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.s6.115

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[Indradarçana(m)] ("seeing Indra," cf. Arjunābhigamanap.). § 330: After some time Yudhiṣṭhira taught Arjuna in private the [Pratismṛti] science (*upaniṣad*, i.e. *rahasyavidyā*, Nil.; *brāhman* that would reveal the whole universe to him, and told him to practise severe austerities; Bhīṣma, etc. (*a*), know the fourfold (*catuṣpāda*) Dhanurveda, the Brahma weapon, etc.; all celestial weapons are in the possession of Indra, imparted to him by the celestials from fear of Vṛtra. Then Arjuna took the Gāṇḍīva, etc., *blessed* by brahmans, *Siddhas*, and invisible spirits (*bhūtāni*), and by *Kṛṣṇa* (she said: "Let no one amongst us be ever again born in the order of *kṣatriyas*, but as brahmans; it is my great grief that in the assembly Duryodhana called me a 'cow' (i.e. 'to be enjoyed by many men,' Nil.); but the grief of parting with thee is far greater"), who wished him success from Dhātṛ, Vidhātṛ, Hrī, Śrī, Kīrti, Dhṛti, Puṣṭi, Umā, Sarasvatī, the Vasus, Rudras, Ādityas, the hosts (*gaṇān*) of the Maruts, the Viçvedevas, and the Sādhyas, and wished him safety from the spirits (*bhūtebhyaḥ*) of the sky, earth, and heaven, and all other enemies; and having walked round (*pradakṣiṇam kṛtvā*) his brothers and Dhaumya, he set out towards the north. All creatures left the path of Arjuna, who was urged by the desire of beholding Indra (*yuktasyaindrena yogena*). He passed over many mountains, and reached *Himavat* in one day by means of his yoga; then he passed over Gandhamādana, etc., and reached Indrakila, walking night and day untiringly. Here he was addressed by a voice in the skies, and beheld Indra in the guise of a brahman, who told him to throw away his bow as of no use there, as this was the abode only of peaceful brahmans, and advised him to wish for heavenly bliss (*lokaḥ*); but *Arjuna* only asked for the celestial weapons, which Indra said be should obtain when he had seen *Çiva* (*Tryaksha, Çuladhara, Bhūteça, Parameṣṭhin*). Then Indra disappeared, and *Arjuna* remained, devoted to yoga (III, 37).