[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904) › c5.s2.24 # 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 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.s2.24 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.24) 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. - [Previous: c5.s2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.23) - [Next: c5.s2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.25) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s2.24) · Pramāṇa