Chapter
13:
Dhritarâshthra
Quits Home
(58)
While outside observing the body of her husband being
[mystically set] afire along with his cottage,
the chaste lady will follow him in full
consciousness.
Chapter
14:
The Disappearance of Lord Krishna
(2)
After a few months, when Arjuna did not return from
there, Yudhishthhira observed various fearful
signs.
Chapter
15:
The
Pândavas Retire Timely
(14)
From His friendship
alone I, seated on the chariot, could cross the
insurmountable ocean of the invincible existences of the
military strength of the Kauravas, and from His
friendship alone, I could return with the enormous wealth
of the enemy; the brilliance of jewels I took from their
heads by force.
(15) It was He who
by the power of His glance ended the mental agitation
sprouting from the fruitive life of all the
chariotfighters at the battlefield, o great king, in
who's midst I went forward facing the immensity of great
royal personalities like Bhîshma, Karna, Drona and
S'alya.
(16) Under His protection the very powerful invincible
weapons applied by Drona, Bhîshma, Karna,
Bhûris'ravâ, king Sus'armâ, S'alya,
king Jayadratha, Bâhlîka [a brother of
Bhîshma] etc., couldn't touch me just like when
Prahlâda [the famous devotee of Nrisimhadev,
the lion-incarnation] was threatened by the demons.
(17) Thinking
erroneously of Him as only my chariot driver He, whose
feet are rendered service by the intelligent for the sake
of salvation, delivered me - and by His mercy my enemies
were absent minded and didn't attack me when I descended
for my thirsty horses.
(44) Heading for the
North he treaded, as all others going there, the path of
his mindful forefathers, passing his days constantly
thinking from within his heart of the Supreme Beyond
wherever he went..
Chapter
16:
How
Parîkchit Received the Age of Kali
(31)
I am also lamenting
for you as well as for the best of the godly, the gods
and the ancestors in heaven, the sages and the devotees,
as well as for all in their status orientations of
society.
Chapter
17:
Punishment
and Reward of Kali
(28)
Thus the
personalities of religion and mother earth were pacified
by the great warrior, who took up his sharp sword in
order to kill Kali, the root cause of
irreligion.
Chapter
18:
Mahârâja
Parîkchit Cursed by a Brahmin Boy
(30) Having lost his
respect he picked up a lifeless snake with the tip of his
bow and placed it in anger on the shoulder of the sage
while he left to return to his palace.
(36) Thus speaking with
red-hot eyes to his playmates, the son of the rishi
touched the water of the Kaus'ika river and discharged
the following thunderbolt of words: (37) 'Because of
breaking the etiquette, a snakebird, at the seventh day,
will for certain bite the wretched one of the dynasty who
offended my father.'
Chapter
19:
The
appearance of S'ukadeva Gosvâmî
