Asramavasa Parva. Section Xx : SECTION XX "Vaisampayana said, 'Those foremost of ascetics, "viz." Narada and Parvata and Devala of austere penances, came there to see king Dhritarashtra. The Island-born Vyasa with all his disciples, and other persons endued with great wisdom and crowned with ascetic success, and the royal sage...
Putradarsana Parva. Section Xxx : SECTION XXX "Kunti said, 'O holy one, thou art my father-in-law and therefore, my deity of deities. Verily, thou art my god of gods. Hear my words of truth. p. 47 [paragraph continues] An ascetic named Durvasas, who is of the regenerate order and who is full of wrath, came to my father's house...
Asramavasa Parva. Section I : p. 1 SECTION I ("ASRAMAVASA PARVA") OM! AFTER HAVING bowed down to Narayana, and Nara, the foremost of men, and unto the goddess Saraswati also, must the word "Jaya" be uttered. "Janamejaya said 'After having acquired their kingdom, how did my grandsires, the high-souled Pandavas, conduct...
Asramavasa Parva. Section V : SECTION V "Vaisampayana said, 'Having received the king's permission, king Dhritarashtra of great energy then proceeded to his own palace, followed by Gandhari. With weakened strength and slow motion, that king of great intelligence walked with difficulty, like the leader, worn out with age...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Xi : SECTION XI "Vaisampayana said, 'After that night had passed away, Dhritarashtra, the son of Amvika, despatched Vidura to Yudhishthira's mansion. Endued p. 21 with great energy and the foremost of all persons possessed of intelligence, Vidura, having arrived at Yudhishthira's mansion, addressed th...
Title Page : THE MAHABHARATA Of KRISHNA-DWAIPAYANA VYASA BOOK 15 ASRAMAVASIKA PARVA Translated Into English Prose From The Original Sanskrit Text By KISARI MOHAN GANGULI [1883-1896] NOTICE OF ATTRIBUTION Scanned , 2003. Proofed by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain. These files may be used...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Xxi : SECTION XXI " Vaisampayana said, 'Upon the retirement of the chief of the Kurus into the forest, the Pandavas, O king, afflicted besides by grief on account of their mother, became very cheerless. The citizens also of Hastinapura were possessed by deep sorrow. The Brahmanas always talked of the old...
Asramavasa Parva. Section X : SECTION X "Vaisampayana said, 'Thus addressed, O thou of Kuru's race, by the old king, the citizens and the inhabitants of the provinces stood sometime like men deprived of consciousness. King Dhritarashtra, finding them silent, with their throats choked by grief, once more addressed them, saying...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Xxvi : SECTION XXVI "Dhritarashtra said. 'O Yudhishthira, art thou in peace and happiness, with all thy brothers and the inhabitants of the city and the provinces? Are they that live in dependance on thee also happy? Are they ministers, and servitors, and all thy seniors and preceptors also, happy? Are...
Putradarsana Parva. Section Xxxvi : SECTION XXXVI "Janamejaya said, 'Having seen his sons and grandsons with all their friends and followers, what, indeed, did that ruler of men, "viz.", Dhritarashtra, and king Yudhishthira also, do?' "Vaisampayana said, 'Beholding that exceedingly wonderful sight, "viz.", the re-appearance of his...
Putradarsana Parva. Section Xxxv : SECTION XXXV "Vaisampayana said, 'King Dhritarashtra had never beheld his own sons. Obtaining eye-sight through the grace of the Rishi, he beheld, for the first time, O perpetuator of Kuru's race, those children of his that were very like his own self. That foremost of men, "viz.", the Kuru monarch...
