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.s1.456.3
An Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s1.456.3
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Vasudeva then also fell down, and then asked Kṛṣṇa to tell the whole truth (γ). Kṛṣṇa consoled him (δ) (XIV, 61). Vasudeva and Kṛṣṇa, etc. (e), made excellent obsequial offerings to Abhimanyu, and Kṛṣṇa fed six millions of brahmans and gave away heaps of gold, etc. Also the Pāṇḍavas at Hāstinapura were filled with grief for Abhimanyu; Uttarā totally abstained from all food, and her relatives feared for her embryo; Vyāsa came and predicted to Pṛthā, Uttarā, Arjuna, and Yudhishṭhira, that the son of Uttarā would become a great prince, through the influence of Kṛṣṇa and Vyāsa; Abhimanyu had gone to the regions of the gods. Arjuna became cheerful; the child in Uttarā's womb grew like the moon in the bright fortnight; Vyāsa urged Yudhiṣṭhira to perform the horse-sacrifice, and disappeared; Yudhiṣṭhira set his mind on the journey for bringing wealth (XIV, 62). Janamejaya said: Having heard these words of Vyāsa, what steps were taken by Yudhiṣṭhira?—how did he succeed in obtaining the wealth of Marutta? Vaiśampāyana said: Having heard the words of Vyāsa, Yudhiṣṭhira summoned all his brothers, reminding them of the words of Vyāsa, Bhīṣma, and Kṛṣṇa about Marutta's gold; Bhīmasena was of his opinion, saying that they must worship Śiva and his followers; then the K.s, who protected the treasures, would certainly yield; Yudhiṣṭhira was pleased; the others, headed by Arjuna, approved. The Pāṇḍavas ordered their army to march under the nakṣatra Dhruva (i.e.