[KALKI]

(1) Sûta said: "Yudhishthhira in fear because he had killed went thereafter, from the full of his realization of the religious duty, to the battlefield where he found the dying Bhîshmadeva lying down. (2) Drawn by the best horses decorated with golden ornaments, all the brothers followed him hither, accompanied by Vyâsa, Dhaumya [the priest of the Pândavas] and other rishis.

(3) Also the Supreme Lord came along with Arjuna on the chariot, oh sages among the learned, and thus appearing very aristocratic he [the king] was like Kuvera [the treasurer of the demigods] together with his companions. (4) When Yudhishthhira saw Bhîshma lying on the ground like a demigod fallen from heaven, he together with his brothers and the Lord who carries the disc, Krishna, bowed down before him. (5) At that place were present all the sages among the brahmins, the godly and the royalty, just to see the leader of the descendants of King Bharata [the common ancestor]. (6-7) Parvata Muni, Nârada, Dhaumya, Lord Vyâsa, Brihadas'va, Bharadvâja and Paras'urâma were present there with their disciples and also Vasishthha, Indrapramada, Trita, Gritsamada, Asita, Kakshîvân, Gautama, Atri, Kaus'ika and Sudars'ana had come.

(8) Oh learned ones, also many other sages like S'ukadeva, the instrument of God, and other pure souls like Kas'yapa and Ângirasa arrived there accompanied by their disciples.

(9) Bhîshmadeva, the best among the Vasus knowing well how to behave in respect of the dharma according to time and circumstances, welcomed all the great and powerful ones who had assembled there. (10) Knowing of Krishna's glories he also in worship welcomed Him, the Lord of the Universe who, situated in the heart, manifests His form through His internal potency. (11) Seeing the sons of Pându sitting silently by his side, Bhîshma congratulated them warmheartedly. With tears in his eyes in ecstacy he was overtaken by feelings of love about the gathering. (12) He said: 'Oh how painful and unjust it has been for you good souls, sons of righteousness, to have had such a life of suffering you never really deserved under the protection of the learned, the religion and the Infallible One. (13) When after the death of the great general Pându, the children of Kuntî, my daughter in law, were still tender of age, she had to suffer a great deal on your account, and that continued even after you boys had grown up.

(14) All the unpleasant that happened I think, is the inescapable effect of Time; you, just like the rest of the world with its ruling demigods, fall under that control just like the clouds that are carried by the wind. (15) Why else would there be that misfortune with the presence of Yudhishthhira, the son of the ruler of religion, Bhîma with his mighty club, Arjuna carrying his Gândîva and our well-wisher Lord Krishna?

(16) No one may fathom God's plan oh King; it bewilders even the great philosophers who are engaged in exhaustive inquiries. (17) Therefore, I assure you, oh best of the descendants of Bharata, that this was only due to His providence, His desire; 0 ruler - just take care of the helpless subjects 0 master. (18) He [Krishna] who inconceivably moves among the Vrishni family, is no one else but the Supreme Lord, the original, primordial, supreme enjoyer Nârâyana who bewilders each by His energies.

(19) Oh King, Lord S'iva, Nârada the sage among the godly and the great Lord Kapila are the ones who have direct knowledge of the most confidential glories of His Lordship. (20) He is the very same person you consider your maternal cousin, dearest friend, ardent well-wisher, counselor, messenger, benefactor and charioteer. (21) He who is present in everyone's heart, who is equal to all and who being from the Absolute never falsely identifies Himself, is, in His consciousness of making with everything He does a difference at each moment, free from whatever predilection.


