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.s1.469.5

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Bhīshma, reminded of Çibi, etc., told the story (that purifies the heart from every sin) that Bhārgava (i.e. Rāma, PCR.) had recited to king Mucukunda, how a pigeon won success (siddhi), i.e. Kapota-lubdhaka-saṃvāda (b) (XII, 143–149).—§ 652: Requested by Yudhishṭhira about how a person can be purified after having committed sin from want of judgment, Bhīshma related the old tale, applauded by R., of what the brahman Indrota Çaunaka said to Janamejaya, i.e. Indrota-Pārikshitiya (b) (XII, 150–152).—§ 653: Asked by Yudhishṭhira if he had ever seen or heard of any mortal restored to life after having succumbed to death, Bhīshma related the story of the discourse between a vulture and a jackal as it had happened of old in the forest of Naimisha, i.e. Gṛdhra-gomāyu-saṃvāda (b) (XII, 153).—§ 654: Yudhishṭhira asked Bhīshma as to how a weak king who incurs the wrath of a powerful one should behave in the hour of danger. Bhīshma told the story of the discourse between Pavana and the çālmali, who, having dared the Wind-god, saved himself by causing his branches to be lopped off: Pavana-çālmali-saṃvāda (b). "One should overlook the wrongs inflicted by a person of superior strength, and even consider them like the acts of a child, an idiot, or one that is blind or deaf. The eighteen akshauhiṇīs were not equal in might to Arjuna" (XII, 154–157).—§ 655: Covetousness is the cause of sin; it is not known in its real nature by D., G., As., M.-U., etc. (XII, 158). Discourse on ignorance;