Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Rishi
Vaishampayana continued “A massive crowd of People of Varanavarth assembled in
search of sons of Pandu, witnessed the gigantic fire in the Palace, shortly they
realized that the palace was made out of wax and other inflammable materials constructed
by Purochan by the command of deceitful plan of Duryodhana, after a long
struggle to put off the fire they found that Purochan and his family was killed
in the fire accident. The people of
Varanavarth echoed that it was the plan of wicked Duryodhana to kill the sons
of Pandu, it must be a wisely conceived
plan of Duryodhana and Dhrutharashtra to kill the Pandavas, or Dhrutharashtra
must have opposed the treacherous plan of his son. They also suspected that the Bhishmacharya
son of King Shanthanu, Dronacharya, Vidura, Krupacharya and other responsible
members of the Kouravas were failed to perform their responsibilities. Ultimately the people of Varanavarth decided
to convey a message to King Dhrutharashtra commenting ‘Your irrepressible
desire has come true! You have burnt Pandavas to death!’.
Later,
it was decided to conduct rigorous search for the bodies of Pandavas. They found the mortals of Nishadha woman and
her five children. The man who was
appointed for the construction of tunnel by Vidura furtively removed the ashes
from its place and crammed the tunnel with it.
The people of Varanavarth duly conveyed the depressing message about the
death of Pandavas and Purochan to Dhrutharashtra. The King Dhrutharashtra was devastated at the
misfortune of Pandavas, he became inconsolable and spoke “It is definite that
the memorable brother of mine and King Pandu must have met his death today
after listening to the loss of five warriors and their mother in the fire
accident. Oh! Sons, hurry to Varanavarth
and perform the final rite for the great warriors, sons of Pandu and daughter
of King Kunthibhojan. Bring the remnants
of the mortal in Hasthinapur and perform appropriate rites. Let the relatives and friends of deceased go
to Varanavarth and perform those entire rites for Pandavas and Kunthi immediately.”
Dhrutharashtra,
son of Ambika was assembled with relatives and sons, he performed ceremonial
bath for the Pandavas. The people of
Hasthinapur were grief-stricken, cried their heart out calling the names of
sons of Pandu and Kunthi, ‘ Oh! Yudhishtira, King of Kuru Dynasty’, ‘Oh! Bhima,
Oh! Phalguna’, ‘ Oh! Nakula &
Sahadeva’, ‘Oh! Kunthi’. They took
ceremonial bath for the deceased and the entire Hasthinapur wept for the
Pandavas. But, Vidura who was aware of
the truth was remained calm.
In
the meantime, Pandavas, the glorious
warriors with their mother safely arrived at a place far from Varanavarth
situated on the other side of river Ganga, due to the favorable weather conditions
and the skill of ferry man. Immediately,
they deserted the ferry went inside the dense forest in the moon light. Oh! King Janamejaya, ultimately they arrived
in the middle of an impassable forest.
They were extremely tired of hunger, thirst and sleeplessness. Yudhishtira spoke to Bhima “What else could
be painful other than this destitution?
We are in the middle of dense forest. We are utterly miserable without
the knowledge of routes. We are unaware
about the news of wicked Purochan. How
did we protect ourselves from the sight of others? Oh! Bhima, you are the
powerful and fast amongst us, so carry us on your shoulder and precede the
journey. Bhima carried his mother on his
shoulder, brothers on his arms and waist after listening to Yudhishtira and
continued their journey promptly.
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