(22) Yet, despite of His impartiality with the devotees, see, oh King, how Krishna directly, at the end of my life, cared to be present at my side. (23) Those yoga adepts who with Him in mind devoutly meditate on His holy name and with their mouth sing His glories, will, upon abandoning the material conception of life, find release from the desire proper to their materially motivated actions. (24) May He who in my meditations appears as the four-handed God of the Gods, the Supreme Lord with His cheerful smile, His eyes red like the morning sun and His decorated lotus face await me when I leave this material body.' "



(25) Sûta said: "Yudhishthhira, who heard that from him who was lying on a bed of arrows, asked him, with the rishis listening, about the diverse religious duties. (26) Bhîshma described to him the different stages of life and the vocations as determined by the qualities of the person next to the way how one should deal systematically with both the symptoms of attachment and detachment.

(27) He explained about the duties of charity, rulership and liberation by giving their divisions and gave the general outline of the duties of women and devotional service. (28) Knowing the truth he described, oh sages, the [four basic civil virtues of] religious dutifulness, economy, fulfillment of desires and liberation, to which he cited various known histories. (29) During the time Bhîshma described the duties, the sun ran over the northern hemisphere, which is precisely the desired time preferred by the mystics when they want to leave this world [see B.G. 8: 24].

(30) Bhîshmadeva, the protector of thousands of sciences and arts, then fell silent and with a mind freed from all bondage he fixed his eyes wide open upon the Original Person Lord S'rî Krishna, the Fourhanded One who was standing before him in yellow garments. (31) Simply looking at Him, the Annihilator of the Inauspicious, his meditation purified and his pain from the arrows disappeared instantly. And while he prayed before the material tabernacle all the activities of his senses ceased when he departed for the Controller of All Living Beings.

(32) S'rî Bhîshmadeva said: 'Let me being freed from desires prepare my mind for the Supreme Lord, the Leader of the Devotees, the Great Self-contented One who in the realization of His transcendental joy at times [as an avâtara] takes pleasure in accepting this material world with her creation and destruction.

(33) He is the most desirable person of the higher, lower and middle worlds. Bluish like a tamâla tree, He wears His dress that shines like the golden rays of the sun. He has a body decorated with sandalwood pulp and a face like a lotus. May my love free from material motives repose in the friend of Arjuna. (34) Let the mind be directed towards S'rî Krishna who, with His scattered hair that on the battlefield turned ashen from the dust of the hoofs, with His face decorated with perspiration and His skin pierced by my sharp arrows, wearing His protective armor took pleasure in all of it.

(35) After hearing the command of His friend He drove His chariot between the opposing forces, where positioned He diminished the lifespan of the enemy by simply looking at them. Let there be my love for that friend of Arjuna. (36) While the troops were looking at a distance, He with His transcendental knowledge eradicated the ignorance of him who, because of a polluted intelligence, was reluctant to kill his kinsmen. Let there be the transcendence of my attraction for His feet.

(37) For the sake of the fulfillment of my duty factually to be more of violence and against His own sworn principle [to stay out of the fray], He got down from His chariot, took up its wheel and - while dropping His outer garment - paced towards me like a lion that is about to kill an elephant. (38) Wounded by the sharp arrows and without His shield He, smeared with blood, in the angry mood of the great aggressor moved towards me in order to kill me. May that Supreme Lord who awards salvation become my destination.

(39) Let me, at this hour of death, be of love for the Personality of Godhead who, controlling the horses with a whip in His right hand and the reins in the left, so elegant to behold by all means protected the chariot of Arjuna. It was by looking at Him that those who died at this place realized their original form. (40) Watching the attractive movements of His supremely spirited, fascinating acts and sweet smiles, the gopîs of Vrajadhâma [the village of Krishna's youth] imitating Him in ecstasy, found their original nature.
(41) When King Yudhishthhira performed the [Râjasûya] royal sacrifice where the great sages and kings were assembled, He received the respectful worship of all the members of the elite. I present there recognized Him at the time [and still remember Him now] als the spirit soul, as the object of worship.

