वैशंपायन उवाच
प्रतिगृह्य तु तद् वाक्यं नृपं सर्वे प्रणम्य च ॥
प्रतस्थिरे ततो घोरं वनं तन् मनुजर्षभाः ॥
अर्धं राज्यस्य संप्राप्य खाण्डवप्रस्थम् आविशन् ॥
ततस् ते पाण्डवास् तत्र गत्वा कृष्णपुरोगमाः ॥
मण्डयां चक्रिरे तद् वै पुरं स्वर्गवद् अच्युताः ॥
ततः पुण्ये शिवे देशे शान्तिं कृत्वा महारथाः ॥
नगरं मापयाम् आसुर् द्वैपायनपुरोगमाः ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
pratigṛhya tu tad vākyaṃ nṛpaṃ sarve praṇamya ca ||
pratasthire tato ghoraṃ vanaṃ tan manujarṣabhāḥ ||
ardhaṃ rājyasya saṃprāpya khāṇḍavaprastham āviśan ||
tatas te pāṇḍavās tatra gatvā kṛṣṇapurogamāḥ ||
maṇḍayāṃ cakrire tad vai puraṃ svargavad acyutāḥ ||
tataḥ puṇye śive deśe śāntiṃ kṛtvā mahārathāḥ ||
nagaraṃ māpayām āsur dvaipāyanapurogamāḥ ||
Having accepted that word and bowed to the king, all the bulls among men set out into that dreadful forest; having obtained half the kingdom, they entered Khandavaprastha. Then those Pandavas, led by Krishna, adorned that city as if it were heaven; and having performed the rite of propitiation in a sacred, auspicious place, they had the city laid out, led by Dvaipayana.
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Here the founding of the city is blessed by the Lord and by a sage. It is significant that Krishna and Vyasa stand at the head of the undertaking: where a work begins by the Lord's will and under a saint's hand, there arises a dwelling "like heaven." Significant, too, is the rite of propitiation [shanti] performed before the work: what is good is begun with consecration. A work overshadowed by the Lord flourishes. Thus the scripture reveals the sacred founding of Indraprastha; and a desolate forest is turned into a wondrous city.