अध्याय 16
1 [वा]
जातस्य भारते वंशे तथा कुन्त्याः सुतस्य च
या वै युक्ता मतिः सेयम अर्जुनेन परदर्शिता
Vaishampayana said, “After all the warriors had been slaughtered, kingYudhishthira the just heard that his uncle Dhritarashtra had set out fromthe city called after the elephant.
1 [बरह्मा]
शृणु पुत्र यथा हय एष पुरुषः शाश्वतॊ ऽवययः
अक्षयश चाप्रमेयश च सर्वगश च निरुच्यते
“Galava said, ‘O Garuda, O slayer of foremost snakes, O thou of beautifulfeathers, O son of Vinata, carry me, O Tarkhya, to the east where the twoeyes of Dharma are first opened. O,
“Yudhishthira said,–O mighty-armed one, after thou hadst gone towardsthe army of the Samsaptakas, the preceptor Drona made fierce endeavoursfor seizing me.
1 [दरौ]
अशॊच्यं नु कुतस तस्या यस्या भर्ता युधिष्ठिरः
जानं सर्वाणि दुःखानि किं मां तवं परिपृच्छसि
“Vaisampayana said, ‘Drupada, on hearing this, observed, O great Rishi,it was only when I had not heard this from thee that I had sought to actin the way I told thee of. Now, however, that I know all, I cannot beindifferent to what hath been ordained by the gods.
“Dhaumya continued, ‘Listen, O Bharata, I shall now narrate to thee indetail according to my knowledge, the sacred tirthas of the south. Inthat quarter lieth the sacred and auspicious river Godavari, full ofwater abounding in groves and frequented by ascetics.