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.s2.608

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[Chattropānahotpatti] (*"the origin of giving umbrellas and sandals at çrāddhas"*). § 752δ (Anuçāsanik.): *Bhīṣma said: In ancient times Jamadagni Bhārgava was practising with his bow; [his wife] Reṇukā used to pick up the arrows and bring them back to him. One day, at noontide, when the Sun was in Jyeṣṭhāmūla, Reṇukā, her head and feet being scorched by the heat of the Sun, rested for a moment under a tree, whereafter Jamadagni threatened to shoot the Sun. The Sun, in the guise of a brahman, approached him and reminded him that tho Sun produces food, etc. (XIII, 95). [Further] questioned by Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīṣma said: As Jamadagni did not desist from his anger, the brahman reminded him that the Sun is always in motion and cannot therefore be pierced; Jamadagni, knowing Sūrya, said that the Sun stays at midday for a moment. Then Sūrya sought his protection, and Jamadagni comforted him, saying "he who would slay one who asks for protection would transcend the simplicity that exists in brahmans, etc. (α)." Sūrya presented him with an umbrolla and a pair of sandals, saying, "from this day the gift of these articles in all religious rites shall be established as an indispensable usage" (XIII, 96).*