Vitahavya
Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 01 Mar 2010 18:56 and updated at 01 Mar 2010 18:56
Mahabharata: 18 Parvas
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Mbh.13.30.3806 | I have also heard that king Vitahavya in ancient times succeeded in obtaining the status of a Brahmana. |
Mbh.13.30.3811 | Bhishma said, Hear, O monarch, how the royal sage Vitahavya of great celebrity succeeded in ancient times in acquiring the status of a Brahmana that is so difficult to attain and that is held in such high reverence by all the world. |
Mbh.13.30.3822 | The sons of king Haihaya, O chief of men who was otherwise known by the name of Vitahavya, invaded the kingdom of Kasi and advancing to the country that lies between the rivers Ganga and Yamuna, fought a battle with king Haryyaswa and also slew him in it. |
Mbh.13.30.3825 | The delighter of Kasi, that righteous-souled prince ruled his kingdom for sometime, when the hundred sons of Vitahavya once more invaded his dominions and defeated him in battle. |
Mbh.13.30.3828 | Realising the prowess of those high-souled princes, viz, the sons of Vitahavya, king Divodasa, endued with great energy, rebuilt and fortified the city of Baranasi at the command of Indra. |
Mbh.13.30.3841 | The king said, O holy one, the sons of Vitahavya have slain all the children and men of my house. |
Mbh.13.30.3859 | Indeed, the old king thought the sons of his enemy Vitahavya as already slain. |
Mbh.13.30.3861 | After this, the old king commanded that chastiser of foes, viz, prince Pratarddana to march against the sons of Vitahavya and slay them in battle. |
Mbh.13.30.3864 | Hearing the clatter produced by the wheels of his car, the sons of Vitahavya, riding on their own cars that looked like fortified citadels and that were capable of destroying hostile vehicles, issued out of their city. |
Mbh.13.30.3865 | Issuing out of their capital, those tigers among men, viz, the sons of Vitahavya, who were all skilful warriors cased in mail, rushed with uplifted weapons towards Pratarddana, covering him with showers of arrows. |
Mbh.13.30.3868 | Their heads struck off, O king, with hundreds and thousands of broad-headed arrows, the warriors of Vitahavya fell down with blood-dyed bodies like Kinsuka trees felled by woodmen with their axes on every side. |
Mbh.13.30.3869 | After all his warriors and sons had fallen in battle, king Vitahavya fled away from his capital to the retreat of Bhrigu. |
Mbh.13.30.3872 | Pratarddana followed in the footsteps of Vitahavya. |
Mbh.13.30.3879 | The king said, King Vitahavya has come here, O Brahmana. |
Mbh.13.30.3891 | Meanwhile, king Vitahavya attained to the status of a Brahmana sage by virtue of the words only of Bhrigu. |
Mbh.13.30.3893 | Vitahavya had a son named Gritsamada who in beauty of person was a second Indra. |
Mbh.13.30.3910 | It was even thus, O foremost of monarchs, that king Vitahavya, though a Kshatriya by the order of his birth, obtained the status of a Brahmana, O chief of Kshatriyas, through the grace of Bhrigu. |
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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