Vaishampayana said, “Hearing these words of Gandhari, Bhimasena, lookinglike one in fright, said these words for soothing her, Be the actrighteous or unrighteous, it was done by me through fear and for theobject of protecting my own self. It behoveth thee therefore, to forgiveme now.
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एवम उक्तस तु भगवान धूमकेतुर हुताशनः
चिन्तयाम आस वरुणं लॊकपालं दिदृक्षया
आदित्यम उदके देवं निवसन्तं जलेश्वरम
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समुत्पन्नाभिधानॊ ऽसमि वाङ माधुर्येण ते ऽनघ
मित्रताम अभिपन्नस तवां किं चिद वक्ष्यामि तच छृणु
“Kanwa said, ‘Meanwhile, O Bharata, the mighty Garuda heard what hadhappened, viz., the bestowal by Sakra of length of days on the NagaSumukha.
“Narada said, ‘Even the great ascetic Rama, the hero worshipped by allheroes, that son of Jamadagni, of great fame, will die, without beingcontented (with the period of his life).
“Vaisampayana said, ‘Then the illustrious king of Panchala, addressingprince Yudhishthira in the form applicable to Brahmanas, cheerfullyenquired of that illustrious son of Kunti, saying, ‘Are we to know you asKshatriyas, or Brahamanas, or are we to know you as celestials whodisguising themselves as Brahmanas are ranging the earth and come hitherfor the hand of Krishna?
