History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.765

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The Mahābhārata nowhere states quite explicitly the *tithi* or *nakṣatra* on which the battle actually commenced. We have to rely upon various indications to arrive at the *tithi* or *nakṣatra*. Balarāma could not bear to see the fight between Duryodhana and Bhīma, both of whom were his pupils in mace-duel and went on a pilgrimage (Udyoga 157. 33-35 and 158. 39). Balarāma returned on the 18th day of the war and (in Śalyaparva 34. 6)