all his wealth.

O king, having made peace with him and having placed him in his kingdom, he (Arjuna) marched against Senabindu whom he expelled from his kingdom.

He then subjugated Modapura, Vamadeva, Sudamana, Susankula, the northern Ulukas and the kings and the people of those countries.

O king, at the command of Yudhishthira, Kirti (Arjuna) brought under his sway all these five countries and their people by sending only his troops against them and not moving himself from the city (of Senavindu).

After his arrival at Devaprastha, the city of Senavindu, the lord (Arjuna) took up his quarters there with his five kinds of troops.

Surrounded by the kings and all the people whom he subjugated, he marched against that best of men, the descendant of Puru, Vishvagashva.

king, having subjugated in battle the brave mountaineers who were all great warriors, the son of Pandu (Arjuna) conquered with the help of his troops the city protected by the Puru King.

Having vanquished the Puru king, and also the robber tribes of the mountains, the son of Pandu brought under his sway the seven tribes, called Utsavasanketa.

That best of Kshatriyas (Arjuna) then vanquished the brave Kshatriyas of Kashmira and also the king Lohita, as well as ten minor chiefs.

O king, then the Trigartas, the Danavas, the Kokanadas and various other Kshatriyas advanced against the son of Kunti.

That descendant of Kuru (Arjuna) then conquered the charming city, named Abhisari. He then vanquished Rochamana, who ruled in urga.

The son of the chastiser of Paka (Arjuna) then conquered the charming city of Singhapura which was well protected by all kinds of weapons.

Then that best of the Pandavas the descendant of Kuru, Kirti (Arjuna) marched against the countries, called Sumba and Sumala, and attacked them.

Then after attacking with great force, the son of Indra (Arjuna), subjugated the Valhikas, ever difficult to vanquish.

The son of Pandu, and the son of Indra, Falguni (Arjuna), then took with him a select force and defeated the Daradas along with the Kambojas.

The lord (Arjuna) vanquished the robber tribes that lived in the north eastern frontier, and those also that lived in the forest.

O great king, the son of Indra also subjugated the allied tribes of the Lokas, the eastern Kambojas and the northern Rishikas.

The battle with the Rishikas was very fearful. The battle that took place between them and the son of Pritha (Arjuna) was equal to the between the gods and the Danavas, the immediate cause of which was Taraka (the wife of Brihaspati).

O king, having vanquished the Rishikas on the field of battle, he took from them as tribute eight horses that were of the colour of the parrot's breast.

And some other horses also which had the colour of peacocks, these horses were all born in northern and other countries, and possessed great speed.

Thus having conquered all the Himalayas and the Nishkuta mountains, he at last arrived at the white mountains and encamped on it.