Verse 12

¹²On this very matter an old story was told long ago by the sage of the gods, with pleasure, at a great sacrifice, king, to him to whom no enemy is born, who asked for it. ¹³The king had seen a great wonder at the royal sacrifice, that great rite: the ruler of Cedi becoming one with Vasudeva, the Bhagavan. ¹⁴There at the rite the king, Pandu's son, his mind full of wonder, put this to the sage of the gods who sat by, and the sages listened. ¹⁵Ah, this is a very great wonder: hard to reach even for those who want nothing else, and yet the hating Caidya reached Vasudeva, the highest reality. ¹⁶All of us want to learn this, sage. Vena was thrown down into the dark by the twice-born for speaking against the Bhagavan.