तर्पयित्वा खाण्डवेन वह्निं फाल्गुनसंयुत: । मोचयित्वा मयं येन राज्ञे दिव्या सभा कृता ॥ ४४ ॥ उवास कतिचिन्मासान् राज्ञ: प्रियचिकीर्षया । विहरन् रथमारुह्य फाल्गुनेन भटैर्वृत: ॥ ४५ ॥
tarpayitvā khāṇḍavena vahniṁ phālguna-saṁyutaḥ mocayitvā mayaṁ yena rājñe divyā sabhā kṛtā uvāsa katicin māsān rājñaḥ priya-cikīrṣayā viharan ratham āruhya phālgunena bhaṭair vṛtaḥ
- tarpayitvā
- satisfying
- khāṇḍavena
- with the Khāṇḍava forest
- vahnim
- the fire-god
- phālguna
- by Arjuna
- saṁyutaḥ
- accompanied
- mocayitvā
- saving
- mayam
- the demon Maya
- yena
- by whom
- rājñe
- for the King (Yudhiṣṭhira)
- divyā
- celestial
- sabhā
- assembly hall
- kṛtā
- made
- uvāsa
- He resided
- katicit
- several
- māsān
- months
- rājñaḥ
- to the King
- priya
- pleasure
- cikīrṣayā
- with a desire to give
- viharan
- sporting
- ratham
- His chariot
- āruhya
- riding
- phālgunena
- with Arjuna
- bhaṭaiḥ
- by guards
- vṛtaḥ
- surrounded
Desiring to please King Yudhiṣṭhira, the Lord resided at Indraprastha for several months. During His stay, He and Arjuna satisfied the fire-god by offering him the Khāṇḍava forest, and they saved Maya Dānava, who then built King Yudhiṣṭhira a celestial assembly hall. The Lord also took the opportunity to go riding in His chariot in the company of Arjuna, surrounded by a retinue of soldiers.