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.s1.444

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the Pāṇḍavas, especially Arjuna, and pitied Duryodhana; many Dai. and Dā. have been slain by Krishna, witness Çiva's utterances (purāṇam) on Himavat to R.; the greatness, etc., of Arjuna can only come up to one-third of that of Krishna. Bhishma consoled Yudhishthira (it is Time = Krishna who has slain the warriors), citing Vyāsa and Nārada. Nārada and Vyāsa have told me that “Krishna and Arjuna (triyugau) practised penances in Badari for 10,000 years”; he mentioned his slaying of Kamsa; the destruction of the Kurus is due to Duryodhana, etc. (c). Yudhishthira remained silent; the kings with Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and R. with Nārada, applauded Bhishma and worshipped Krishna. When Bhishma had rested and become refreshed, Yudhishthira once more asked him (XIII, 148).—§ 769: Vaiçampāyana said: Yudhishthira asked Bhishma: who is the one god, which the foremost of all religions, and by what prayer does one become freed from the bonds of birth and transmigration (janmasaṃsāra-bandhanāt). Bhishma answered: “Always uttering the 1,000 names of the eternal Vishnu Purushottama, the great Brahmán, etc., which were sung by the R.” (v. 6949 wants in B.: Viṣṇor nāmasahasrasya Vedavyāso mahān ṛṣiḥ | Chando 'nuṣṭup tathā Devo Bhagavān Devakīsutaḥ). Then he enumerated Vishnu's (= Keçava's v. 7057 = Vāsudeva's v. 7061, 7066, etc. = Krishna's v. 7071) 1,000 names.* “The moveable and immoveable world with D., As., G., Y., U., and Rā., is under the sway of Krishna; R., P., D., etc., have sprung from Nārāyaṇa; the Yoga, the Sāṅkhya, the crafts (çilpāḥ), the Vedas, the Çastras, etc., have sprung from Janārdana; one should recite this hymn in praise of Vishnu, composed (kīrttitam) by Vyāsa” (XIII, 149).—§ 770: Asked by Yudhishthira about the [mantra] which gives righteousness and success on setting out on a journey, or on entering [a new building], or at the commencement of any undertaking, or in sacrifices to D. and P., etc., Bhishma recited a mantra promulgated by Vyāsa and ordained by Sāvitrī, and which purifies from all sins, and which was recited in days of yore by the foremost R. († v. 7088-9): Salutations (namaḥ) to Vasiṣṭha, etc. (a); the eleven Rudras (the lords of the three worlds) are: Ajaikapād, etc. (β); in Çatarudra they are 100; Amça, etc. (γ), are the twelve Adityas, the sons of Kaçyapa according to the Çruti; Dhara, etc. (δ), are the eight Vasus; Nūsatya and Dasra are the two Aqvins, the sons of Mārtlaṇḍa, who came out of the nose of Saṃjñā; Mṛtyu, Kāla, V.-D., P. (endowed with forms), Mu., and Si. (devoted to penances and emancipation) are the invisible witnesses of all the good and bad acts of all beings, giving the regions of felicity (lokān etān) created by Prajāpati to those that praise them, and residing in all the worlds by praising these 33 [i.e. 11 + 12 + 8 + 2] gods (the lords of all hosts of beings) [and] Nandiçvara, etc. (e) is cleansed of all sins; the R. [called] Mānavas are krita, etc. (ζ); blazing like Rudra, Anala, and they rejoice in heaven with the gods after having done good deeds on earth; the seven gurus are presumably Yavakrīta-Bala Āṅgirasa, etc., and by praising them one enjoys [the fruit of] Unmucu, etc. (η), are the seven [sons of] Yama], and live in the Soma-world; the ṛtvijs of Varuṇa, and dwellers in the north, the seven gurus of the gods, and there are seven other Mṛtyu, etc. (θ), and Dharma, etc. (κ), and Drona's son A.