Chapter
13:
Dhritarāshthra
Quits Home
(30)
He was followed by the chaste and worthy daughter of King
Subala [Gāndhārī] who went along with
her husband to the Himalayas - the place that is the delight of
those who took up the staff of renunciation like they were
fighters accepting the legitimacy of a good beating.
Chapter
14:
The Disappearance of Lord Krishna
(12) See, o Bhīma, how the jackal frantically cries at sunrise and how the dog barks at me without any fear.
Chapter
15:
The
Pāndavas Retire
(5) He said: 'O my King, the Personality of Godhead Hari who
treated me like His intimate friend has left me. Now I am
bereft of the astounding power that even astonished the gods.
(14) Because of His friendship
alone I, seated on the chariot, could cross the insurmountable
ocean of the invincible existence of the military strength of
the Kauravas, and thanks alone to His friendship, I could return with the enormous wealth of the enemy; the brilliance of
all the jewels I by force took from their heads. (15)
It was He who by the power of His glance ended the mental
agitation that sprouted from the motivation for results of all the
fighters who with the wealth of their chariots were positioned
on the battlefield o great King, and from whose ranks I
stepped forward with before my eyes the immensity of great
royal personalities like Bhīshma, Karna, Drona and
S'alya. (16)
Under His protection the very powerful invincible weapons
wielded by Drona, Bhīshma, Karna,
Bhūris'ravā, King Sus'armā, S'alya, King
Jayadratha, Bāhlika [a brother of Bhīshma]
etc., could not touch me, just like when Prahlāda [the
famous devotee of Nrisimhadev, the lion-incarnation] was
threatened by the demons. (17)
Thinking erroneously of Him as being only my chariot driver He to whose feet the intelligent for
the sake of salvation render service delivered
me. By His mercy my enemies
were absentminded and didn't attack me when I alighted for my
thirsty horses.
Chapter
16:
How
Parīkchit Received the Age of Kali
(18)
The
wandering personality of the religion, who stood on one leg only [the
so called 'bull' of dharma whose legs stand for the four fundamental
human values], met with the aggrieved cow [mother Earth] who had tears
in her eyes like a mother who has lost her child.
Chapter
17:
Punishment
and Reward of Kali
(36)
Kali said: 'Wherever I may live under your order, o Emperor, will I always have to face the reign of your bow and arrows.
Chapter
18:
Mahārāja
Parīkchit Cursed by a Brahmin Boy
(24-25)
"Once upon a time when Parīkchit was hunting stags with bow and arrows,
he got very fatigued, hungry and thirsty. Looking for a reservoir of
water he entered the hermitage of the famous rishi S'amīka where he saw
the sage silently sitting down with his eyes closed.
Chapter
19:
The
appearance of S'ukadeva Gosvāmī
