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THE MAHABHARATA
 
Overjoyed, Arjuna and Krishna told
the god of fire: "Burn as you please
even now; we are ready for your help."
 
एवमुक्तस्स भगवान्दाशार्हेणार्जुनेन च ।
ददाह खाण्डवं दावं युगान्तमिव दर्शयन् ॥
 
So told by Krishna and Arjuna, the god
of fire burnt the Khandava forest, as if
displaying the final destruction of the world.
 
खाण्डवस्य विमोक्षार्थ प्रववर्ष सुरेश्वरः ।
तच्छरैरर्जुनो वर्षे प्रतिजघ्नेऽत्यमर्षितः ।
 
rescue of
 
Indra sent rain for the
the
Khandava forest; incensed very much,
Arjuna warded off that rain with his arrows.
 
तस्मिन्वने दह्यमाने षडग्निर्न ददाइ च ।
अश्वसेनं मयं चैव चतुरश्शार्ङ्गकांस्तथा ॥
 
When that forest was being burnt, the
fire did not burn six beings,-Asvasena
( a serpent), Maya (the architect of the
demons) and four Sarnga birds.