North - AncientVoice

Mbh.1.61.2944	And Bhima of great reputation subjugated the East, the heroic Arjuna, the North, Nakula, the West; Sahadeva that slayer of all hostile heroes, the South.
Mbh.1.121.6487	And the powerful Vyushitaswa, who was endued with the strength of ten elephants very soon performed the horse-sacrifice, overthrowing, O best of monarchs, all the kings of the East, the North, the West and the South, and exacted tributes from them all.
Mbh.2.25.1134	I desire to set out, in an auspicious moment of a holy day of the moon under a favourable constellation for the conquest of the direction that is presided over by the Lord of treasures viz the North
Mbh.2.25.1139	And Arjuna, the son of the chastiser of Paka then brought under subjugation that direction the North which was presided over by the Lord of treasures.
Mbh.2.27.1179	At last the son of the slayer of Paka, arriving in the country of North Harivarsha desired to conquer it.
Mbh.2.27.1193	It was thus that tiger among men subjugated the countries that lay to the North, having fought numberless battles with both Kshatriya and robber tribes.
Mbh.3.187.9327	And the human population dwindles away over large tracts of country, and the regions of the earth, North and South, and East and West, become crowded with animals and beasts of prey.
Mbh.3.280.13695	And soon thousands of monkey-chiefs began to return, after having carefully searched the three quarters of the earth, viz, the North, the East and the West.
Mbh.5.43.2438	One cannot find what the Soul is by seeking in the East, the South, the West, the North, or in the subsidiary directions or horizontally.
Mbh.5.161.7227	Like a frog having its abode in a well, why art thou not able to realise the might of this vast army of the assembled monarchs, invincible, looking like the very celestial host, and protected by these lords of men, as the heavenly host by the gods themselves, protected that is, by the kings of the East, the West, the South and the North, by the Kamvojas, the Sakas, the Khasas, the Salwas, the Matsyas, the Kurus of the middle country, the Mlechchhas, the Pulindas, the Dravidas, the Andhras, and the Kanchis, this host of many nations, ready for battle, and resembling the uncrossable current of the Ganga.
Mbh.5.162.7293	Like a frog within a well, why dost thou not realise the strength of this assembled host of monarchs, which resembleth the very celestial host, and which is protected by these kings like the gods protecting theirs in heaven, and which, swarming with the kings of the East, West, South, and North, with Kamvojas, Sakas, Khasas, Salwas, Matsyas, Kurus of the middle country, Mlechchhas, Pulindas, Dravidas, Andhras, and Kanchis, indeed, with many nations, all addressed for battle, is uncrossable like the swollen tide of Ganga?
Mbh.7.138.6906	North, south, east, west, and in the other subsidiary directions, that hero seemed to career dancingly, as if he constituted a hundred warriors in his single self.
Mbh.8.70.4134	Nations from the North, the West, the East, and the South, are being struck, wounded and slain, after the performance of incomparable feats in battle by great warriors of both sides.
Mbh.8.70.4161	Nations from the North, the West, the East and the South, have been struck down, slain, exterminated and destroyed.
Mbh.12.4.161	Besides these, many others who dwelt in the countries of the South, and many preceptors in arms of the mlechcha tribes, and many rulers from the East and the North, O Bharata, came there.
Mbh.12.336.21574	The faces of some were turned towards the North and of some towards the East.
Mbh.13.19.2919	Make a journey to the sacred North.
Mbh.13.21.3195	Welcomed with the usual enquiries by Vadanya, the Rishi Ashtavakra, with a well-pleased heart, narrated all that he had seen in course of his sojourn to the North.
Mbh.14.43.1731	The North is the lord of all the points of the compass; Soma of great energy is the lord of all learned Brahmanas.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.

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