Following the advice of Krishna,four of the Pandava brothers set out to conquer the four quarters.Yudhishtira stayed in Indraprastha.Bhima headed East,Arjuna went to the North,Nakula went West and Sahadeva went South.

Arjuna was successful in subduing Salva and Bhagadatta and travelled as far as Mount Meru.He returned with precious gifts and wealth from friends and enemies and achieved the title of Dhananjaya,the winner of great wealth.

Bhima on his eastward trek visited places like Panchala,Mithila and Chedi.He met with Sishupal and was well received.He visited Kosala, Ayodhaya and again Magadha.In Magadha he was well recieved by Sahadeva the successor to Jarasandha.

Bhima then proceeded to Lanka.There he met with Vibishana the King of Lanka,younger brother of the ten headed Ravana and son of the sage Pulastya.Vibishana also met with Ghatotkacha,son of Bhima from his wife Hidimbi.Sahadeva had sent him there as an ambasador.Vibishana accepted the invitation to the Yagna.

Sahadeva was well received in Chitrasena by the wife of Arjuna Chitrangada and there he met with Babhruvahana,Arjuna's son from that marriage.

Nakula's trip to the West took him to Dwarka.There he met with Vasudeva,the father of Krishna.He also met with Balarama and Krishna too.He paid a visit to the Vrishnis and invited them all to the Rajasuya Yagna.Krishna and his entourage brought many gifts with them to the Yagna and were well received.

Many kings were invited to the Rajasuya Yagna and they were all well received and attended to.Comfortable seats were provided for all of them and they were indeed very happy.

Bhishma,Drona,Kripa and Duryodhana with all his brothers and Karna were present there.Krishna appointed Duryodhana to take care of all the valuable gifts that were received from the various Maharajas present there.

When Duryodhana saw the valuable gifts the Pandavas received,he became absorbed in jealousy.Yudhishtira was blessed by all the top specially invited guests.The Yagna was a tremendous success and everyone was extreamely happy.

Pandit Bhadase Maharaj.

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