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.s1.470

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principal rule in seasons of distress. The five kinds of falsehood that are not sinful. The three sins that cannot be expiated. Acts that are never sinful ("amṛta, if extracted from poison, can be quaffed"). Different kinds of expiation for different kinds of sin (XII, 165).—§ 656: Questioned by Nakula, Bhīshma related Khaḍgotpattikathana (q.v.) (XII, 166).—§ 657: When Bhīshma became silent Yudhishṭhira returned home. Yudhishṭhira's question to Vidura and his own brothers about the three things (trivarga, i.e. virtue, wealth, and desire). Vidura assigned precedence to virtue. Nakula and Sahadeva assigned the precedence to both wealth and virtue. Bhīshma assigns precedence to desire ("it is from desire that R. devote themselves to penances"). Yudhishṭhira applauded withdrawal from the three things, recommending emancipation (moksha) ("we do not know, however, what emancipation is") or extinction (nirvāṇa), and quoted Brahmán.—All of them wore filled with delight and applauded Yudhishṭhira, who once more addressed Bhīshma (XII, 167).—§ 658: Asked by Yudhishṭhira with whom friendship is delightful, Bhīshma, having also stated with whom friendship should be avoided, related an old story that had occurred in the country of the Mlecchas, that lies to the north, about an ungrateful person, i.e. Kṛtaghnopākhyāna (b). Bhīshma's observations on ingratitude (XII, 168-173).