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.s1.574.3

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(ι) (VII, 195). Terrible signs appeared in nature. Yudhishṭhira spoke about the matter to *A.* (κ); *A.* in reply described the prowess of Aṣvatthāman and the unrighteousness of the Pāṇḍavas in slaying Droṇa (λ); "all of us have passed the greater parts of our lives; the days that remain to us are few; this exceedingly unrighteous act has stained what is left; . . . I did not interfere, as he was about to be slain; for this fault I have already sunk into hell, overcome with shame" (VII, 196). Bhīmasena, reproaching *A.*, vindicated the deed (μ) (VII, 197). *A.* cast oblique glances upon Dhrshṭadyumna; Dhrshṭadyumna taunted Sātyaki for the slaughter of Bhūriṣravas (ρ); Sātyaki would slay Dhrshṭadyumna; Dhrshṭadyumna asked Bhīma to let him slay Sātyaki (τ); then he and *A.* would slay the enemies. Kṛṣṇa and Yudhishṭhira restored peace (VII, 198). Aṣvatthāman invoked the Nārāyaṇa weapon (description). Kṛṣṇa prevailed upon the troops to lay down their weapons and alight from their chariots; Bhīmasena alone refused to do so. *A.* said that his vow was that the Gāṇḍīva should not be used against the Nārāyaṇa weapon, kine, and brahmans. Bhīma attacked Aṣvatthāman, but was overwhelmed by the energy of the Nārāyaṇa weapon (VII, 199). *A.* covered Bhīmasena with the Varuṇa weapon; and Kṛṣṇa forcibly brought Bhīma down from his chariot, making him abandon his weapons. Then the Nārāyaṇa weapon became pacified. It could not be used twice. *A.*, etc.