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to be killed by the ambidexterous Arjuna.

And I do not desire to stay here ; I

tell you in truth, my heaven is there

where they are; I do not regard this

as heaven."
 
'
 

 
'यदि वै तत्र ते श्रद्धा गम्यतां तत्र मा चिरम् ।'

इत्युक्त्वा तं ततो देवा देवदूतमुपादिशन् ।

युधिष्ठिरस्य सुहृदो दर्शयेति [परन्तप] ॥
 

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If you have a strong desire for that

place where your brothers are, go there ;

let there be no delay ."So saying to
 

Yudhisthira, the gods then
 
commissioned a

divine messenger to show Yudhisthira his

friends.
 

 
ततः कुन्तीसुतो राजा देवदूतश्च जग्मतुः ।

पन्थानमशुभं दुर्गगं सेवितं पापकर्मभिः ॥
 

Then king Yudhisthira and the messenger

of the gods walked the inauspicious and

impassable path (of hell), taken by

the sinful.
 
THE MAHABHARATA
 
place where your brothers
let there be no delay."
 

 
ददर्श चापि कौन्तेयो यातनाः पापकर्मिणाम् ॥
 

And Yudhisthira witnessed (there) the
 

tortures of the sinful.