Aranyaka Parva›Duryodhana's Ghosha Expedition and Humiliation

Yudhishthira Performs Sadyaska Sacrifice at Dvaitavana

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On the same day Duryodhana's men are turned back, Yudhishthira arrives at Lake Dvaitavana with great prosperity and performs the sadyaska sacrifice — the rite of the rajarshis (royal sages) — offering what the forest provides. When it is done, he goes with Draupadi to the lake.

Yudhishthira went to Lake Dvaitavana in due course, with supreme prosperity — like the great Indra, wielder of the vajra (thunderbolt). It so happened that on the same day, he performed the sadyaska sacrifice — the rite undertaken by rajarshis (royal sages), a sacrifice completed in a single day. He observed the divine rite and tendered offerings from the forest itself, using what the wilderness provided rather than the wealth of a palace. When the sacrifice was complete, the wise Kourava, lord of men, went with Draupadi, his wife according to dharma, to the lake.

Aranyaka Parva, Chapter 526