क्षुब्धास् तेनाथ शब्देन भोजवृष्ण्यन्धकास् तदा ॥
अन्नपानम् अपास्याथ समापेतुः सभां ततः ॥
ततो जाम्बूनदाङ्गानि स्पर्ध्यास्तरणवन्ति च ॥
मणिविद्रुमचित्राणि ज्वलिताग्निप्रभाणि च ॥
भेजिरे पुरुषव्याघ्रा वृष्ण्यन्धकमहारथाः ॥
सिंहासनानि शतशो धिष्ण्यानीव हुताशनाः ॥
kṣubdhās tenātha śabdena bhojavṛṣṇyandhakās tadā ||
annapānam apāsyātha samāpetuḥ sabhāṃ tataḥ ||
tato jāmbūnadāṅgāni spardhyāstaraṇavanti ca ||
maṇividrumacitrāṇi jvalitāgniprabhāṇi ca ||
bhejire puruṣavyāghrā vṛṣṇyandhakamahārathāḥ ||
siṃhāsanāni śataśo dhiṣṇyānīva hutāśanāḥ ||
‘Disturbed by that sound, the Bhojas, Vrishnis, and Andhakas, casting aside food and drink, gathered in the hall; then the tigers among men, the great chariot-warriors of the Vrishnis and Andhakas, took their seats on golden thrones with sumptuous coverings, variegated with gems and coral, radiant like blazing fire — lion-thrones by the hundreds, like fires upon altars.’
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Here the fearsome host of heroes is likened to blazing sacrificial fires. It is significant that the seated Yadavas are compared to ‘fires upon altars’: their ardor is fierce, like flame. This reveals both the greatness and the hot temper of the clan. Thus the scripture depicts an assembly of angry heroes; and their ardor, when not guided by wisdom, is dangerous.