Chapter 13: Dhritarâshthra Quits Home
(30) As he
left, the chaste
and worthy daughter of King Subala [Gândhârî]
followed her husband to the Himalayas -
the place that is the
delight of those who took up the staff of renunciation like they were
fighters accepting a justified beating.
Chapter 14: The Disappearance of Lord Krishna
(12) See,
oh
Bhîma,
how
the
jackal
frantically cries at sunrise and
how
the dog barks at me without any fear.
Chapter 15: The Pândavas Retire
(5) He
said: 'Oh great King, Lord Hari in the form of my friend, has left me.
Now I am bereft of the amazing
power that even astonished the gods.
(14) Because of His friendship alone I, seated on the chariot,
could cross
the insurmountable ocean of the military strength
of the Kauravas. Thanks to His friendship only, I could return with the
enormous wealth of the enemy, the brilliance of all the jewels I by
force took from their heads. (15)
It was He who by the power of His glance put an end to my mental
agitation concerning the duration of life of all the fighters who with
the wealth of their chariots were positioned on the battlefield, oh
great King. With the immensity of great royal personalities like
Bhîshma, Karna, Drona and S'alya, He was the one driving me
forward from their ranks. (16)
Under His protection the very powerful
invincible weapons wielded by Drona, Bhîshma, Karna,
Bhûris'ravâ, King Sus'armâ, S'alya, King Jayadratha,
Bâhlika [a brother of Bhîshma] etc., could not touch me,
just like it was when Prahlâda [the famous devotee of
Nrisimhadeva, the
lion-incarnation] was compromised by the demons. (17)
Thinking wrongly about my Lord as being my
chariot driver, about Him whose feet are served by the intelligent
souls for the sake of salvation, the hostile charioteers by His
mercy did not take notice and did not attack me when I alighted for my
thirsty horses.
Chapter 16: How Parîkchit Received the Age
of Kali
(18) Dharma [the personality of religion, a bull]
who wandered around on [but] one
leg [firmly], met a cow [mother earth] with tears in her eyes, like she
was a mother who has lost her
child. He questioned her. (19) Dharma
said:
'Madam,
are
you
in good health? Looking so sad with a gloomy face, oh mother, you seem to be
afflicted by a disease or to be preoccupied with some relative far away.
Chapter 17: Punishment and Reward of Kali
(36) Kali
said:
'Wherever
I may live under your
order, oh Emperor,
I will always have to face the reign of your bow and
arrows.
Chapter 18: Mahârâja Parîkchit Cursed
by a Brahmin Boy
(24-25) Once day, when Parîkchit was
hunting stags with bow and arrows, he got very fatigued, hungry and
thirsty. Looking for a reservoir of water he entered the hermitage of
the famous rishi S'amîka where he saw the sage silently
sitting down with his eyes closed.
Chapter 19: The appearance of S'ukadeva Gosvâmî