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.s4.263.5

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When *Duryodhana*, afflicted with grief, was approaching *Hāstinapura* with his army, *Karṇa* congratulated him on the honourable victory over the *Gandharvas* (III, 247). *Duryodhana* told *Karṇa* that, as the *Gandharvas* had resorted to illusion and ascended the skies, he had been captured with his army, and that it was the *Pāṇḍavas* who had vanquished the *Gandharvas* (III, 248). *Duryodhana* continued his narrative and declared that he would stay there abstaining from food, and that the others, headed by *Duḥśāsana*, should go to *Hāstinapura*. He then offered the royal power to *Duḥśāsana*. *Duḥśāsana*, his voice choked in tears, refused to accept it. *Karṇa* reproached them for weeping thus, and declared that the *Pāṇḍavas*, who resided in the dominions of *Duryodhana* and enjoyed happiness under his protection, only did their duty in liberating him (III, 249). *Karṇa* continued explaining his opinion, that those who resided in the king's realm should always exert themselves to the best of their ability for the king; if the *Pāṇḍavas* had not followed the to the battle it would have been an improper act on their part. *Duryodhana*, firmly resolved to leave the world, desired not to rise from where he sat (III, 250). *Cakuni* reproached *Duryodhana* for his foolish despair, saying that he ought rather to reward the *Pāṇḍavas* by granting them their paternal kingdom. *Duryodhana* embraced *Duḥśāsana*, but did not waver from his purpose;