[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904) › c5.s4.263.5 # 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 An Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s4.263.5 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s4.263.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s4.263.5) 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; - [Previous: c5.s4.263.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s4.263.4) - [Next: c5.s4.263.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s4.263.6) - [Up: c5.s4.263](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s4.263) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s4.263.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s4.263.5) · Pramāṇa