शल्य उवाच
ततः शक्रः स्तूयमानो गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणैः ॥
ऐरावतं समारुह्य द्विपेन्द्रं लक्षणैर् युतम् ॥
पावकश् च महातेजा महर्षिश् च बृहस्पतिः ॥
यमश् च वरुणश् चैव कुबेरश् च धनेश्वरः ॥
सर्वैर् देवैः परिवृतः शक्रो वृत्रनिषूदनः ॥
गन्धर्वैर् अप्सरोभिश् च यातस् त्रिभुवनं प्रभुः ॥
स समेत्य महेन्द्राण्या देवराजः शतक्रतुः ॥
मुदा परमया युक्तः पालयाम् आस देवराट् ॥
ततः स भगवांस् तत्र अङ्गिराः समदृश्यत ॥
अथर्ववेदमन्त्रैश् च देवेन्द्रं समपूजयत् ॥
śalya uvāca
tataḥ śakraḥ stūyamāno gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ ||
airāvataṃ samāruhya dvipendraṃ lakṣaṇair yutam ||
pāvakaś ca mahātejā maharṣiś ca bṛhaspatiḥ ||
yamaś ca varuṇaś caiva kuberaś ca dhaneśvaraḥ ||
sarvair devaiḥ parivṛtaḥ śakro vṛtraniṣūdanaḥ ||
gandharvair apsarobhiś ca yātas tribhuvanaṃ prabhuḥ ||
sa sametya mahendrāṇyā devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ ||
mudā paramayā yuktaḥ pālayām āsa devarāṭ ||
tataḥ sa bhagavāṃs tatra aṅgirāḥ samadṛśyata ||
atharvavedamantraiś ca devendraṃ samapūjayat ||
Shalya said: 'Then Indra, glorified by hosts of gandharvas and heavenly nymphs, mounted upon Airavata, the lord of elephants, marked with auspicious signs. And the resplendent Agni, and the great sage Brihaspati, and Yama, and Varuna, and Kubera, the lord of wealth, accompanied him. And the Lord Shakra, slayer of Vritra, then set forth through the three worlds, surrounded by the gods together with the gandharvas and heavenly nymphs; and having performed a hundred sacrifices, the king of the gods thus joined with his queen and began to protect the worlds with the utmost joy. Then the illustrious divine sage Angiras appeared in Indra's assembly and duly paid him homage, reciting the hymns of the Atharva[veda].'
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The passage 5.18.1-5 develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace is already underway against the backdrop of an inevitable war. Dharma unfolds here through speech, the choice of an envoy, faithfulness to one's word, and the responsibility of kings for the consequences of their decisions.