Chapter 133
“Maheswara said, ‘Searching your memories, excellent are the duties yeall have recited. Listen all of you now to me as I declare some mysteriesrelating to religion and duty.
“Maheswara said, ‘Searching your memories, excellent are the duties yeall have recited. Listen all of you now to me as I declare some mysteriesrelating to religion and duty.
Vaishampayana said, “After that night had gone away, the driver ofDhrishtadyumna’s car gave intelligence to king Yudhishthira of the greatslaughter that had been caused during the hour of sleep.
“Vaisampayana said, ‘Entering her abode and worshipping her feet, Kesavarepresented to her briefly all that had transpired in the assembly of theKurus.
“Sanjaya said, ‘After the son of Kunti, impelled by the desire of slayingthe ruler of the Sindhus, had penetrated (into the Bharata host) havingpierced through the irresistible divisions of both Drona and the Bhojas,after the heir of the ruler of the Kamvojas, viz.,
“Vaisampayana said, ‘After Nala, despoiled of his kingdom, had, with hiswife, become a bondsman, Bhima with the desire of seeing Nala sent outBrahmanas to search for him.
“Vaisampayana said, ‘Then Arjuna of immeasurable prowess saw, one afteranother, all the sacred waters and other holy places that were on theshores of the western ocean. Vibhatsu reached the sacred spot calledPrabhasa.
“Bhishma said, ‘After this, the Grandsire Brahman, sprang from theprimeval lotus and resembling the lotus (in agreeableness and fragrance),addressed the deities with Vasava, the lord of Sachi, at theirhead,–Yonder sits the mighty Naga who is a resident of the netherregions.
Sanjaya said, “Having slain all the Pancalas and the sons of Draupadi,the three Kuru heroes together came to that spot where Duryodhana lay,struck down by the foe.
“Kunti said, ‘In this connection, O chastiser of foes, is cited an oldstory of the conversation between Vidula and her son. It behoveth thee tosay unto Yudhishthira anything that can be gathered from this or anythingmore beneficial than that.
“Sanjaya said, ‘After that bull among men, viz., Duryodhana, had set outfrom behind, following Partha and him of Vrishni’s race, O king, both ofwhom had penetrated into the Kaurava army, the