नारद उवाच
इदं रसातलं नाम सप्तमं पृथिवीतलम् ॥
यत्रास्ते सुरभिर् माता गवाम् अमृतसंभवा ॥
क्षरन्ती सततं क्षीरं पृथिवीसारसंभवम् ॥
षण्णां रसानां सारेण रसम् एकम् अनुत्तमम् ॥
अमृतेनाभितृप्तस्य सारम् उद्गिरतः पुरा ॥
पितामहस्य वदनाद् उदतिष्ठद् अनिन्दिता ॥
यस्याः क्षीरस्य धाराया निपतन्त्या महीतले ॥
ह्रदः कृतः क्षीरनिधिः पवित्रं परम् उत्तमम् ॥
पुष्पितस्येव फेनस्य पर्यन्तम् अनुवेष्टितम् ॥
पिबन्तो निवसन्त्य् अत्र फेनपा मुनिसत्तमाः ॥
nārada uvāca
idaṃ rasātalaṃ nāma saptamaṃ pṛthivītalam ||
yatrāste surabhir mātā gavām amṛtasaṃbhavā ||
kṣarantī satataṃ kṣīraṃ pṛthivīsārasaṃbhavam ||
ṣaṇṇāṃ rasānāṃ sāreṇa rasam ekam anuttamam ||
amṛtenābhitṛptasya sāram udgirataḥ purā ||
pitāmahasya vadanād udatiṣṭhad aninditā ||
yasyāḥ kṣīrasya dhārāyā nipatantyā mahītale ||
hradaḥ kṛtaḥ kṣīranidhiḥ pavitraṃ param uttamam ||
puṣpitasyeva phenasya paryantam anuveṣṭitam ||
pibanto nivasanty atra phenapā munisattamāḥ ||
Narada: Narada continued: 'Here is that vast and renowned city of cities, called Hiranyapura, belonging to the Daityas and Danavas, possessed of a hundred different kinds of illusion. Here, in these regions called Patala, it was built with great care by the divine architect and laid out by the danava Maya. Endowed with great energy and heroism, many danavas who had received boons (from Brahma) in former times lived here, displaying thousands of different kinds of illusion. They could not be conquered by Shakra or by any other denizen of heaven — not by Yama, nor Varuna, nor the Lord of Treasures (Kubera). Here dwell, O Matali, those asuras called Kalakhanjas, who sprang from Vishnu, and those rakshasas, also called Yatudhanas, who sprang from the feet of Brahma. All of them are endowed with terrible teeth, fearsome strength, the speed and power of the wind, and immense energy grounded in the powers of illusion. Besides them, there dwells here yet another class of danavas, called Nivatakavachas, invincible in battle.'
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This passage (5.100.1-5) develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace unfolds against the backdrop of an already inevitable war. Dharma here is revealed through speech, the choice of embassy, faithfulness to one's word, and the responsibility of kings for the consequences of their decisions.