(42) Having experienced the absorption of being freed from the misconceptions of duality, I have known [ever since] that He, now present before me, is the One Unborn in the heart of the conditioned soul. It is He who in His being situated as the Supersoul in the heart of all who are created by Him, just like the one sun, is looked upon differently from every angle.' "

(43) Sûta said: "With his mind, speech, sight and actions thus fixed upon Krishna only, he fell silent and stopped breathing, having merged in the living being of the Supersoul.

(44) After hearing this all from Bhîshmadeva as he merged into the Supreme Absolute and Unlimited, everyone fell silent like birds at the end of the day.

(45) Thereafter from everywhere drums sounded being beaten by gods and men, accompanied by heartfelt praise from the pious royal order and showers of flowers falling from the sky. (46) Oh descendant of Bhrigu [S'aunaka], after having performed the funeral rites for the dead body, Yudhishthhira was afflicted for a moment.

(47) The sages who were satisfied and happy about the [revelation of the] confidential secret of Lord Krishna's glories, then went back to their own hermitages with Him installed in their hearts. (48) King Yudhishthhira went together with Lord Krishna to Hastinâpura and consoled his uncle [Dhritarâshthra] and ascetic aunt Ghândhârî. (49) With the approval of his uncle and consent of Lord Vâsudeva he thereafter, faithful to the greatness of his forefathers, executed the royal duties over the kingdom."

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Sûta said: "Yudhishthhira in fear because he had killed went thereafter, from the full of his realization of the religious duty, to the battlefield where he found the dying Bhîshmadeva lying down.


Sûta said: " In fear because of having killed, Yudhishthhira for the sake of the full knowledge of the religious duty, thereafter went to the battlefield, where he found the dying Bhîshmadeva lying down. (Vedabase)


Text 2

Drawn by the best horses decorated with golden ornaments, all the brothers followed him hither, accompanied by Vyâsa, Dhaumya [the priest of the Pândavas] and other rishis.

All the brothers followed him there, drawn by the best horses decorated with golden ornaments, accompanied by Vyâsa, Dhaumya [the priest of the Pândavas] and other rishis. (Vedabase)


Text 3

Also the Supreme Lord came along with Arjuna on the chariot, oh sages among the learned, and thus appearing very aristocratic he [the king] was like Kuvera [the treasurer of the demigods] together with his companions.

The Supreme Lord also followed him with Arjuna on the chariot, o sages among the learned, and thus appearing very aristocratic he was like Kuvera [the treasurer of the demi-gods] and his companions. (Vedabase)


Text 4

When Yudhishthhira saw Bhîshma lying on the ground like a demigod fallen from heaven, he together with his brothers and the Lord who carries the disc, Krishna, bowed down before him.

Upon seeing Bhîshma lying on the ground like a demi-god fallen from heaven, Yudhishthhira together with his brothers and Lord Krishna, bowed down before him. (Vedabase)


Text 5

At that place were present all the sages among the brahmins, the godly and the royalty, just to see the leader of the descendants of King Bharata [the common ancestor].

There the rishis of goodness amongst the learned, the godly and the kings were present just to see the chief of the descendants of King Bharata [the common ancestor]. (Vedabase)


Text 6-7

Parvata Muni, Nârada, Dhaumya, Lord Vyâsa, Brihadas'va, Bharadvâja and Paras'urâma were present there with their disciples and also Vasishthha, Indrapramada, Trita, Gritsamada, Asita, Kakshîvân, Gautama, Atri, Kaus'ika and Sudars'ana had come.

Parvata Muni, Nârada, Dhaumya, Lord Vyâsa, Brihadas'va, Bharadvâja and Paras'urâma were there with their disciples as also Vasishthha, Indrapramada, Trita, Gritsamada, Asita, Kakshîvân, Gautama, Atri and Kaus'ika as well as Sudars'ana. (Vedabase)


Text 8

Oh learned ones, also many other sages like S'ukadeva, the instrument of God, and other pure souls like Kas'yapa and Ângirasa arrived there accompanied by their disciples.

