 | Book 14 Chapter 87
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tasmin yajñe pravṛtte tu vāgmino hetuvādinaḥ
hetuvādān bahūn prāhuḥ parasparajigīṣavaḥ
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| 2 | dadṛśus taṃ nṛpatayo yajñasya vidhim uttamam
devendrasyeva vihitaṃ bhīmena kurunandana
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| 3 | dadṛśus toraṇāny atra śātakumbhamayāni te
śayyāsanavihārāṃś ca subahūn ratnabhūṣitān
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| 4 | ghaṭān pātrīḥ kaṭāhāni kalaśān vardhamānakān
na hi kiṃ cid asauvarṇam apaśyaṃs tatra pārthivāḥ
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| 5 | yūpāṃś ca śāstrapaṭhitān dāravān hemabhūṣitān
upakḷptān yathākālaṃ vidhivad bhūrivarcasaḥ
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| 6 | sthalajā jalajā ye ca paśavaḥ ke cana prabho
sarvān eva samānītāṃs tān apaśyanta te nṛpāḥ
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| 7 | gāś caiva mahiṣīś caiva tathā vṛddhāḥ striyo 'pi ca
audakāni ca sattvāni śvāpadāni vayāṃsi ca
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| 8 | jarāyujāny aṇḍajāni svedajāny udbhidāni ca
parvatānūpavanyāni bhūtāni dadṛśuś ca te
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| 9 | evaṃ pramuditaṃ sarvaṃ paśugodhanadhānyataḥ
yajñavāṭaṃ nṛpā dṛṣṭvā paraṃ vismayam āgaman
brāhmaṇānāṃ viśāṃ caiva bahumṛṣṭānnam ṛddhimat
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| 10 | pūrṇe śatasahasre tu viprāṇāṃ tatra bhuñjatām
dundubhir meghanirghoṣo muhur muhur atāḍyata
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| 11 | vinanādāsakṛt so 'tha divase divase tadā
evaṃ sa vavṛte yajño dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ
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| 12 | annasya bahavo rājann utsargāḥ parvatopamāḥ
dadhikulyāś ca dadṛśuḥ sarpiṣaś ca hradāñjanāḥ
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| 13 | jambūdvīpo hi sakalo nānājanapadāyutaḥ
rājann adṛśyataikastho rājñas tasmin mahākratau
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| 14 | tatra jātisahasrāṇi puruṣāṇāṃ tatas tataḥ
gṛhītvā dhanam ājagmur bahūni bharatarṣabha
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| 15 | rājānaḥ sragviṇaś cāpi sumṛṣṭamaṇikuṇḍalāḥ
paryaveṣan dvijāgryāṃs tāñ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
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| 16 | vividhāny annapānāni puruṣā ye 'nuyāyinaḥ
teṣāṃ nṛpopabhojyāni brāhmaṇebhyo daduḥ sma te
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