Somaka

Somaka race; these Kshatriyas endured with great might, all well-armed and wealthy, and many others also regarded as the foremost, all waited upon Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, in that Sabha, desirous of ministering to his happiness.

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"'Somaka said," O Brahmana! whatever is to be performed -- do precisely as it may be necessary.

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Yudhishthira said, 'O best of speakers! what was the extent of power and strength possessed by king Somaka?

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Mandhata; then the history of prince Jantu; and how king Somaka by offering up his only son (Jantu) in sacrifice obtained a hundred others; then the excellent history of the hawk and the pigeon; then the examination of king Sivi by Indra, Agni, and Dharma; then the story of

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When ten months had passed a full century of sons was born to Somaka begotten on all those women.

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Then that family priest of Somaka departed this life as also Somaka after a certain time.

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Yajnasena's son of the Somaka race (Dhrishtadyumna), Susarman,

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The chief of the Somaka tribe, with his followers, is, I have heard, so devoted to the cause of the Pandavas that he is ready to lay down his very life for them.

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And Somaka got up together with his ministers and hastened towards the female apartments.

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Here did Mandhata himself, of a mighty bow, perform sacrificial rites for the gods; and so did Somaka, O Kunti's son! who was the son of Sahadeva, and

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