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.s1.47.6

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morning acts and rites, continue t Following the advice of Vidura abode on the banks of the Bhā came to see him; he glad evening Dhṛtarāshṭra, Kuntī led him a Kurukshetra to † him with due retreat of forest lif the retreat of Çaṭayūpa, who instructed him in all the rites of the forest mode of life, at the command of Vyāsa. Dhṛtarāṣṭra, etc. (αα), began to practise austerities (XV, 19). R. Nārada, etc. (ββ), came there and gladdened Dhṛtarāṣṭra with discourses on religion. R. Nārada mentioned the kings that attained to heaven after practising penances in that very retreat (γγ): Sahasracitya, Çaillāya, Pṛṣadhra, Parukutsa, Çaçaloman; "Thou also wilt, with Gāndhārī, through the grace of Vyāsa, attain to a very high goal; dwelling in the presence of Indra, Pāṇḍu always thinks of thee, and will assist thee in the attainment of prosperity; Kuntī, by serving thee and Gāndhārī, will obtain residence with her husband in the other world; we behold all this with our spiritual vision; Vidura will enter into Yudhiṣṭhira; Sañjaya will ascend to Heaven." Dhṛtarāṣṭra, etc., praised Nārada. Çaṭayūpa asked Nārada what regions (lokaḥ) will be acquired by Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Nārada said: On a visit to Indra I saw Pāṇḍu; Indra said that after three years Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Gāndhārī will go to the abode of Kubera, on a car moving at will, and he would rove through the regions of D., G., and Rā.; this is a mystery of the gods. All the persons present (as also Dhṛtarāṣṭra) became highly pleased.