When the (fixed) day came, the king accompanied by his ministers, with Bhishma and Kripa, the excellent preceptor, walking at the head (of the procession). Came to the auditorium of celestial beauty, made of pure gold and decked with strings of pearls and stones of Vaidurya gems.
तस्मिस्ततोऽहनि प्राप्ते राजा ससचिवस्तदा। भीष्मं प्रमुखतः कृत्वा कृपं चाचार्यसत्तमम्॥ मुक्ताजालपरिक्षिप्तं वैदूर्यमणिशोभितम्। शातकुम्भमयं दिव्यं प्रेक्षागारमुपागमत्॥