Pāṇḍavas had been banished, the Bhojas, Vṛṣṇis, Andhakas,
the heirs of Pañcāla, the Cedi king Dhṛṣṭaketu, the brothers
Kaikeya went to see them. As Kṛṣṇa (b) said: “the earth
shall drink the blood of Duryodhana, etc.,” Arjuna tried to
pacify him by reciting the feats achieved in his former lives
(b); then Arjuna, the soul of Kṛṣṇa, became silent, and
Janārdana (i.e. Kṛṣṇa) (b) replied that he was identical
with Arjuna. Then Pāñcālī (i.e. Kṛṣṇā), surrounded by
Dhṛṣṭadyumna and her other brothers, praised Kṛṣṇa (b).
She then blamed him and the Pāṇḍavas for having let her
endure the shame of being dragged in the assembly, etc.
(“fie on that Gāṇḍīva (c)”), and relates the persecutions of
Duryodhana (cf. § 197) and the valour of Bhīma until the
svayaṃvara. Kṛṣṇa promised that she should be avenged,
and Dhṛṣṭadyumna said: “I will slay Droṇa; Śikhaṇḍin
Pitāmaha (i.e. Bhīṣma); Bhīmasena Duryodhana; and
Dhanañjaya (i.e. Arjuna) Karṇa; assisted by Rāma and
Kṛṣṇa we are invincible in battle even to Indra” (III, 12).
—§ 318: Kṛṣṇa said that if he had not been absent from
Dvārakā (v. 610: the Anartta country) at that time, he should
have come and prevented the gambling by either persuading
Dhṛtarāṣṭra (relating how the son of Vīrasena was formerly
deprived of his kingdom, etc.), or compelling him by force;
on arriving at Dvārakā he had learnt from Yuyudhāna what
had happened and had instantly come to see them (III, 13).
—§§ 319—321: Saubhavadhop. (q.v.).—§§ 322—324: Dvaīta-
vanapraveśa (q.v.).—§§ 325—327: Draupadī-paritāpa-vākya
(q.v.).—§§ 328—329: Kāmyakavana-praveśa (q.v.).—§ 330:
Indradarśana (q.v.). For continuation v. Kairātaparvan.