[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.4256 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4256 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4256 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4256](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4256) The Pāṇḍavas, who had completed forest-life and Pseudonymity successfully and returned to Hastināpura were again deceived and put to shame. Śrī Kṛṣṇa's argument as a mediator was not successful, in the palace of the Kauravas. Śrī Kṛṣṇa came away from the palace of Duryodhana and entered the house of Vidura and visited Kuntī. Śrī Kṛṣṇa asked her opinion on the idea of waging a war against the Kauravas. It is not meet and right on the part of a heroic mother to welcome a son who comes home defeated in battle. To substantiate this point, she told Śrī Kṛṣṇa the story of Vidulā, as given below. - [Previous: c9.4255](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4255) - [Next: c9.4257](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4257) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4256](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4256) · Pramāṇa