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.s2.24

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Baka-Cakra-saṃvāda(h) ("Conversation between Baka and Indra"). § 462 (*Mārk.*): III, 193: *Yudhiṣṭhira*, having heard that the *ṛṣis* Baka and Dālbhya were long-lived and friends of Indra, asked *Mārkaṇḍeya* about the meeting of Baka and Indra. *Mārkaṇḍeya* related: After the conflict between the gods and asuras was over, and Indra had become the ruler of the three worlds, all people were happy and virtuous. Once Indra, riding on *Airāvata*, surveyed his happy subjects, and, descending to earth, he made a visit to the *ṛṣi* Baka, who had lived for 100,000 years and was adored by gods and *ṛṣis* (? *devarṣigaṇasevita*, v. 13236; *CR.* has the accus.), in his hermitage in the east by the seaside. *Indra* asked him about the sorrows of those who lead a long life. Baka mentioned several common disagreeable things, and finally, the having to witness the injustices that occur in the world.