Putradarsana Parva. Section Xxxiii : SECTION XXXIII "Vaisampayana said. 'Then those foremost of men divested of wrath and jealousy, and cleansed of every sin, met with one another, agreeably to those high and auspicious ordinances that have been laid down by regenerate Rishis. All of them were happy of hearts and looked like gods...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Xvii : p. 28 SECTION XVII "Kunti said, 'It is even so, O mighty-armed son of Pandu, as thou sayest. Ye kings, formerly when ye were cheerless, it was even in this way that I excited you all. Yes, seeing that your kingdom was wrested from you by a match at dice, seeing that you all fell from happiness...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Xxiii : SECTION XXIII "Vaisampayana said. 'That foremost one of Bharata's race, then ordered his troops, which were protected by heroes that were headed by Arjuna and that resembled the very guardians of the universe, to march out. Instantly, a loud clamour arose consisting of the words--Equip, Equip!--of...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Viii : SECTION VIII "Yudhishthira said, 'O lord of Earth, I shall do as thou biddest me. O foremost of kings, I should be further instructed by thee. Bhishma has p. 16 ascended to Heaven. The slayer of Madhu has departed (for Dwaraka). Vidura and Sanjaya also will accompany thee to the forest. Who else...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Ix : SECTION IX "Dhritarashtra said, 'Santanu duly ruled this Earth. Similarly, Vichitraviryya also, protected by Bhishma, ruled you. Without doubt, all this is known to you. It is also known to you how Pandu, my brother, was dear to me as also to you. He also ruled you duly. Ye sinless ones, I have...
Putradarsana Parva. Section Xxxii : SECTION XXXII "Vaisampayana said, 'When night came, all those persons, having finished their evening rites, approached Vyasa. Dhritarashtra of righteous soul, with purified body and with mind solely directed towards it, sat there with the Pandavas and the Rishis in his company. The ladies...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Xxii : SECTION XXII "Vaisampayana said, 'Those foremost of men, the heroic Pandavas,--those delighters of their mother--became exceedingly afflicted with grief. They who had formerly been always engaged in kingly offices, did not at that time attend to those acts at all in their capital. Afflicted with...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Xix : SECTION XIX "Vaisampayana said. 'Following the advice of Vidura, the king took up his abode on the banks of the Bhagirathi which were sacred and deserved to be peopled with the righteous. There many Brahmanas who had taken up their abode in the woods, as also many Kshatriyas and Vaisyas and Sudr...
Naradagamana Parva. Section Xxxix : SECTION XXXIX "Narada said, 'The king has not been burnt to death by an unsanctified fire. I have heard this there. I tell thee, O Bharata, such has not been the fate of Vichitraviryya. It has been heard by us that when the old king endued with great intelligence and subsisting on air alone entered...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Iv : SECTION IV "Vyasa said, 'O mighty-armed Yudhishthira, do without any scruple what Dhritarashtra of Kuru's race hag said. This king is old. He has, again, been made sonless. I think he will not be able to bear his grief long. The highly blessed Gandhari, possessed of great wisdom and endued with...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Xxviii : SECTION XXVIII "Vaisampayana said, 'After the high-souled Pandavas had all been seated, Satyavati's son Vyasa said,--O Dhritarashtra of mighty arms, hast thou been able to achieve penances? Is thy mind, O king, pleased with thy residence in the woods? Has the grief that was thine, born...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Xxvii : SECTION XXVII "Vaisampayana said, 'They passed that night which was characterised by auspicious constellations even thus, O king, in that retreat of righteous ascetics. The conversation that occurred was characterised by many reflections on morality and wealth. Consisting of delightful and sweet...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Xiv : p. 24 SECTION XIV "Vaisampayana said,--'Thus addressed by Vidura, king Dhritarashtra became highly pleased, O monarch, with the act of Yudhishthira and Jishnu. Inviting then, after proper examination, thousands of deserving Brahmanas and superior Rishis, for the sake of Bhishma, as also of his...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Xiii : SECTION XIII "Vaisampayana said, 'Thus addressed by king Yudhishthira, Vidura, that foremost of all intelligent persons, returned to Dhritarashtra and said unto him these words of grave import. 'I at first reported thy message to king Yudhishthira. Reflecting on thy words, Yudhishthira of gre...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Xviii : SECTION XVIII "Vaisampayana said, 'Hearing these words of Kunti, the sinless Pandavas, O best of kings, became ashamed. They, therefore, desisted, along with the princess of-Panchala, from following her. 1 Beholding Kunti resolved to go into the woods, the ladies of the Pandava household uttered...
