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.s1.457.5

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Indra poured down celestial flowers, etc. Arjuna wondered why the two ladies were present, and why everything seemed to indicate grief, and asked Babhruvāhana who told him to question Ulūpī (XIV, 80). Asked by Arjuna, Ulūpī recited the curse of the Vasus (approved by Gaṅgā) because Arjuna had slain Bhīshma in unfair fight while he was engaged with Śikhaṇḍin and had ceased to fight; Arjuna had died without having expiated his sin and had fallen into Hell; hearing the curse of the Vasus, she consulted her father, who prevailed upon Indra that Arjuna should be freed from their curses by Babhruvāhana. Arjuna highly praised Babhruvāhana and told Babhruvāhana to come with his counsellors and officers to the horse-sacrifice; he then among the brahmans to pass the night in was prevented by re and proceeded