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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 कर्णेणं 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.