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लोकपालसभाख्यानपर्वन् (lokapAlasabhAkhyAnaparvan)

 
Mahabharata
English
[Lokapālasabhākhyānaparvan] (“the section containing the description of the palaces of the Lokapālas, ” the 21st of the minor parvans of the Mahābhārata). (Cf. Lokapālasabhākhyāna.)--§ 265: While the Pāṇḍavas were sitting in that palace, with the great Gandharvas, there came unto them the devarshi Nārada (his accomplishments are enumerated at great length), having wandered over the different worlds, accompanied by the ṛshis Pārijāta, Raivata, Sumukta, and Saumya. Nārada informed Yudhishṭhira about religion, pleasure, and profit, in the form of questions about his conduct. By following his advice Yudhishṭhira conquered the whole earth (II, 5). Yudhishṭhira answered that he observed all those rules. Then he asked Nārada if he had ever seen a palace like his. Nārada (Brahmaṛshiḥ, v. 281) replied that no palace among men was like his, but that he would describe unto him the palaces of Pitṛrāja (i.e. Yama), Varuṇa, Indra, the dweller on Kailāsa (i.e. Kubera), and Brahmán, always worshipped by gods, Pitṛs and Sādhyas, etc. (II, 6).--§ 266: Śakrasabhāvarṇana (q.v.).--§ 267: Yamasabhāvarṇana (q.v.).--§ 268: Varuṇasabhāvarṇana (q.v.).-§ 269: Vaiśravaṇasabhāvarṇana (q.v.).--§ 270: Brahmasabhāvarṇana (q.v.).--§ 271: Yudhishṭhira said: It appears that almost all the monarchs are in the sabhā of Yama--the Nāgas, Daityas, rivers, and oceans in that of Varuṇa--the Yakshas, Guhyakas, Rākshasas, Gandharvas, Apsarases, and Śiva in that of Kubera--the great ṛshis, and gods, and śāstras in that of Pitāmaha (i.e. Brahmán)
and in that of Śakra (i.e. Indra) gods, Gandharvas and various ṛshis, but only one king, the rājarshi Hariścandra (b)
this is explained by Nārada. Pāṇḍu, beholding the good fortune of Hariścandra, had asked Nārada to tell Yudhishṭhira to subjugate the whole earth and then perform a rājasūya. Thereby also Pāṇḍu and his ancestors would go to the region of Indra. Brahmarakshases, that destroy the sacrifices, always look for opportunities of obstructing it. Then Nārada went away to the city of the Dāśārhas, accompanied by the ṛshis with whom he had come (II, 12).