Mahabharata Condensed in the Poet's Own Words /475

459
 
SVARGAROHANA PARVA
 
स्थिते मुहूर्तM पार्थे तु व्यगमत्तत्तमो [नृप]।

न यातना अदृश्यन्त ततो वायुश्शुचिर्ववौ ॥
 

When Yudhisthira stayed (there) for a

while, that darkness (of hell) disappeared;

tortures were not seen; and a pure breeze

then blew.
 

 
दिवौकसस्समाजग्मुर्यत्र राजा स्थितोऽभवत् ।
 

The denizens of heaven came to where

king Yudhisthira was.
 

 
इन्द्र:-
6
 

न च मन्युस्त्वया कार्यः श्रुणु चेदं वचो मम ।

अवश्यं नरकस्तात द्रष्टव्यस्सर्वराजभिः ।

व्याजेन हि त्वया द्रोण उपचीर्णस्सुतं प्रति ।

व्याजेनैव ततो राजन् दर्शितो नरकस्तव ॥

Indra -
 
"6
 

(Yudhisthira !) You must not become

angry ; hear these words of mine : Hell

must be seen by all kings without fail;

it is under cover of
 
some pretext that
 

you deceived Drona in
 
respect of his son ;
 

hence has hell been shown to you:
 

through some pretext.