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SVARGAROHANA PARVA
 
461
 
dog ; and this is the third test, (which you
have stood) by your desiring to stand for
the good of your brothers. Son of Kunti !
king your brothers do not deserve hell;
come, come, you best of the Bharatas !
meet them who have gone to heaven."
 
गङ्गां देवनदीं पुण्यां पावनीमृषिसंस्तुताम् ।
अवगाह्य ततो राजा तनुं तत्याज मानुषीम् ॥
 
Bathing then in the sacred and sanctify-
ing celestial river, the Ganges that is
lauded by the sages, king Yudhisthira cast
off his mortal frame.
 
ततो दिव्यवपुर्भूत्वा देवैस्सर्षिमरुद्गणैः ।
ददर्श तत्र गोविन्दं फल्गुनेन सुवर्चसा ।
अपरस्मिन्नथोद्देशे कर्णे शस्त्रभृतां वरम् ।
भीमसेनमथापश्यद्दिव्य मूर्तिसमन्वितम् ।
नकुलं सहदेवं च ददर्श कुरुनन्दनः ।
तथा ददर्श पाञ्चालीं कमलोत्पलमालिनीम् ॥
Becoming then divine-bodied and along
with gods and sages, Yudhisthira saw
there Krishna, along with the lustrous.