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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 विमोक्षार्थं प्रववर्ष सुरेश्वरः ।

तच्छरैरर्जुनो वर्षेषं प्रतिजघ्नेऽत्यमर्षितः ।
 

Indra sent rain for the
rescue of
 
Indra sent rain for the
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.