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.s1.567
An Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s1.567
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having set out to insult the Pāṇḍavas under the pretext of supervising their cattle stations, was vanquished by the Gandharva king Citrasena; Duryodhana was made captivo, and the soldiers took refuge with Yudhishṭhira, who prevailed upon Arjuna to rescue Duryodhana, he being himself prohibited by a sacrifice. 244: As the Gandharvas would not set free Duryodhana, etc., as requested by Arjuna, a fierce battle ensued. 245, 14984, 15001, 15002, 15003, 15004, 15005: The Gandharvas in vain attempted to break the cars of the Pāṇḍavas; especially Arjuna sent millions of them to the abode of Yama by means of his Āgneya weapon. The Gandharvas then rose up to the skies, taking the Dhārtarāshṭras with them, showering maces, darts, etc., upon Arjuna, who killed them with weapons Sthūṇākarṇa (C. Sthūla°), Indrajāla, Saura, Āgneya, and Saumya. At last Citrasena rushed at Arjuna, armed with a mace of iron; when Arjuna had cut that mace into seven pieces with his arrows, Citrasena, by means of his science, concealed himself from the view of Arjuna, and thus continued to fight with him; but Arjuna destroyed his power of concealing himself by shooting at him with his celestial arms, guided by the sound (śabdavedham samācṛitya). Then Citrasena showed himself to Arjuna, reminding him that he was his friend, and the battle was interrupted.
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246, 15010: Citrasena relates that he had been acquainted with the purpose of Duryodhana, etc., and had been requested by Indra to bring Duryodhana thither in chains; Arjuna entreated him to set Duryodhana free, but, at the request of Citrasena, they left the matter to be decided by Yudhishṭhira; Yudhishṭhira then liberated all the Kauravas. 249, 15070: Duryodhana renounced all food from shame, as he had been liberated by Arjuna.—§ 513 (do.): III, 252, 15173, 15189: The Dānavas (Daityas) in Pātāla comforted Duryodhana, saying that Naraka, who had been reborn as Karṇa, would slay Arjuna, etc., and that the Saṃsaptakas, possessed by the Rākshasas, were desirous of slaying Arjuna, etc. — § 514 (do.): III, 252, 15196: Karṇa promised to slay Arjuna; Duryodhana was comforted. — § 518 (Mṛigasvapn.): III, 258: The Pāṇḍavas left Draitavana and repaired to the Kāmyaka forest.—§ 522 (Draupadīharaṇap.): III, 264: The Sindhu king Jayadratha saw Kṛishṇa and became enamoured of her. 265: Koṭikāsya introduced him to Kṛishṇa. 266: She said that her husbands were hunting, Arjuna to the west, etc. 267: Jayadratha was treated hospitably by Kṛishṇa, and asked her to leave the miserable Pāṇḍavas and become his wife. 268, 15656: She threatened him with Kṛishṇa and Arjuna, etc., but at last she was obliged to ascend his chariot. 269: The Pāṇḍavas overtook Jayadratha. 270, 15695: Kṛishṇa showed Jayadratha each of the five Pāṇḍavas.
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271, 15717, 15759, 15767: Arjuna killed the twelve Sanvīra heroes, etc.; Jayadratha, fled; Arjuna exhorted Bhīma to refrain from slaughtering the remnant of the Saindhava host; Bhīma and Arjuna in the search of Jayadratha and the horses of the chariot, and entreated Bhīma not to kill himself.—§ 524 (do.): III, 272, 15805: Jayadratha obtained a boon that he should be able to defeat all the five Pāṇḍavas, as he was invincible, being in reality Nara, who had performed austerities in Badari, and had received the boon from the Lokapālas, and was protected by them. Arjuna continued to dwell in the forest.—§ 525 (do.): III, 300 ff.: Lomaśa relates that the Pāṇḍavas and Yudhishṭhira: "That Arjuna will never express to anyone I will remove when Dhanañjaya (i.e. Arjuna) has left." After twelve years of the exile of the Pāṇḍavas had passed away, Indra obtained for Arjuna the earrings and mail of Karṇa, giving him a lance instead; 301, 16974, 16976; 302, 16984, 16989.—[§ 547 (do.): III, 309: Karṇa was always desirous of fighting with Phālguna (i.e. Arjuna), and he and Karṇa used to challenge each other.]—§ 548 (Āraṇyap.): III, 313, 17409, 17412: When the Pāṇḍavas had left Kāmyaka and returned to Draitavana, and a deer carried off a brahman's araṇi and mantha, Arjuna repented that he had not slain Karṇa; Arjuna and his brothers were sent after water and dropped down dead, until Yudhishṭhira resuscitated them all by answering the questions of the Yaksha (i.e.
