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' Arjuna' says one ; 'Karna' says another ;

'Duryodhana' says a third; so saying, the

people then departed.
 
ADI PARVA
 

 
दुर्योधनस्यापि तदा कर्णमास्थाय [पार्थिव] ।

भयमर्जुनसंप्राप्तं क्षिप्रमन्तरधीयत ॥
 

And obtaining then the support of Karna,

Duryodhana soon lost his fear of Arjuna.
 

 
धृतराष्ट्रस्तु] (राजेन्द्र) यदा कौरवनन्दनम् ।

युधिष्ठिरं विजानन्वै समर्थं राज्यरक्षणे ।

यौवराज्याभिषेकार्थममन्त्रत मन्त्रिभिः ।

ते तु बुध्वाऽन्वतप्यन्त धृतराष्ट्रात्मजास्तदा ॥
 

When, finding that Yudhisthira, the sun of

Pandu (of the Kuru line), was capable of

protecting the State, Dhritarashtra took

counsel with his ministers for his installation as

heir-apparent, the sons of Dhritarashtra,

coming to know of this, burnt (with envy).

 
ततस्संवत्सरस्यान्ते यौवराज्याय [पार्थिव] ।

स्थापितो धृतराष्ट्रेण पाण्डुपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः ॥
 

Then at the end of a year, Yudhisthira, the

son of Pandu, was established as heir-apparent

by Dhritarashtra.