Naradagamana Parva. Section Xxxvii : SECTION XXXVII ("Naradagamana Parva") "Vaisampayana said, 'After two years had elapsed from the date of the return of the Pandavas (from the retreat of their sire), the celestial Rishi, Narada, O king, came to Yudhishthira. The mighty-armed Kuru king, that foremost of speakers, "viz.", Yudhishthir...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Ii : SECTION II "Vaisampayana said, 'Thus worshipped by the Pandavas, the royal soil of Amvika passed his time happily as before, waited upon and honoured by the Rishis. That perpetuator of Kuru's race used to make those foremost of offerings which should be given to the Brahmanas. The royal s...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Xii : SECTION XII "Arjuna said, 'O Bhima, thou art my elder brother and, therefore, my senior and preceptor. I dare not say anything more than what I have already said. The royal sage Dhritarashtra deserves to be honoured by us in every respect. They that are good, they that are distinguished above...
Naradagamana Parva. Section Xxxviii : SECTION XXXVIII "Yudhishthira said, 'When such a fate overtook that high-souled monarch who was engaged in austere penances, notwithstanding the fact of his having such kinsmen as ourselves all alive, it seems to me, O regenerate one, that the end of human beings is difficult to guess. Alas, who...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Vii : p. 14 SECTION VII "Dhritarashtra said, 'O best of kings, thou shouldst also reflect properly on war and peace. Each is of two kinds. The means are various, and the circumstances also, under which war or peace may be made, are various, O Yudhishthira. 1 O thou of Kuru's race, thou shouldst, with...
Putradarsana Parva. Section Xxix : SECTION XXIX ("Putradarsana Parva") "Janamejaya said, 'Tell me. O learned Brahmana, what that wonderful feat was which the great Rishi Vyasa of high energy accomplished after his promise to the old king, made when Dhritarashtra, that lord of Earth, that foremost one of Kuru's race, had taken up his...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Xxiv : SECTION XXIV "Vaisampayana said, 'The Pandavas alighted, at a distance, from their cars and proceeded on foot to the retreat of the king, bending themselves in humility. All the combatants also, and all the denizens of the kingdom, and the spouses of the Kuru chiefs, followed them on foot...
Putradarsana Parva. Section Xxxiv : SECTION XXXIV "Sauti said, 'Hearing this story of the re-appearance and departure of his forefathers, king Janamejaya of great intelligence became highly pleased. Filled with joy, he once more questioned Vaisampayana on the subject of the reappearance of dead men, saying,--"How is it possible...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Iii : SECTION III "Vaisampayana said, 'The people who lived in the Kuru kingdom failed to notice any variance in the cordiality that subsisted between king Yudhishthira and the father of Duryodhana. When the Kuru king recollected his wicked son, he then could not but feel unfriendly, in his heart...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Xv : SECTION XV "Vaisampayana said,--'The royal son of Amvika, "viz.", Dhritarashtra, having settled the hour of his departure for the woods, summoned those heroes, the Pandavas. Possessed of great intelligence, the old monarch, with Gandhari, duly accosted those princes. Having caused the minor rites...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Xxv : SECTION XXV "Vaisampayana said, 'The king, O chief of Bharata's race, with those foremost of men, "viz.", his brothers, who were all possessed of eyes that resembled lotus-petals, took his seat in the retreat of his eldest sire. There sat around him many highly-blessed ascetics, hailing...
Putradarsana Parva. Section Xxxi : SECTION XXXI. "Vyasa said, 'Blessed be thou, O Gandhari, thou shalt behold thy sons and brothers and friends and kinsmen along with thy sires this night like men risen from sleep. Kunti also shall behold Karna, and she of Yadu's race shall behold her son Abhimanyu. Draupadi shall behold her five...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Vi : SECTION VI "Dhritarashtra said, Thou shouldst always ascertain the "Mandalas" that belong to thee, to thy foes, to neutrals, and to those that are disposed equally towards thee and thy foes, O Bharata. 2 The "Mandalas" also of the four kinds of foes, of these called "Atatayins", and of allies...
Asramavasa Parva. Section Xvi : SECTION XVI "Vaisampayana said, 'Great was the uproar, at that time, O king, of both men and women standing on the terraces of mansions or on the Earth. Possessed of great intelligence, the old king, with joined hands, and trembling with weakness, proceeded with difficulty along the principal...