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Dharma).—§ 549 (Pāṇḍavapr.): IV, 1, 8, (9), (19); 2, 41, 51, (52), 60; 5, 149, 150, (154); 11, 305: Yudhishṭhira asked Arjuna to select some spot where they might dwell during the fourteenth year without being recognized; Arjuna mentioned some countries surrounding the kingdom of the Kurus; Yudhishṭhira chose the city of Virāṭa, where Arjuna presented himself as one of the neuter sex, Bṛhannalā by name, saying that he had been a waiting-maid of Kṛishṇa's; Arjuna carried Kṛishṇa; Arjuna caused them to stow away their weapons on a śamī tree near a cemetery; they assumed secret names, Vijaya (i.e. Arjuna), etc.; Arjuna (§ 549c), "who proceeded to the Khāṇḍava forest and gratified Agni on a single car, vanquishing and slaying Nāgas and Rākshasas, and who married the sister of the Nāga king Vāsuki . . . the tenth Rudra, the thirteenth Āditya, the ninth Vasu, the tenth Graha," said: "I sing, dance, and play on instruments; I will be dancing-master to Uttarā."—§ 550 (Samayapāl.): IV, 13, 332: Arjuna distributed among his brothers the proceeds of the sale of worn-out clothes which he received in the inner apartments of the palace, etc.; he pleased the king and all the ladies of the inner apartments by singing and dancing.—§ 551 (Kīcakavadhap.): IV, 14-24: 19, 576; 24, 846: The senāpati Kīcaka tempted Kṛishṇa, and was slain by Bhīmasena.—§ 552 (Goharaṇap.): IV, 35-69: 35, 1168; 36, 1179, 1180, 1188; 37, 1198, 1206, 1213, 1229; 38, 1264, 1272; 39, 1299; 41, 1324; 43, 1344, 1355, 1362;
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44, 1368, (1371), (1374), 1375, 1378, (1380), 1387; 45, (1395), 1398, 1399, 1407, 1425; 46, 1445, (1446); 47, 1492; 48, 1514, 1516; 50, 1574; 51, 1602; 53, 1630, 1640; 54, 1684; 55, 1703, 1715, 1726, 1728, (1738); 56, 1764, 1772; 57, 1785, 1787, 1790, 1811, 1819; 58, 1824, 1833, 1853, 1871, 1873, 1874, 1878, 1882, 1886; 59, 1901, 1905, 1916; 60, 1949; 61, (1963), 1965, 1989, 1992; 62, 1998, 2014; 64, 2054, 2065; 65, 2086, (2101); 66, 2120, 2122, (2140), 2142: Duryodhana, etc., invaded Virāṭa's country and plundered his cattle and wealth. The Pāṇḍavas helped Virāṭa; Uttara with Bṛhannalā (i.e. Arjuna) for his charioteer encountered the Kurus; Arjuna seized his own weapons, defeated the foes, and was recognized; but the appointed time had passed; the conquered cattle and wealth was recovered and the Kurus fled; when Uttara became afraid he was comforted by Arjuna: (§ 552d) "At Indra's command I formerly slew . . . the Paulomas and Kālakhañjas; aham Indrad ṛḍhām muṣṭim, Brahmaṇaḥ kṛtahastatām | pṛgadhe tumulam citram anividdham (B. iti viddhi) Prajāpateḥ; on the other side of the Ocean I vanquished 60,000 of car-warriors residing in Hiranyapura . . . I have obtained the Raudra from Rudra, the Vāruṇa from Varuṇa, the Āgneya from Agni, the Vāyavya astra from Mātariçvan, the thunderbolt (vajra) and other weapons from Çakra.”—§ 552 (β) (44, v. 1375 f.): Enumeration of A.’s ten names.—§ 552 (γ) (45, v. 1429 ff.): Combat with the Gandharvas on the occasion of the Ghosha-yātrā;
