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.s7.482.1

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[Khāṇḍavadahanaparvan(°va)], the 19th of the minor parvans, in C., including also Mayadarçanaparvan, in all I, 222-34 (cf. Khāṇḍavadāha). § 254: At tho instance of Dhṛtarāshtra and Bhīshma the Pāṇḍavas at Indraprastha began to bring other kings under their sway. All the subjects lived happily. Once, in the summer, Arjuna and Kṛshṇa sported on the banks of the Yamunā with Draupadī and Subhadrā, etc. They were then approached by a brahmaṇ, whose complexion was like molten gold (I, 222). It was Agni. He asked them to help him to consume the forest of Khāṇḍava and the creatures therein; for Indra always prevented him from consuming it, because he was a friend of the Nāga Takshaka, who dwelt there with his followers and family.—§§ 255-6, a (Agniparābhava, q.v.): the antecedents of the Khāṇḍavad. (I, 223, 224).—§ 256, b: Arjuna said that he wanted a stronger bow and inexhaustible arrows, and a resplendent chariot to ride in, and that Kṛshṇa needed a weapon with which he could slay Nāgas and Piçācas (I, 224).—§ 257: Then Agni thought of Varuṇa (b), who presented Arjuna with: (1) the Gāṇḍīva bow (c); (2) two inexhaustible quivers; (3) a chariot yoked with horses. Then Agni gave to Kṛṣṇa: (1) a discus (Sudarśana) (d). Varuṇa, after this, gave to Kṛṣṇa: (2) the mace Kaumodakī (e). They were then ready to fight, and Agni began to consume the forest (I, 225).—§ 258 : Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa prevented the creatures from escaping. Even the gods became afraid and applied to Indra.