Verse 12

¹²In that house of great Indra the mighty one, high-minded, having conquered the worlds, sole king, took his pleasure. The gods and the rest, whom he had scorched, bowed at his two feet, and his rule was strong and harsh. ¹³Him, dear one, drunk with strong-smelling wine, his coppery eyes rolling, the guardians of every station waited on with gifts in their hands, all but three: him, the seat of austerity and yoga and strength and force. ¹⁴Visvavasu, Tumburu, and we and others sang of him, seated on great Indra's throne by his force; the gandharvas and siddhas and sages praised him again and again, and the vidyadharas and the apsarases, Pandava.

¹⁵It was he who, worshipped by those in the classes and stages with rites of large fees, took the shares of the offerings by his own fire. ¹⁶For him the earth with its seven islands ripened without ploughing; the heavens likewise yielded whatever was wanted, and the sky was a place of many wonders. ¹⁷The seas, those mines of jewels, and their wives the rivers, carried heaps of jewels in their waves: waters of salt, of liquor, of ghee, of honey, of curds, of milk and of nectar. ¹⁸The mountains gave him their valleys for playgrounds and the trees their qualities in every season. He alone held the separate powers of all the world-guardians.

¹⁹So, having conquered the quarters, sole king, taking the things he liked as he pleased, he was not satisfied, for he had not conquered his senses.