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THE MAHABHARATA
 
After imparting thus the Yoga vidya, Vyasa

disappeared. The righteous Yudhisthira

went from that Dvaita forest to the forest

known as Kamyaka on the banks of

the Sarasvati.
 

 
संस्मृत्य मुनिसन्देशमर्जुनं [पुरुषर्षभ] ।

अनुजज्ञे तदा वीरं भ्राता भ्रातरमग्रजः ॥
 

Remembering the sage's behest,

Yudhisthira, the eldest brother, permitted

his heroic brother Arjuna ( to go and

propitiate Indra and Siva).
 

 
प्रातिष्ठत महाबाहुर्हिमवच्छिखरं प्रति ।
 

The valorous Arjuna started towards

a peak of the Himalayas.
 

 
तपस्युग्रे वर्तमान उग्रतेजा महामनाः ।

प्रसादयामास हरं पार्थः परपुरञ्जयः ॥
 

Performing severe penance, the intensely

resplendent and lofty-min lded Arjuna, the

conquerer of his enemies' cities, propitiated

Siva.
 

 
तमुवाच महातेजाः प्रहसन् वृषभध्वजः ।

'ददामि तेऽस्त्रं दयितमहं पाशुपतं विभो '