O learned ones, also many other sages like Sukhadeva and other pure souls as Kas'yapa and Ângirasa arrived there accompanied by their disciples. (Vedabase)


Text 9

Bhîshmadeva, the best among the Vasus knowing well how to behave in respect of the dharma according to time and circumstances, welcomed all the great and powerful ones who had assembled there.

Bhîshmadeva, the best amongst the Vâsu's, knowing well how to behave religiously according time and circumstances, welcomed all the great and powerful ones he had received there. (Vedabase)


Text 10

Knowing of Krishna's glories he also in worship welcomed Him, the Lord of the Universe who, situated in the heart, manifests His form through His internal potency.

Knowing of His glories he also in worship welcomed Lord Krishna, the Lord of the Universe situated in the heart who manifests His form through His internal potency. (Vedabase)


Text 11

Seeing the sons of Pându sitting silently by his side, Bhîshma congratulated them warmheartedly. With tears in his eyes in ecstacy he was overtaken by feelings of love about the gathering.

Seeing the sons of Pându sitting silently nearby, Bhîshma, overtaken by feelings of love about the gathering, congratulated them warmheartedly, overwhelmed by tears of ecstasy. (Vedabase)


Text 12

He said: 'Oh how painful and unjust it has been for you good souls, sons of righteousness, to have had such a life of suffering you never really deserved under the protection of the learned, the religion and the Infallible One.

He said: 'O what terrible sufferings and injustice has been done that were not deserved by you, remaining alive with that suffering under the protection of the learned, the pious and the Infallible One. (Vedabase)


Text 13

When after the death of the great general Pându, the children of Kuntî, my daughter in law, were still tender of age, she had to suffer a great deal on your account, and that continued even after you boys had grown up.

After the death of the great general Pându, Kuntî, my daughter in law, having young children, suffered a great deal and that continued, despite of having the boys grown up, on your account. (Vedabase)


Text 14

All the unpleasant that happened I think, is the inescapable effect of Time; you, just like the rest of the world with its ruling demigods, fall under that control just like the clouds that are carried by the wind.

All this, I think, is the result of the workings of time, as also with you, however detestable the rulers might be, the time rules as everywhere - just like the wind carrying a line of clouds. (Vedabase)


Text 15

Why else would there be that misfortune with the presence of Yudhishthhira, the son of the ruler of religion, Bhîma with his mighty club, Arjuna carrying his Gândîva and our well-wisher Lord Krishna?

And where there is Yudhishthhira, the son of the ruler of religion, Bhîma with his mighty club, Arjuna carrying his Gândiva and our well-wisher Lord Krishna, the effect of time is a reversal. (Vedabase)


Text 16

No one may fathom God's plan oh King; it bewilders even the great philosophers who are engaged in exhaustive inquiries.

Of His plan no one knows, o King; even great philosophers engaged in exhaustive inquiries for sure are bewildered. (Vedabase)


Text 17

Therefore, I assure you, oh best of the descendants of Bharata, that this was only due to His providence, His desire; oh ruler, just take care of the helpless subjects oh master.

Therefore, I assure you, o best of the descendants of Bharata, that this was only the enchantment of His providence, His desire, o ruler - just take care of the helpless subjects o master. (Vedabase)


Text 18

He [Krishna] who inconceivably moves among the Vrishni family, is no one else but the Supreme Lord, the original, primordial, supreme enjoyer Nârâyana who bewilders each by His energies.

This Supreme Lord S'rî Krishna is no one else but the original primordial supreme enjoyer Nârâyana who bewilders each by His energies and moves inconceivably amongst the Vrishni family. (Vedabase)


Text 19

Oh King, Lord S'iva, Nârada the sage among the godly and the great Lord Kapila are the ones who have direct knowledge of the most confidential glories of His Lordship.

Of Him, o King, we have the direct confidential knowledge of the divine glories of Lord S'iva, the rishi Nârada and Kapila. (Vedabase)


Text 20

He is the very same person you consider your maternal cousin, dearest friend, ardent well-wisher, counselor, messenger, benefactor and charioteer.

