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.s2.135.3

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Vidura had asked Bhīshma to go to the woods with him aud Dhṛtarāshṭra, or to bind Duryodhana and rule the kingdom with the Pāṇḍavas. Gāndhārī proved that the kingdom by right belonged to the Pāṇḍavas and their sons and grandsons, and to no others (V, 148). Dhṛtarāshṭra had repeated to Duryodhana the genealogy of the Kuru race from Soma, mentioning especially that Yayāti (σ) had placed his youngest son Pūru on the throne; and that Devāpi's installation was forbidden by the brahmans and all aged persons because of a skin disease (leprosy, Nil.), and as Bāhlīka abandoned his father and brother and obtained the wealthy kingdom of his maternal uncle, Çantanu, the youngest of the three brothers, became king. "Being defective of a limb, I was likewise excluded by Pāṇḍu; at his death the kingdom must pass to his sons . . . thou art not the son of a king, and therefore hast no right to the kingdom" (V, 149). Kṛṣṇa continued his relation; Duryodhana had repeatedly instructed the kings, saying: "To-day is *Puṣya* [in conjunction with the moon]; march ye." "Eleven *akṣauhiṇīs* have been assembled headed by Bhīṣma (with the device of the palmyra in his banner)" (V, 150).