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about the identical origin of Agni and Soma, Kṛshṇa (in prose) related some ancient stories about the gods, etc.; asked by A. about the battle between Rudra and Nārāyaṇa, Kṛshṇa related some particulars thereof: "that being, whom, at the time of all the battles, thou beheldst stalking in thy van, is no other than Rudra . . . . those foes whom thou hast slain, were all, in the first instance, slain by him." 349, 13554: When the Pāṇḍava and Kuru armies were drawn up for the battle and A. became distressed, Kṛshṇa himself explained the religion of Devotion . . . . Pārtha put that question to Nārada in the midst of R. and in the presence of Kṛshṇa and Bhīshma.—§ 734 (Anuśāsanik.), XIII, 26, 1759: Bhīshma had been overthrown in battle by A.; he was lying on a bed of arrows in expectation of the time of death; tho Pāṇḍavas, etc., waited upon him, while he answered their questions relating to morality and righteousness.—§ 777 (Svargāroh. p.), XIII, 169α, 7771: When they burnt the corpse of Bhīshma, Bhīmasena and A. held a couple of Yak-tails of pure white in their hands; then the Pāṇḍavas, etc., proceeded to Gaṅgā, where they offered oblations of water to Bhīshma; Gaṅgā wept; Kṛshṇa comforted her; he declared that Bhīshma had not been slain by Cikhaṇḍin, but by A.—§ 781 (Aśvamedh.), XIV, 15, 396, 399, 406: Asked by Janamejaya what Kṛshṇa and A. did when the Pāṇḍavas had reconquered and pacified their kingdom, Vaiśampāyana said that Kṛshṇa comforted A. for the death of his relatives (α) and then wished to go to Dvāravatī; A. sorrowfully assented.—§ 782 (Anugītāp.), XIV, 16, 407, 410: When Kṛshṇa and A., after slaying the enemies, dwelt in the palace, A. asked Kṛshṇa to repeat the contents [of the Bhagavadgītā], because he would soon repair to Dvārakā. Kṛshṇa was discontented that A. could not remember it; he now, however, recited what the brahman Kāśyapa had heard from a brahman crowned with ascetic success about Jīva (the individual Soul), etc. (i.e. Anugītā).—§ 782β (Brāhmaṇagītā), XIV, 34, (932): When Kṛshṇa had finished the Brāhmaṇagītā, A. asked where that brāhmaṇī and that brahman were now; Kṛshṇa said: "My mind (manas) is the brahman, my understanding (buddhi) is the brāhmaṇī; he who has been called kshetrajña, I am myself."—§ 782 (Anugītāp.), XIV, 35, (934): Asked by A. about Brāhman, Kṛshṇa recited the old history about the discourse between the preceptor and his disciple on this subject (Guruśishyasaṃvāda). 51, (1470): Asked by A., Kṛshṇa said that he was the preceptor and the mind his pupil; "I wish to see my father again with thy leave"; A. replied: "We shall go to-day from this town to Hāstinapura and inform Yudhishṭhira."—§ 783 (do.), XIV, 52: Kṛshṇa and A. set out for Hāstinapura; A. praised Kṛshṇa, "the soul of the universe, etc."; they saw Dhṛtarāṣṭra, etc. (γ); Kṛshṇa passed the night in the apartment of A.; at morni proceeded to Yudhishṭhira; then they set out from Hāstinapura with Subhadrā, etc.; A. returned.—§ 791 (do.), XIV, 53: 4. repeatedly embraced Kṛshṇa; as he went to the desert he beheld Utaṅka.—§ 785 (do.), XIV, 54: Kṛshṇa came and predicted to Pṛthā, Uttarā, and Subhadrā that the son of Uttarā would be born; he spoke of the puissance of Kṛshṇa and A. 55, 1608; 56, 1618; 63, 1874, 1887: Yudhishṭhira and the Pāṇḍavas came and spoke to them about the horse-sacrifice (aśvamedha) and about obtaining wealth; Kṛshṇa and A. were proposed to worship the gods; Kṛshṇa, A., and the Pāṇḍavas, etc., set out.