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.s1.524.1

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ARANYAKAPARVAN (“section relating to the forest life of the Pāṇḍavas,” the 30th of the minor parvans of Mhbhr.). § 308: The Pāṇḍavas set out from Hāstinapura through the Vardhamāna gate with their weapons, accompanied by Kṛṣṇa, in a northerly direction. Indrasena and other servants, 14 in number (see BR, s.v. pari; Nil. and PCR. take it to be = 15), with their wives, followed them on swift cars. The citizens wished to leave the town and follow them, but were prevailed upon by Yudhishṭhira to return and cherish Bhīshma, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Vidura, Kuntī, etc. About the close of the day the Pāṇḍavas reached the banian Pramāṇa on the banks of the Gaṅgā, purified themselves by touching the water, and passed the night there, taking water alone as their sole sustenance, in the company of brahmans with and without fire, who had followed them (III, 1). When the day broke in, Yudhishṭhira tried to prevail upon the brahmans to leave him, in order that they might not undergo sufferings, living on fruits, roots, and deer. But they declared that they would follow him, themselves providing their own food.—§ 309: Then a learned brahman, Çaunaka, versed in Sāṅkhya and Yoga, quoting the çlokas of Janaka, told Yudhishṭhira not only to retire from the world, but also in his heart not to mind the loss of his wealth. Yudhishṭhira declared that it was not from avarice, but only because he could no more support the brahmans, that he regretted his wealth;