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conflict at Khāṇḍava against D. and Dā.; combat on behalf of Indra against the Nivātakavacas and Paṇlomas; svayaṃvara of Kṛṣṇa.—§ 552 (δ) (45, v. 1433 f.): Droṇa, Çakra, Vaiçravaṇa, Yama, Varuṇa, Agni, Kṛpa, Kṛṣṇa (Mādhava), Pinākapāṇin (Çiva) [have been my preceptors].—§ 552 (ε) (49, v. 1535 ff.): Alone he saved the Kurus (from the Gandharvas), satiated Agni, led the life of a brahmacārin for five years; taking np Subhadrā on his car, he alone challenged Kṛṣṇa to single combat; he fought with Rudra as a forester; rescued Kṛṣṇa (from Jayadratha); for five years studied the use of arms under Indra; vanquished all foes; vanquished the Gandharva king Citrasena; vanquished the Nivātakavacas and Kālakhañjas.—Arjuna caused Uttara to bring away the white garments of Droṇa and Kṛpa and the yellow ones of Karṇa and the blue ones of Duryodhana and Açvatthaman, but not those of Bhīshma, because he was not stupefied; these garments he presented to Uttarā.—§ 553 (Vaivāhikap.²): IV, 70, 2267, 2289; 71, (2291), 2297, 2299, 2303, 2306, 2324; 72, (2327), 2346: After the victory over the Kurus, Arjuna praised Yudhishṭhira before Virāṭa, and showed him all the Pāṇḍavas; Uttarā spoke about Arjuna’s prowess, and described each of the Pāṇḍavas, especially Arjuna (“it was by him that Bhīshma, Droṇa, and Duryodhana were vanquished”). Virāṭa offered to bestow his daughter Uttarā upon Arjuna, who accepted her for Abhimanyu.
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The nuptial festival was held at Upaplavya, where a great many kings came with akshauhiṇīs of troops.—§ 554 (Sainyodyogap.): V, 1, 5; 7, 140, (167): After the nuptials the assembled kings took counsel of each other about the preparations of war; after Kṛṣṇa had set out for Dvārakā, Arjuna and Duryodhana came thither while Kṛṣṇa was asleep; Arjuna chose Kṛṣṇa himself, who was not to fight, and Kṛṣṇa promised to become Arjuna’s charioteer; Arjuna came back to Yudhishṭhira with Kṛṣṇa and the foremost Dāçārhas.—§ 555 (do.): V, 8, 199, 214, 215; 18, 561, 567: Çalya came with an army to the Pāṇḍavas, but was enlisted in the cause of Duryodhana; he, however, promised Yudhishṭhira to dispirit Karṇa as his charioteer, and related the misery endured by Indra and his queen.—§ 556 (Sañjayayānap.): V, 20-32: 22, 658, 668, 706, 711; 26, 758, 759; 27, 785; 29, 861; 30, 868: Drupada’s purohita was sent as a messenger to Dhṛtarāshṭra; he said, “Nobody can fight Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa”; Dhṛtarāshṭra sent Drupada’s purohita back to the Pāṇḍavas. Praising Arjuna, etc. (22a, etc.), Dhṛtarāshṭra sent Sañjaya to Upaplavya, where he saluted Dhanañjaya (23γ); Yudhishṭhira said that by a single effort of his hand (23c) A. could shoot sixty-one whetted and keen-edged shafts, furnished with excellent feathers, etc.; Yudhishṭhira demanded Indraprastha, compared Arjuna, etc., with a tree of righteousness, whose trunk was Arjuna, etc.; Sañjaya then bade farewell to A., etc. (30ν);
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Yudhishṭhira declared Sañjaya to be as dear to him as Dhanañjaya (i.e. Arjuna); Sañjaya, having returned to Hāstinapura, spoke to Dhṛtarāshṭra about Arjuna’s ascending to the very heavens, etc.—§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 47-71: 48, 1810, 1815, 1816, 1831; 49, 1933, 1940, 1963; 51, 2031, 2037, 2084; 52, 2092; 53, 2109, 2111; 54, 2131, 2135; 55, 2182, 2184, 2195, 2202; 56, 2215, 2219; 57, 2246, 2247, 2292; 59, 2329, 2352, 2358; 60, 2366, 2378; 65, 2497; 66, 2499; 67, 2522; 68, 2523; 69, 2545: The next morning Sañjaya in the council hall related that Arjuna (! cf. § 556, V, 23-28) had said with Yudhishṭhira’s sanction that Sañjaya should threaten Duryodhana, etc., saying that the Pāṇḍavas only wished for war; Arjuna