Bhīṣma’s Admonition; Duryodhana’s Rājasūya Aspiration and the Proposal of a Vaiṣṇava-satra
भारत! तदनन्तर दुर्योधनने अपने सहस्रों सेवकोंको आज्ञा दी--'तुमलोग बहुत-से क्रीडामण्डप तैयार करो” ।। ते तथेत्येव कौरव्यमुक्त्वा वचनकारिण: । चिकीर्षन्तस्तदा55क्रीडाञ्जम्मुर्दतवनं सर:,आज्ञाकारी सेवक दुर्योधनसे “तथास्तु'” कहकर क्रीडाभवन बनानेकी इच्छासे द्वैतवनके सरोवरके निकट गये
vaiśampāyana uvāca | te tathety eva kauravya-muktvā vacana-kāriṇaḥ | cikīrṣantas tadā krīḍān jagmur dvaitavanaṁ saraḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Thereafter Duryodhana commanded his thousands of attendants, “Prepare many pavilions for sport.” Those obedient servants of the Kaurava replied, “So be it,” and set out, intent on arranging the amusements. They went to the lake in the Dvaitavana forest to make ready the pleasure-pavilions as ordered.
वैशम्पायन उवाच