Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.73

c7.73

The Pāṇḍavas felt the separation of their relatives unbearable and lived in grief. After six years one day Dharmaputra saw his mother, Kuntī, in a dream. He told his brothers about this and they all felt a desire to go to the forest and see their mother. The next day they reached the shores of Gaṅgā. Vyāsa also joined them. Gāndhārī and Kuntī expressed a desire to Vyāsa that they would like to see the dead sons and relatives once again. Vyāsa then asked them to go and take a dip in the river. When they rose after a dip they saw standing on the shores of the river the great warriors Karṇa and Duryodhana and others. By the yogic power of Vyāsa even the blind Dhṛtarāṣṭra could get the vision. Very soon the vision faded and the Pāṇḍavas returned to Hastināpura.