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.s4.65

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[Gandhamādana-praveça(ḥ)] ("proceeding to the Gandhamādana"). § 419 (cf. Tīrthayātrāp.): *Yudhishṭhira in vain proposed that Bhīma should return with Kṛshṇa, Sahadeva, Dhaumya, the charioteers, cooks, etc., to Gaṅgādvāra, while Yudhishṭhira should proceed with Nakula and Lomaça. Bhīma promised to carry Kṛshṇa and the twins. Kṛshṇa said that she would be able to go. They entrusted to the Pulinda king (v. 10866, Kulindānām) Subāhu on the Himavat (inhabited by Kirātas, Taṅganas, and Pulindas), the servants Indrasena, etc., the cooks and stewards, and Draupadī's accoutrements, and began to proceed (III, 140).—§ 420: Yudhishṭhira complained to Bhīma that he had not seen Arjuna for five years. They now should, in company with brahmans of strict vows, enter Gandhamādana (b), etc. (III, 141).—§ 421: Exhorted by Lomaça, when they were about to go to the mountain Mandara (b), they adored Ākāçagaṅgā (v. 10902, read with B. puṇyā for puçyā) (c), and then proceeded with the rshis.—§ 422: Then they saw the homes of the Daitya Naraka (b) like to a white mountain.—§ 422 bis: Varāhāvatāra (q.v.), III, 142.—§ 423: As they, with the brahmans, entered Gandhamādana (b) a terrible wind arose, followed by showers of rain, lightuing, and torrents, during which they took shelter under trees, etc., Sahadeva carrying the sacred fire (agnihotrāṇi). When the tempest was over and the sun reappeared, they continued their journey (III, 143). When they had proceeded only a kroça, Draupadī sank down. Nakula ran forward and supported her, and the others hastily came, and Yudhishṭhira took her on his lap and lamented. Dhaumya and the other brahmans comforted and blessed him, and by reciting mantras capable of dispelling Rākshasas, and by performing ceremonies, while she was touched and fanned by the Pāṇḍavas, they made her regain her senses. The twins pressed her feet with their hands. Bhīma promised Yudhishṭhira to carry them all over the snowy mountains, "or Ghaṭotkaca will carry us all." With Yudhishṭhira's permission Bhīma thought of Ghaṭotkaca, who immediately came and was embraced by Bhīma (III, 144). Ghaṭotkaca carried Kṛshṇa through the air, and hundreds of other Rākshasas carried the Pāṇḍavas and the brahmans, while Lomaça moved along the path of the Siddhas. So they proceeded through regions inhabited by Mlecchas, Vidyādharas, monkeys, Kinnaras, Kimpurushas, Gandharvas, etc., and the northern Kurus, towards Kailāsa and Badarī (c), where they were received by the numerous rshis, and where they dwelt, beholding Maināka, Hiraṇyaçikkara, Bindusaras, and Bhāgīrathī, and offering oblations, etc. (III, 145).