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.s1.579
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.s1.579
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turned its face towards Hāstinapura; at Rājagṛha, the Magadha king Meghasandhi, the son of Sahadeva, mounted on his chariot, attacked A., who was on foot; he was told to come to the horse-sacrifice. In Vaṅga, Puṇḍra, and Koçala A., vanquished innumerable Mleccha armies. 83: A. proceeded towards the south. At the beautiful city of the Cedis, Çarabha, the son of Çicupāla, fought A. and then worshipped him, etc. Citrāṅgadā was vanquished by A.; the Nishāda king, the son of Ekalavya, was vanquished after a furious battle, etc. King Ugrasena came to A. with Vasudeva. Then along the coast of the western ocean; then to the Gāndhāras, where a fierce battle ensued with the Gāndhāra king, the son of Çakuni. 84, 2491: At last the king, disregarding A.’s peaceful advice, fought alone; A. shot off his headgear; the mother of the king came out and forbade her son to fight; A. told him to come to the horse-sacrifice. 85, 2511: At the news of his arrival to Hāstinapura, Yudhishthira rejoiced, etc., and made magnificent preparations for the sacrifice. 86, 2559: Kṛṣṇa, etc., came and told about A. that he had been very much emaciated, and that he was near at hand. 87, 2587, 2592, 2593: Yudhishthira enquired of Kṛṣṇa why A. was fated to bear such hardships in life; Kṛṣṇa attributed it to the elevation of A.’s cheekbones. Bhimasena, etc., became gratified with A.’s triumphs. A messenger announced the arrival of A., and received large gifts. On the second day A. entered the city (description). 4.
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saluted Yudhishthira, etc. 88: The sacrifice was duly performed; 89, 2655.—§ 786 (do.), XIV, 91, 2814: “Yudhishthira, Bhīma, and A. resembled Indra.” —§ 787 (Açramavāsap.), XV, 1: For fifteen years the Pāṇḍavas did everything under the advice of Dhṛtarāshṭra; Bhimasena alone did not forget his grievances. 2: From fear of Yudhishthira nobody dared to speak evil of Duryodhana or Dhṛtarāshṭra. Bhīma, however, reverenced the old king outwardly, but with a very unwilling heart. 3: After fifteen years Dhṛtarāshṭra, afflicted by the cutting words of Bhīma, asked Yudhishthira’s permission for himself and Gāndhārī to retire to the woods clad in rags and barks in order to practise austerities; 10, 333, 346. 11: Yudhishthira and A. applauded Dhṛtarāshṭra’s intention to perform the çrāddha of Bhishma, etc., before setting out for the woods; Bhīma was unwilling; A. sought to pacify him, seconded by Yudhishthira. 12, (382), 387, 392: A. urged Bhīma to forget the injuries of Duryodhana. 13, 403: Vidura reported the speeches of Yudhishthira, A., and Bhīma to Dhṛtarāshṭra. 15, 434: When Dhṛtarāshṭra and Gāndhārī set out with his daughters-in-law on the day of full-moon in the month of Kārttika, Yudhishthira and A. were filled with grief. 16, 455: Vidura and Sañjaya and Kuntī retired with Dhṛtarāshṭra and Gāndhārī into the woods;
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Dhṛtarāshṭra caused Kṛpa and Yuyutsu to remain and made them over to Yudhishthira.—§ 788 (do.), XV, 22: Afflicted with grief, the Pāṇḍavas did not attend to their kingly offices; they set their heart upon seeing Dhṛtarāshṭra, etc., and proceeded towards the forest. 23, 618: Headed by A. (on a chariot with white horses) and Kṛpa, they proceeded slowly (description of the expedition). 24, 646: Sahadeva and Kuntī informed Gāndhārī of the arrival of the Pāṇḍavas, and then advanced towards A., etc. (β), dragging the childless old couple. 25, 658, 662: To the ascetics who had come from diverse regions to see the Pāṇḍavas, Sañjaya pointed out each of them (ιγ). 26: Vidura entered the body of Yudhishthira, but was not cremated; 28, 747 (ε).—§ 789 (Putradarçaap.), XV, 29: The Pāṇḍavas passed about a month in that forest; Vyāsa came; Dhṛtarāṣṭra wished to see his dead children and kinsmen; the grief of Gāndhārī, etc. (δ), was revived; she said that for sixteen years Dhṛtarāṣṭra never slept for grief; and also Kṛṣṇa, etc. (ε), grieved exceedingly; asked by Vyāsa to tell what she wished.—30—Kuntī told the story of Karṇa’s birth; Vyāsa promised to show her Karna. 31: They all proceeded towards the Bhāgīrathī, and waited for the advent of night; at sunset they bathed and finished their evening rites. 32: When night came, Vyāsa plunged into the Bhāgīrathī for a bath and summoned all the deceased warriors, who all rose from the water with a loud uproar.
