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.s2.386.2

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Yudhiṣṭhira exclaimed, "He who chooses us, him we will choose for our ally"; Yuyutsu went over to the Pāṇḍavas, and Yudhiṣṭhira said that the propagation of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's lineage and his çrāddha oblations rested on him. The Mlecchas and Aryans wept for joy at the behaviour of the Pāṇḍavas, and blew their conches, etc. (VI, 43). — § 578: THE FIRST DAY'S ENCOUNTER: Duḥçāsana advanced with his troops with Bhīṣma at their head, and the Pāṇḍavas headed by Bhīmasena, who roared frightfully. Duryodhana, etc. (a), attacked Bhīmasena. The Draupadeyas, etc. (β), rushed against the Dhārtarāṣṭras. The disciples of Droṇa always hit the mark (VI, 44). (1) Bhīṣma attacked Arjuna; (2) Sātyaki attacked Kṛtavarman; (3) Abhimanyu fought with Bṛhadbala; (4) Bhīmasena struggled with Duryodhana; (5) Duḥçāsana fought with Nakula; (6) Durmukha fought with Sahadeva; (7) Yudhiṣṭhira fought with the Madra king (Çalya); (8) Dhṛṣṭadyumna attacked Droṇa; (9) Çaṅkha encountered Somadatta's son; (10) Dhṛṣṭaketu (the king of the Cedis) encountered Bāhlika, they looked like the planets Aṅgāraka (Mars) and Budha (Mercury); (11) Ghaṭotkaca encountered Alambuṣa; (12) Çikhaṇḍin encountered Aṣvatthāman; (13) Virāṭa attacked Bhagadatta; (14) Kṛpa attacked the Kaikeya king Bṛhatkṣattra; (15) Drupada attacked the Sindhu king Jayadratha, they resembled the planets Çukra (Venus) and Aṅgāraka (Mars); (16) Vikarṇa (son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra) attacked Sutasoma; (17) Cekitāna, who sided with the Pāṇḍavas, attacked Suçarman;