वैशंपायन उवाच
स गत्वा हास्तिनपुरं नकुलः समितिंजयः ॥
भीष्मम् आमन्त्रयाम् आस धृतराष्ट्रं च पाण्डवः ॥
प्रययुः प्रीतमनसो यज्ञं ब्रह्मपुरःसराः ॥
संश्रुत्य धर्मराजस्य यज्ञं यज्ञविदस् तदा ॥
अन्ये च शतशस् तुष्टैर् मनोभिर् मनुजर्षभ ॥
द्रष्टुकामाः सभां चैव धर्मराजं च पाण्डवम् ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
sa gatvā hāstinapuraṃ nakulaḥ samitiṃjayaḥ ||
bhīṣmam āmantrayām āsa dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ ca pāṇḍavaḥ ||
prayayuḥ prītamanaso yajñaṃ brahmapuraḥsarāḥ ||
saṃśrutya dharmarājasya yajñaṃ yajñavidas tadā ||
anye ca śataśas tuṣṭair manobhir manujarṣabha ||
draṣṭukāmāḥ sabhāṃ caiva dharmarājaṃ ca pāṇḍavam ||
Having arrived in Hastinapura, Nakula, the victorious Pandava, invited Bhishma and Dhritarashtra. Hearing of Dharmaraja's sacrifice, the knowers of sacrifice, led by the brahmins, set out with joyful hearts. And others too — by the hundreds, with contented minds, O bull among men — wishing to see both the assembly hall and Dharmaraja the Pandava.
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The call to the sacrifice is met 'with joyful hearts': a righteous celebration draws people to itself, as a feast draws the hungry. It is notable that many come simply 'wishing to see' the king and his assembly — darshan of the righteous is itself a blessing. The verse teaches that the glory of virtue attracts without compulsion: where what is pleasing to the Lord is done, there hearts gather. And the very sight of a righteous person, like that of a holy place, purifies the one who comes; so the wish to behold Dharmaraja is not idle curiosity but the soul's healthy call toward the source of good.