History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.773

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⁴⁹² तथा भविष्ये । शमी शमयते पापं शमी लोहितकण्टका । धारिण्यर्जुनबाणानां रामस्य प्रियवादिनी । करिष्यमाणयात्राया यथाकालं सुखं मया । तत्र निर्विघ्नकर्त्री त्वं भव श्रीरामपूजिते । इति । नि सि p. 190, पु चि p 147, ध सि p 96 In विराटपर्व chap 5 it is stated that when the Pāṇḍavas resolved to remain incognito for a year in the capital of Virāṭa they concealed their arms (such as the famous Gāṇḍīva bow and swords) on a big, śamī tree growing on a hill near a cemetery 'अथान्धशाससङ्कुलं कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । आरुरोहार्क शमीं वीर धनुष्येतानि निक्षिप ॥ विराट 5 28 It is also supposed that Rāma started on his invasion of Laknā on the tenth tithi when there was Śravaṇa nakṣatra