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.s1.469.2

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The advantages of Power (XII, 134).—§ 643: The old story of a robber who having in this world been observant of restraint did not meet with destruction in the next: Kāyavya-carita (b) (XII, 135).—§ 644: What wealth should not be taken by the king (XII, 136).—§ 645: Who enjoy happiness: Cākulopākhyāna (b) (XII, 137).—§ 646. How a king should behave who is weak and threatened on all sides by powerful foes: the old story of the mouse, the cat, the owl, the mongoose, and the hunter, i.e. Mārjāra-mūshika-saṃvāda (b) (XII, 138).—§ 647: Bhīshma related the conversation between the bird Pūjani and king Brahmadatta, i.e. Brahmadatta-Pūjani-saṃvāda (b) (XII, 139).—§ 648: How a king should behave when there is a general decadence of righteousness: the old story of the discourse between Bharadvāja and king Çatruñjaya, i.e. Kapikopadeça (b) (XII, 140).—§ 649: How a brahman should live when there is terrible distress around. Bhīshma said that the Krta, etc. (a), are all dependent on the king's conduct, citing the old story of the discourse between Viçvāmitra and the Cāṇḍāla in a hamlet inhabited by Cāṇḍālas. Towards the end of Tretā and the beginning of Dvāpara a frightful drought occurred extending over twelve years; the planet Bṛhaspati began to move in a retrograde course, and Soma receded towards the south, etc. (description); the brahmans abstained from sacrifices and recitations of the Vedas, and no longer uttered vashaṭs, etc.;