[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.s6.115 # 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 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.s6.115 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s6.115](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6.115) \[Indradarçana(m)\] ("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). - [Previous: c5.s6.114](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6.114) - [Next: c5.s6.116](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6.116) - [Up: c5.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6.115](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6.115) · Pramāṇa