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.s4.263.1

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left heaven, where he received the celestial weapons, if it were not for this purpose. This Ṣakuni told to Duryodhana, who was sitting with Karna, and Duryodhana was filled with grief (III, 236). Ṣakuni and Karna proposed to Duryodhana that they should go to Dvaitavana to exult over the Pāndavas (III, 237). Duryodhana gladly approved the proposal, but feared that he might not obtain the permission of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, who thought that the Pāndavas had become more powerful than before in consequence of their ascetic austerities. He asked them, with Duḥśāsana, to find out some skilful pretext. The next morning Karna and Ṣakuni agreed with Duryodhana that they should go there under the pretext of supervising their cattle stations (III, 238). They then all saw Dhṛtarāṣṭra. A cowherd, named Samāṅga, who had been instructed beforehand, came to the king and spoke to him of the cattle. Karna and Ṣakuni asked him to give permission to Duryodhana to go thither. Dhṛtarāṣṭra suggested to send some faithful men, fearing some collision with the Pāndavas if they were to go thither themselves; for though Yudhiṣṭhira would not suffer his wrath to be awakened, Bhīma and Draupadī were naturally passionate. Ṣakuni promised that they would not go to the spot where the Pāndavas resided, and obtained the permission.