of national fabrics. And with this new suit on, the king seemed as if he was living and only sleeping on a costly bed.
"When the other funeral ceremonies had been finished in consonance with the directions of the priests, the Kauravas set fire to the dead bodies of the king and queen,—bringing lotuses, sandal paste, and other fragrant substances to the pyre.
"Then seeing the bodies aflame, Kausalya burst out, 'O, my son, my son!'—and fell down sensless on the ground. And seeing her down, the loyal citizens began to wail from grief. And the birds of the air and the beasts of the field were touched by the lamentations of Kunti. And Bhisma, son of Shantanu, and the wise Vidura, and others also became disconsolate.
"Thus weeping, Bhisma, Vidura, Dhrita-rashtra, the Pandavas, and the ladies performed the watery ceremony of the king. And when all this was over, the magnates with their servants and subjects fell to consoling the bereaved sons of Pandu. And the Pandavas with their friends began to sleep on the ground. Seeing this, the Brahmanas and other citizens also renounced their beds. Young and old—all the citizens grieved on account of the sons of king Pandu, and passed their days in mourning with the weeping Pandavas."
Thus ends the hundred and twenty-seventh Section in the Sambhava of the Adi Parva.
( Sambhava Parva continued. )
Vaisampayana said, "Then Bhisma and Kunti with their friends celebrated the sradha of the deceased monarch, and offered the pinda. And they feasted the Kauravas and thousands of Brahmanas, to whom they also gave gems and lands. Then the citizens returned to the city with the sons of king Pandu, now that they had been cleansed from the impurity incident to the demise of their father. All then fell to weeping for the departed king,—it seemed as if they had lost one of their own kin.
"When the sradha had been celebrated in the manner men-
