An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s1.190.1

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[Aishīkaparvan] ("the section relating to the Aishīka weapon"), the 84th of the minor parvans of Mbhr., cf. Aishīka. § 617: The driver of Dhṛṣṭadyumna's chariot, who had managed to escape from Kṛtavarman at a time when he was heedless, informs Yudhishṭhira, in the morning, of the extermination of his army. Yudhishṭhira falls down on the earth; Sātyaki holds him in his embrace; Bhīma, etc. (α), stretch forth their arms. Having recovered his senses Yudhishṭhira laments (β), and despatches Nakula to bring thither Draupadī and the ladies with her; then he proceeds to view the slaughter in his camp, and falls down on the earth with all his followers (X, 10). Draupadī arrives from Upaplavya, falls down in the presence of Yudhishṭhira, is comforted by Bhīma, addresses Yudhishṭhira (γ), and resolves to sit in Prāya, if the Pāṇḍavas do not slay Aśvatthāman. Yudhishṭhira urged her to forget her sorrows, as Aśvatthāman is not to be found. Draupadī insists on Aśvatthāman's slaughter and the depredation of the gem on his head, appealing in particular to Bhīmasena (δ). Bhīmasena, making Nakula his charioteer, sets out in pursuit of Aśvatthāman, guided by the track of the latter's car-wheels (X, 11). Kṛṣṇa urges Yudhishṭhira to make arrangements for the safety of Bhīma, as Aśvatthāman has the Brahmaciras (ε) weapon capable of exterminating all foes (X, 12).