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33: When they had sported with one another for that night, Vyāsa dismissed them within the twinkling of an eye.—§ 791 (do.), XV, 36, 1004 (β): Dhṛtarāṣṭra became released from his grief; all returned home; the Pāṇḍavas had passed more than a month in the wood.—§ 792 (Nāradāgamanap.), XV, 37-39: Two years later the Pāṇḍavas were visited by Nārada, who told them that Dhṛtarāṣṭra, etc., had been burnt by a forest conflagration; only Sañjaya had escaped. The Pāṇḍavas and the citizens all proceeded to Gaṅgā in order to offer oblations of water to them, etc.—§ 793 (Mausalap.), XVI, 4, †107: After the mutual slaughter at Dvārakā, Kṛṣṇa sent Dāruka to inform A. and tell him to come quickly; Kṛṣṇa, entering Dvāravatī, told his father to protect the ladies till A. came. Bala-Rāma and Kṛṣṇa died. 5, 135, 138: A. with Dāruka proceeded to Dvārakā; when Kṛṣṇa’s 16,000 wives saw A., they uttered a loud cry. The city seemed to A. to be like the terrible river Vaitaraṇī. A., Satyā, and Rukmiṇī fell down and wailed; then praising Kṛṣṇa and comforting the ladies, A. went to Vasudeva. 6κ, 151, 153, 154, 157, 169: Vasudeva lamented and said he would die by abstaining from food. 7, 183, 224, 227, 230, 253: A. said that the hour had come also for the Pāṇḍavas to depart [from the world] (λ); he would, however, first move the women, the children, and the aged of the Vṛṣṇis to Indraprastha.
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Then he entered the hall of the Yādavas called Sudharmā (sudharmāṃ yādavāṃ sabhām), where he told the citizens and ministers that he would take away with him the remnants of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, as the sea would soon engulf the city, etc. A. passed that night in the mansion of Kṛṣṇa. At dawn Vasudeva by yoga attained to the highest goal; his four wives ascended the funeral pyre. When A. had caused Vasudeva and his four wives to be burnt, he visited the place where the Vṛṣṇis had been slaughtered, and caused the last rites to be performed and Rāma and Kṛṣṇa to be burnt. On the seventh day he set out with the ladies and children, the Yādava troops and other inhabitants, with Kṛṣṇa’s 16,000 wives, and Vajra; they numbered many millions in all; then the ocean flooded Dvārakā; they proceeded in slow marches; at Pañcanada the Ābhiras (Mlecchas) conspired to rob the cavalcade. A. only with great difficulty succeeded in stringing his bow. His celestial weapons would not come to his mind; the women were snatched away by the robbers; A.’s shafts soon became exhausted; formerly they had been inexhaustible. A. became very distressed; he escorted the remnant of the cavalcade to Kurukṣetra; he established the son of Kṛtavarman in the city of Mārttikāvata with the remnant of the women of the Bhoja king; the remainder, with children and old men and women, at Indraprastha the Vajra for their ruler; the son of Yuyudhāna (with old men, etc.) on the hanks of the Sarasvatī, etc.; then A.
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entered the retreat of Vyāsa. 8, 254, 255, (261): A. informed Vyāsa of what had passed (ν) (“500,000 warriors have thus been laid down”). Vyāsa said that Kṛṣṇa, as also the Pāṇḍavas, had finished their work; “the time has come for your departure from this world,” etc. (ξ). A. entered Hāstinapura and informed Yudhiṣṭhira of what had taken place.—§ 794 (Mahāprasthan.), XVII, 1, 2, 5, 20, 31, 37, 38: The Pāṇḍavas set their heart on leaving the world; the kingdom was made over to Yuyutsu, and Parikshit installed as king in Hāstinapura, while Vajra ruled in Indraprastha. Kṛpa was installed as the preceptor of Parikshit. The subjects tried in vain to dissuade them; they and Draupadī divested themselves of their ornaments and dressed in the barks of trees; then they threw their sacred fires into the water. Then they set out on their journey: the five Pāṇḍavas, Draupadī, and a dog; wandering towards the east they reached the sea of red water. Agni came (α) and caused A. to throw the Gāṇḍīva and his inexhaustible quiver into the water and thus restore them to Varuṇa. They now proceeded towards the south, etc., wishing to make a round of the whole earth. 2, 67: Having crossed Himavat, etc., Kṛṣṇa dropped down, in consequence of her partiality for A.; then Sahadeva, then Nakula, then A. fell down; A., because he had said that he would consume all the foes in a single day, but had not accomplished it. 3, 92: Yudhiṣṭhira’s second test.
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—§ 795 (Svargārohaṇap.), XVIII, 1-3: Yudhiṣṭhira’s third test: 2, 36, 66. 4, [128: When arrived in heaven Yudhiṣṭhira saw there Govinda (Kṛṣṇa) in his Brāhma-form (description), adored by Phālguna (Arjuna)].—Cf. the following synonyms:—