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.s2.390

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of the Dvāpara yuga and the beginning of the Kali yuga, is hymned by Saṅkarṣaṇa according to the Sātvata ritual (VI, 66). Bhīṣma, on the authority of Mārkaṇḍeya, declared the origin and glory of Kṛṣṇa, his deeds and creations, to Duryodhana (π) (VI, 67). Bhīṣma cited a hymn to Nārāyaṇa, uttered by Brahmán himself, and communicated in days of old by B.-r. and G. on earth. Brahmán, who quoted Nārada, etc. (ρ), hymned Nārāyaṇa as the god of D., S., etc. (σ) (VI, 68).—§ 582: FIFTH DAY: After the night had passed away, Bhīṣma proceeded in a Makara array, the Pāṇḍavas in a Cyena array, in whose beak, etc., was Bhīmasena, etc. (α). (1) Bhīmasena, penetrating the Makara array through its mouth, attacked Bhīṣma; the Pāṇḍavas were confounded. (2) Then Arjuna attacked Bhīṣma. (3) Duryodhana addressed Droṇa, who attacked Sātyaki (the grandson of Ṣiṇi). (4) Bhīmasena attacked Droṇa in order to protect Sātyaki. (5) Droṇa, etc. (β), attacked Bhīmasena. (6) Abhimanyu and the Draupadeyas attacked the Kurus; Cikhaṇḍin attacked Bhīṣma and Droṇa; Bhīṣma avoided him. (7) Urged hy Duryodhana, Droṇa protected Bhīṣma; Cikhaṇḍin avoided Droṇa. (8) Duryodhana protected Bhīṣma, who was attacked by the Pāṇḍavas at thoir head (VI, 69). An awful carnago ensued. (9) Duryodhana and the Kaliṅgas placed Bhīṣma at their head and attacked the Pāṇḍavas; the Pāṇḍavas, supporting Bhīma, attacked Bhīṣma (VI, 70). Arjuna (b) attacked Bhīṣma with tho Gāṇḍīva (c); the Kurus were afraid and seemed to melt away. (10) Then, with steeds of the Kāmboja breed, the Kaliṅga king, etc. (γ), surrounded Ṣakuni. Bhīṣma, etc., fought with Arjuna, etc. (δ); Drupada, etc. (e), fought with Droṇa; Kṛpa and Kṛtavarman attacked Dhrṣṭadyumna (VI, 71). Arjuna encountered Droṇa, etc. (ξ). Sātyaki, etc. (η), attacked Ṣalva and the Kaikeyas. Dhrṣṭaketu and Ghaṭotkaca attacked the chariot-division of the Dhārtarāṣṭras. Bhīṣma checked Bhīmasena. Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna) attacked Bhīṣma, but had his charioteer slain. Bhīṣma slow the Pāṇḍava forces; but the Pāñcālas and the Somakas again attacked Bhīṣma. (11) Dhrṣṭadyumna, etc., attacked Bhīṣma; Bhīṣma, Droṇa, etc., attacked tho Pāṇḍavas (VI, 72).