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.s4.15.1

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§ 613: Requested by Dhṛtarāṣṭra (α), Sañjaya related: Duryodhana agreed to fight his foes, one at a time (β); Yudhiṣṭhira granted his request, adding that if he could slay even one of the five Pāṇḍavas he would remain king. Duryodhana rose from the lake and challenged the Pāṇḍavas (γ); Yudhiṣṭhira taunted him with his unfair conduct in slaying Abhimanyu (δ) (IX, 32). Kṛṣṇa reproved Yudhiṣṭhira for his rashness in staking everything on the result of such a single combat with Duryodhana (ε); Bhīmasena assured Kṛṣṇa that Duryodhana would be no match for him in an encounter with the mace (ζ); Kṛṣṇa applauded Bhīma, and exhorted him to slay Duryodhana (η); Sātyaki, etc. (θ), applauded Bhīma; Bhīma's boastful address (ι) to Yudhiṣṭhira and Duryodhana; Duryodhana's dignified reply, applauded by the Pāṇḍavas and Sṛñjayas; the elephants began to grunt and the steeds to neigh; the weapons of the Pāṇḍavas blazed forth of their own accord (IX, 33).—§ 614: When the battle between Bhīma and Duryodhana was about to commence, Bala-Rāma (κ), having heard that that battle between his two disciples was about to begin, came and was worshipped by the Pāṇḍavas, Kṛṣṇa, etc. (λ); he said that forty-two days had passed since he departed, having set out under the constellation Puṣya and come back under the constellation Śravaṇa; he was clad in blue robes and of fair complexion.