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.s9.410.8

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the widows of *Akrūra*, notwithstanding the entreaties of *Vajra*, entered the woods; *Rukminī*, etc. (μ), ascended the funeral pyre; *Satyabhāmā* and the other wives of *Krishna* entered the woods in order to practise penances in the contemplation of Hari; going beyond Himavat, they took up their abode in Kalāpa-grāma. Then Arjuna entered the retreat of Vyāsa (XVI, 7). Asked by Vyāsa ("Hast thou been sprinkled with water from anybody's nails or hair, etc.?"), Arjuna informed him of what had passed (v) ("500,000 warriors have thus been laid down"). Vyāsa said that the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas had been consumed by the brahman's curse; it was destiny: "Kṛṣṇa, as also the Pāṇḍavas, have finished their work; the time has come for your departure from the world," etc. (ξ). Arjuna entered Hāstinapura and informed Yudhishṭhira of what had taken place (ξXVI, 8).