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Vyāsa said.
O gentle lady, O Gāndhāri, you will see your sons, brothers, friends, and the brides with their husbands, as if they have arisen from sleep in the night. (15-39-1)
Kuntī will see Karṇa, and Yādavī also will see Abhimanyu; Draupadī will likewise see her five sons, fathers, and brothers. (15-39-2)
Earlier, this resolve had arisen in my heart; as I am prompted by the king, by you, and by Pṛthā indeed. (15-39-3)
Those great-souled ones, the best among men, all indeed devoted to the kṣatriya-dharma, are not to be lamented, for they have thus attained death. (15-39-4)
O blameless one, that deed of the gods which was destined to happen—certainly, all (beings), endowed with portions of the gods, then descended to the surface of the earth. (15-39-5)
Gandharvas, Apsarases, Piśācas, secret Rākṣasas, meritorious beings, Siddhas, and divine rishis were also there. (15-39-6)
Gods, demons, and also the pure brahma-sages— all these attained their end on the battlefield of Kurukṣetra. (15-39-7)
He who is known as the wise king of the Gandharvas, Dhritarashtra by name, is indeed, in the world of men, your husband Dhritarashtra. (15-39-8)
Know that Pāṇḍu was the most excellent among the Marut hosts, and that Acyuta is a portion of Dharma who became the royal advisor and king—this is Yudhiṣṭhira. (15-39-9)
Know Duryodhana as Kali, Śakuni as the spirit of Dvāpara, and know Duḥśāsana and the others as rākṣasas (demons), O beautiful one. (15-39-10)
Bhīmasena, the powerful subduer of enemies, arose from the host of the Maruts; know that this son of Pṛthā, Dhanañjaya, is the sage among men. Nārāyaṇa is Hṛṣīkeśa, and the two Aśvins are both sons of Yama. (15-39-11)
Having split his own body in two, the Sun—the best among those who burn—and Karṇa, who truly causes the worlds to be heated, know this, O beautiful one. He who also arose for the sake of enmity and is a source of conflict. (15-39-12)
He who was the heir of the Pāṇḍavas slain by six great chariot-warriors—that Soma here, the son of Subhadrā, through union indeed became twofold. (15-39-13)
Know that Dhṛṣṭadyumna, born with Draupadī from the fire, is the auspicious portion of Agni; but Śikhaṇḍin is a demon. (15-39-14)
Know Droṇa to be a portion of Bṛhaspati, Drauṇi to be born of Rudra, and Bhīṣma, son of Gaṅgā, to be the Vasu who has come into a human form. (15-39-15)
Thus, O highly intelligent one, these gods, having assumed a human condition, indeed returned to heaven after performing auspicious deeds. (15-39-16)
That sorrow, which has long remained in the hearts of you all, I will remove today out of fear caused by the next world. (15-39-17)
All of you go to the river Bhagirathi; there you will see all those who have been slain in this battlefield. (15-39-18)
Vaiśampāyana said.
Thus, having heard Vyāsa’s words, then all the people, with a great lion’s roar, proceeded facing towards the Gaṅgā. (15-39-19)
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, together with his ministers, set out along with the Pāṇḍavas, joined by eminent sages and the assembled Gandharvas. (15-39-20)
Then, having gradually reached the Gaṅgā, all the people made their dwellings as they pleased and as was comfortable. (15-39-21)
The wise king, along with the Pāṇḍavas and his attendants, made his residence in the chosen place, with women and the elderly at the forefront. (15-39-22)
To those who waited through the night, longing to see the dead kings, that day also passed just like a hundred years. (15-39-23)
Then the sun approached the holy and excellent mountain as it was setting. Thereafter, those who had completed the bathing performed the nightly ritual. (15-39-24)
