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.s2.389

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them with his mace, without being abandoned by Dhṛṣṭadyumna, etc. (ι). (8) Bhīṣma attacked Bhīmasena. (9) Satyaki (Cīnipravīraḥ) attacked Bhīṣma. (10) Only the Rā. Ālambusha fought with the grandson of Cini. (11) Only Somadatta's son Bhūriśravas was then of good cheer; he attacked Satyaki (VI, 63). (12) Duryodhana and his brothers surrounded Somadatta's son; Bhīmasena encountered the Dhārtarāṣṭras, who were headed by Duryodhana; Nandaka (Dhārtarāṣṭra) also attacked Bhīmasena, who addressed his charioteer Viṣoka, that he should drive the steeds with care; Duryodhana also wounded Viṣoka; Duryodhana struck Bhīmasena so that he swooned away. (13) The Pāṇḍava army, headed by Abhimanyu, showered arrows on Duryodhana; Bhīmasena regained consciousness and fought against Duryodhana and Calya, who was borne away from the battle. (14) Fourteen Dhārtarāṣṭras, viz. Senāpati, etc. (κ), encountered Bhīmasena, who slew Senāpati, etc. (λ); the remaining six fled. (15) Urged by Bhīṣma, the whole Dhārtarāṣṭra army attacked Bhīmasena; the Prāgjyotiṣa king Bhagadatta, on a huge elephant, struck Bhīmasena, who fell in a swoon. (16) Then the Rā. Ghaṭotkaca, by help of his illusive force, appeared riding on an Airāvata, followed by the other Dignāgas (μ), each with four tusks and mounted by Rākṣasas, and attacked Bhagadatta's elephant. (17) Bhīṣma urged Droṇa and Duryodhana to rescue Bhagadatta; all the kings, headed by Droṇa, proceeded to aid Bhagadatta; Yudhiṣṭhira, with the Pāñcālas and Pāṇḍavas, pursued them from behind; Ghaṭotkaca uttered a fierce roar; Bhīṣma, addressing Droṇa, caused the army to withdraw, and so did the Pāṇḍavas with Bhīmasena and Ghaṭotkaca. Duryodhana was afflicted with sorrow (VI, 64). Dhṛtarāṣṭra complained to Sañjaya, and asked what was the cause of the victory of the Pāṇḍavas. Sañjaya explained that victory sides with righteousness, and related how Duryodhana in the night had enquired of Bhīṣma, on whom the Pāṇḍavas were relying to vanquish Droṇa, etc. (ν). Bhīṣma had related this ancient history: In days of old all the gods and Ṛṣis were assembled by Brahmán upon Gandhamādana; and when Brahmán, together with the Ṛṣis and gods, beheld an excellent chariot in the sky, he hymned Nārāyaṇa (ξ). ". . . Therefore take birth in the race of Yadu and slay the sons of Diti . . . Having created the divine Saṅkarṣaṇa out of thy own self by thyself, thou didst then, o Kṛṣṇa, create thyself as Pradyumna, born of thyself; from Pradyumna thou didst then create Aniruddha, who is known as the eternal Viṣṇu; and it was Aniruddha who created me as Brahmán, the upholder of the Universe. Created out of Vāsudeva, I have therefore been created by thee. Dividing thyself into portions, take birth among human beings, and slaughtering the Asuras thy . . . thou wilt again truly attain to Yoga . . ." (VI, 65). Requested by D., R., and G., Brahmán explained to them that Nārāyaṇa is "Those Dai. and Dā. and Rā. who we in battle have been born among men." The old Ṛṣis Nārāyaṇa are Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa should be disregarded as if he were a man. This was from Ṛṣis, etc. (ο). "Never go to war with the Pāṇḍavas; on account of thy folly thou comprehend this; I regard thee, therefore . . . "Where Kṛṣṇa is, there is victory; where righteousness is . . . imparts an understanding of strength in battle to them that are free from danger . . .