ལས་བརྒྱ་ཐམ་པ་པ notes.84

The Hundred Deeds notes.84

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notes.84

84. This is likely a reference to the episode of “The Burning of the Khāṇḍava Forest” that concludes the first book (ādiparvan) of the Mahābhārata. In this episode, Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna set the Khāṇḍava Forest on fire and annihilate nearly all of the animals that live in the forest as they flee the flames. The reference thus evokes a scene of total annihilation. For a translation of this episode, see The Mahābhārata I: The Book of the Beginning (1973) pp. 412–31.

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