He is the same person that you think of as your maternal cousin, dearest friend, ardent well-wisher, counselor, messenger, benefactor and charioteer. (Vedabase)


Text 21

He who is present in everyone's heart, who is equal to all and who being from the Absolute never falsely identifies Himself, is, in His consciousness of making with everything He does a difference at each moment, free from whatever predilection.

He, being present in everyone's heart and equal to all, is from the Absolute enacting unidentified in the consciousness of differentiation and never attached in any stage. (Vedabase)


Text 22

Yet, despite of His impartiality with the devotees, see, oh King, how Krishna directly, at the end of my life, cared to be present at my side.

Yet, being steadfast with the devotees, see, o King, how directly with the ending of my life Krishna has made His presence with me. (Vedabase)


Text 23

Those yoga adepts who with Him in mind devoutly meditate on His holy name and with their mouth sing His glories, will, upon abandoning the material conception of life, find release from the desire proper to their materially motivated actions.

Those yoga-adepts who in their words meditate devoutly on His holy name, singing His glories, will, upon abandoning the material conception of life, find release from the desire of their materially motivated actions. (Vedabase)


Text 24

May He who in my meditations appears as the four-handed God of the Gods, the Supreme Lord with His cheerful smile, His eyes red like the morning sun and His decorated lotus face await me when I leave this material body.' "

May He, the God of the Gods, the Supreme Lord, in the line of my meditation on the four-handed one [Vishnu], receive me with His cheerful smile, His eyes red like the morning sun and His decorated lotus face, as soon as I leave this material body'." (Vedabase)


Text 25

Sûta said: "Yudhishthhira, who heard that from him who was lying on a bed of arrows, asked him, with the rishis listening, about the diverse religious duties.

Sûta said: "Yudhishthhira hearing that from him who was lying down on a bed of arrows, asked him, with the rishis listening, about the diverse religious duties. (Vedabase)


Text 26

Bhîshma described to him the different stages of life and the vocations as determined by the qualities of the person, next to the way how one should deal systematically with both the symptoms of attachment and detachment.

Bhîshma described to him the different stages of life and the vocations as prescribed by the qualities of the person next to the way how to deal systematically with both the symptoms of attachment and detachment. (Vedabase)


Text 27

He explained about the duties of charity, rulership and liberation by giving their divisions and gave the general outline of the duties of women and devotional service.

He explained on the duties of charity, rulership and liberation by giving their divisions and gave the general explicit of the duties of women and devotional service. (Vedabase)


Text 28

Knowing the truth he described, oh sages, the [four basic civil virtues of] religious dutifulness, economy, fulfillment of desires and liberation, to which he cited various known histories.

Knowing the truth, he described, o sages, the religion, the economy, the fulfillment of desires and the enlightenment, citing from the various known histories. (Vedabase)


Text 29

During the time Bhîshma described the duties, the sun ran over the northern hemisphere, which is precisely the desired time preferred by the mystics when they want to leave this world [see B.G. 8: 24].

At the time when Bhîshma described the duties, the sun ran over the northern hemisphere which according to the mystics is the exact time desired for leaving this world [see B.G. 8: 24]. (Vedabase)


Text 30

Bhîshmadeva, the protector of thousands of sciences and arts, then fell silent and with a mind freed from all bondage he fixed his eyes wide open upon the Original Person Lord S'rî Krishna, the Fourhanded One who was standing before him in yellow garments.

Then Bhîshmadeva, the protector of thousands of sciences and arts, fell silent and with a mind freed from all bondage he fixed his vision on the Original Person Lord S'rî Krishna, the fourhanded one who was standing before him in yellow dress. (Vedabase)


Text 31

Simply looking at Him, the Annihilator of the Inauspicious, his meditation purified and his pain from the arrows disappeared instantly. And while he prayed before the material tabernacle all the activities of his senses ceased when he departed for the Controller of All Living Beings.