said (§ 561b, V, 48) that one morning when he had finished his water rites and prayers, a brahman said to him that he would have to fight with his foe, and that either Indra riding on his steed would walk before him, or Kṛṣṇa would protect him from behind riding on his car drawn by Sugrīva; and Arjuna had preferred Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) as his ally to Indra. Arjuna also said that Duryodhana thought of imprisoning Kṛṣṇa and seeks to create a sudden disunion between Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, and relates terrific omens; “I will hurl the Sthūṇākarṇa, Pāçupata, and Brāhma weapons, and all those that Çakra gave me.” Bhīshma said that Nara and Nārāyaṇa are Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa;
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Arjuna with an arrow severed in battle the head of the Asura Jambha, etc., and Bhīshma rebuked Karṇa, who had seen his brother in the city of Virāṭa slain by Arjuna; Sañjaya mentioned Arjuna’s burning of the Khāṇḍava forest. Dhṛtarāshṭra was most afraid of Bhīma (who in height is higher than Arjuna by the span of the thumb); yet he was also afraid of Arjuna; “33 years have passed away since the burning of the Khāṇḍava forest; we have never heard of his being defeated anywhere”; Duryodhana alluded to the resolution of the Saṃçaptakas to slay Arjuna.—§ 561h (Yānas.): V, 56: Bhaumana (i.e. Viçvakarman, Nil.) and Çakra had always created wonderful forms, [he who is] Tvashtṛ, [and] Dhātṛ (i.e. Prajāpati, Nil.); for on this (i.e. Arjuna’s) flagstaff they (i.e. Tvashtṛ, Çakra, and Dhātṛ, Nil.) have made forms by divine illusion (devamāyayā); and at Bhīmasena’s request Hanumat will also place his own image on it. The banner in all directions both perpendicularly and laterally covered one yojana, and even if trees stood in its way its course could not be impeded; it was ever varying like Çakra’s bow (i.e. the rainbow). And to that chariot were yoked 100 white celestial steeds with the speed of the winds, given by Citraratha; neither on earth, nor in the sky, nor in heaven, their course could be impeded; a boon had been granted that their number would always remain full, however often they might be slain. —Arjuna had got Karṇa, Jayadratha, etc., assigned as his share in the combat.
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Arjuna was protected by the celestials; Sañjaya had seen two straight lines on his foot soles; Agni would help him as in Khāṇḍava; he took up 500 arrows at a time, and Kṛṣṇa protected him; on a single chariot Arjuna conquered the whole earth, etc.; he had said that Bhīshma, etc., were all on the eve of death, if they did not give up to Yudhishṭhira his own share of the kingdom.—§ 562 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 72-95: 74, 2739; 77, 2799; 78, (2802); 79, 2838; 81, 2865; 82, 2907, 2916; 83, 2924; 90, 3156, 3209, 3210: A. and Yudhishṭhira were averse to war, and d. told Kṛṣṇa to exert himself sincerely to bring about peace; if, however, Duryodhana would not do what they demanded, he would annihilate the Kurus. During Kṛṣṇa’s embassy Kuntī complained of Kārtavīrya, and mentioned the invisibility of Arjuna’s birth.—§ 563 (Dambhodbhavap.): V, 96: 3496 (identified with Nara).—§ 564 (Mātali-up.): 124-132: 124, 4172, 4173; 125, 4185; 126, 4229; 131, 4425: Arjuna, before Duryodhana, etc., would not contend with Bhīshma.—§ 565: 133, 4663; 138, 4666; 138, 4667.