[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.s6.261.3 # 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.s6.261.3 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.s6.261.3 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s6.261.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6.261.3) As he questioned them about their strange attire, which was unsuitable for snātakas, and their breaking down the Caityaka peak, and why they would not accept the worship he offered, Kṛṣṇa gave him some explanations (v. 848 ff.: snātaka-vratino, rājan! brāhmaṇā, kṣatriyā, viṣaḥ | viṣeṣaṇīyamāc ca iṣāṃ aviśeṣāc ca santy uta | viṣeṣavāṃc ca satataṃ kṣatriyaḥ śriyam ṛchati), and declared that they had come as his foes (II, 21). As Jarāsandha said that he did not remember to have injured them, Kṛṣṇa told him that they were sent by Yudhiṣṭhira to set at liberty the princes whom Jarāsandha intended to slaughter as a sacrifice to Śiva, because sacrificing human beings to the gods was never used (v. 864); he reminded him of the destruction of Dambhodbhava, Kārtavīrya, Uttara, and Bṛhadratha, and challenged him to set free the monarchs or to fight. Jarāsandha chose to fight, and ordered Sahadeva to be installed on the throne. Then he thought of his generals Kauśika and Citrasena, who had formerly been Haṃsa and Dimbhaka. Kṛṣṇa, remembering that, according to the command of Brahmán, Jarāsandha was not to be slain by him or by the Madhus, did not himself desire to slay him (II, 22). Jarāsandha having chosen to fight with Bhīma, the purohita brought pigment, garlands, etc., and propitiatory ceremonies (kṛtavastyayanaḥ) were performed by a brahman; and likewise Bhīma, having consulted with Kṛṣṇa, had propitiatory ceremonies pronounced (kṛtavastyayanaḥ). - [Previous: c5.s6.261.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6.261.2) - [Next: c5.s6.261.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6.261.4) - [Up: c5.s6.261](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6.261) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6.261.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s6.261.3) · Pramāṇa