Simply looking at Him, the annihilator of the inauspicious, his meditation purified and his pain from the arrows instantly disappeared - and while praying the material tabernacle all the activities of his senses stopped as he quit for the Controller of All Living Beings. (Vedabase)


Text 32

S'rî Bhîshmadeva said: 'Let me being freed from desires prepare my mind for the Supreme Lord, the Leader of the Devotees, the Great Self-contented One who in the realization of His transcendental joy at times [as an avâtara] takes pleasure in accepting this material world with her creation and destruction.

S'rî Bhîshmadeva said: 'Let me, being freed from desires, put my thought, feelings and willing on the Supreme Lord, the leader of the devotees, the great self-contented one who in the realization of His transcendental joy at times takes pleasure in accepting this material world with its creation and destruction. (Vedabase)


Text 33

He is the most desirable person of the higher, lower and middle worlds. Bluish like a tamâla tree, He wears His dress that shines like the golden rays of the sun. He has a body decorated with sandalwood pulp and a face like a lotus. May my love free from material motives repose in the friend of Arjuna.

The most desirable from the high, low and middle worlds, bluish like a Tamalâ tree, wearing His dress shining like the golden rays of the sun, His body decorated with sandalwood pulp and His face like a lotus - may the attraction repose on the friend of Arjuna without any material motives. (Vedabase)


Text 34

Let the mind be directed towards S'rî Krishna who, with His scattered hair that on the battlefield turned ashen from the dust of the hoofs, with His face decorated with perspiration and His skin pierced by my sharp arrows, wearing His protective armor took pleasure in all of it.

Let the mind be directed towards S'rî Krishna who, with His scattered hair on the battlefield turned ashen from the dust of the hoofs, His face decorated with perspiration and His skin pierced by my sharp arrows, with His protecting armor took pleasure in all of it. (Vedabase)


Text 35

After hearing the command of His friend He drove His chariot between the opposing forces, where positioned He diminished the lifespan of the enemy by simply looking at them. Let there be my love for that friend of Arjuna.

After hearing the command of His friend He drove the chariot between the opposing powers and while staying there, He diminished the lifespan of the enemy by merely looking it over - let there be an intimate relation to that friend of Arjuna. (Vedabase)


Text 36

While the troops were looking at a distance, He with His transcendental knowledge eradicated the ignorance of him who, because of a polluted intelligence, was reluctant to kill his kinsmen. Let there be the transcendence of my attraction for His feet.

With the soldiers looking from a distance, He by transcendental knowledge eradicated the lack of knowledge from the one who, from a polluted intelligence, was reluctant to kill his kinsmen - let there be the transcendence of my attraction for His feet. (Vedabase)


Text 37

For the sake of the fulfillment of my duty factually to be more of violence and against His own sworn principle [to stay out of the fray], He got down from His chariot, took up its wheel and - while dropping His outer garment - paced towards me like a lion that is about to kill an elephant.

Against His own truth to my own promise of factually doing it, He, getting down from His chariot, took up its wheel, pacing towards me like a lion about to kill an elephant, meanwhile dropping His outer garment. (Vedabase)


Text 38

Wounded by the sharp arrows and without His shield He, smeared with blood, in the angry mood of the great aggressor moved towards me in order to kill me. May that Supreme Lord who awards salvation become my destination.

Wounded by the sharp arrows and without His shield, He, smeared with blood, in the angry mood of the great aggressor, began to move for the purpose of killing me - may that Supreme Lord who awards salvation become my destination. (Vedabase)


Text 39

Let me, at this hour of death, be of love for the Personality of Godhead who, controlling the horses with a whip in His right hand and the reins in the left, so elegant to behold by all means protected the chariot of Arjuna. It was by looking at Him that those who died at this place realized their original form.

