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.s2.135.2

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She went to Karṇa, who was standing performing his prayers on the bank of Gaṅgā with his face turned towards the east and his arms upraised; and she stayed behind him, waiting for the completion of his prayers. Then, turning round, he beheld Kuntī (V, 144). Kuntī disclosed to Karṇa his birth, mentioned the justice of the Pāṇḍava cause and the injustice of Duryodhana's, and besought him to join the Pāṇḍavas (V, 145). Sūrya corroborated the words of Kuntī. But Karṇa represented to her the great injury she had done him; he could not now frustrate the hope of the Kauravas; "but except Arjuna thy other sons shall not be slain by me." They then left the spot, turning into different directions (V, 146). At Upaplavya Kṛṣṇa represented to the Pāṇḍavas all that had happened at Hāstinapura. In the night, Yudhishṭhira again brought Kṛṣṇa into their midst, and caused him to repeat what had been said by Bhīshma, etc. (ο); Bhīshma had related his own life (π); he mentioned a duel with Rāma [Jāmadagnya], where Vicitravīrya fled, having been deserted by his subjects; upon Vicitravīrya's death anarchy prevailed in the kingdom, and Indra did not give a drop of rain; afflicted by hunger and maladies (very few of them were still alive), the subjects then asked Bhīshma "in vain—to ascend the throne; "when Pāṇḍu became king, his sons must obtain their paternal inheritance" (V, 147). Droṇa had related the life of Pāṇḍu.