Chapter 13: Dhritarâshthra Quits Home
(30) He was followed by the chaste and worthy daughter of
King Subala [Gândhârî] who went along with 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 the
legitimacy of a good beating.
Chapter 14: The Disappearance of Lord Krishna
(12) See, o 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: 'O my King, the
Personality of Godhead Hari who treated me like His intimate friend has
left me.
Now I am bereft of the astounding power that even astonished the gods.
(14) Because
of His friendship alone I, seated on the chariot, could cross the
insurmountable ocean of the invincible existence of the military
strength of the Kauravas, and thanks alone to His friendship, 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 ended the mental agitation that sprouted from the
motivation for results of all the fighters who with the wealth of their
chariots were positioned on the battlefield o great King, and from
whose ranks I stepped forward with before my eyes the immensity of
great royal personalities like Bhîshma, Karna, Drona and S'alya.
(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 when Prahlâda
[the famous devotee of Nrisimhadev, the lion-incarnation] was
threatened by the demons. (17) Thinking erroneously of Him as being
only my chariot driver He to whose feet the intelligent for the sake of
salvation render service delivered me. By His mercy my enemies were
absentminded and didn't attack me when I alighted for my thirsty horses.
Chapter 16: How Parîkchit Received the Age
of Kali
(18) The
personality of religion who stood on one leg only [the so-called 'bull'
of dharma whose legs stand for the four fundamental
human values] wandering around met with the aggrieved cow [mother
Earth] who had tears in her eyes like a mother who has lost her child.
Chapter 17: Punishment and Reward of Kali
(36) Kali said: 'Wherever I may live
under your order, o 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 upon a time 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