Let me, at this hour of death, be attracted to the Personality of Godhead who, controlling the horses with a whip in His right hand and the reins in the left, in His high-hearted posture by all means protected the chariot of Arjuna; it was by looking at Him that those who died in this world attained their original form. (Vedabase)


Text 40


Watching the attractive movements of His supremely spirited, fascinating acts and sweet smiles, the gopîs of Vrajadhâma [the village of Krishna's youth] imitating Him in ecstasy, found their original nature.

Looking upon the attractive movements of His supremely spirited fascinating acts and sweet smiles, the gopîs of Vrajadhâma [the village of Krishna's youth] underwent the characteristics of madness, in ecstasy having copied them. (Vedabase)


Text 41

When King Yudhishthhira performed the [Râjasûya] royal sacrifice where the great sages and kings were assembled, He received the respectful worship of all the members of the elite. I present there recognized Him at the time [and still remember Him now] als the spirit soul, as the object of worship.

In a royal performance of sacrifice of King Yudhishthhira, where the great sages and kings were assembled, He received the respectful worship of all the elites, with me personally present recognizing Him as my object of attraction. (Vedabase)


Text 42

Having experienced the absorption of being freed from the misconceptions of duality, I have known [ever since] that He, now present before me, is the One Unborn in the heart of the conditioned soul. It is He who in His being situated as the Supersoul in the heart of all who are created by Him, just like the one sun, is looked upon differently from every angle.' "

Him, now present before me, I know, having experienced the absorption of being freed from the misconceptions of duality, to be the Unborn of the conditioned body, situated in the heart of all speculators as the Supersoul, who, like the sun that looks different from every angle, is One to me." (Vedabase)


Text 43

Sûta said: "With his mind, speech, sight and actions thus fixed upon Krishna only, he fell silent and stopped breathing, having merged in the living being of the Supersoul.

Sûta said: "With his mind, speech, sight and activities thus fixed on Krishna only, he fell silent and stopped breathing, having merged in the living being of the Supersoul. (Vedabase)


Text 44

After hearing this all from Bhîshmadeva as he merged into the Supreme Absolute and Unlimited, everyone fell silent like birds at the end of the day.

After hearing this all from Bhîshmadeva as he merged into the Supreme Absolute and Unlimited, everyone fell silent like birds at the end of the day. (Vedabase)


Text 45

Thereafter from everywhere drums sounded being beaten by gods and men, accompanied by heartfelt praise from the pious royal order and showers of flowers falling from the sky.

Thereafter drums sounded beaten by gods and men from everywhere, with praise from the honest royal order and showers of flowers falling from the sky. (Vedabase)


Text 46

Oh descendant of Bhrigu [S'aunaka], after having performed the funeral rites for the dead body, Yudhishthhira was afflicted for a moment.

O descendants of Bhrigu [S'aunaka], after having performed the funeral rites for the dead body, Yudhishthhira for a moment became sad. (Vedabase)


Text 47

The sages who were satisfied and happy about the [revelation of the] confidential secret of Lord Krishna's glories, then went back to their own hermitages with Him installed in their hearts.

Then, the sages, satisfied and happy by the confidentiality of the glories of Lord Krishna, went with Him in their hearts back to their own hermitages. (Vedabase)


Text 48

King Yudhishthhira went together with Lord Krishna to Hastinâpura and consoled his uncle [Dhritarâshthra] and ascetic aunt Ghândhârî.

King Yudhishthhira with Lord Krishna went to Hastinâpura to console his uncle [Dhritarâshthra] and ascetic aunt Ghândhârî. (Vedabase)


Text 49

With the approval of his uncle and consent of Lord Vâsudeva he thereafter, faithful to the greatness of his forefathers, executed the royal duties over the kingdom."

With the approval of his uncle he thereafter executed the royal duties over the kingdom, as was confirmed by Lord Vâsudeva, to the greatness of his forefathers." (Vedabase)