भीष्मदर्शनार्थं प्रस्थानम्
Departure to Behold Bhīṣma
भूतानीव समस्तानि ययु: कृष्णनिवेशनम् । तदनन्तर राजा युधिष्ठिर, भीमसेन, अर्जुन, नकुल और सहदेव सब एक रथपर आरूढ़ हो श्रीकृष्णके निवासस्थानपर गये, मानो समस्त महाभूत मूर्तिमान् होकर पधारे हों ।। १८ ई || आगच्छत्स्वथ कृष्णो5पि पाण्डवेषु महात्मसु
bhūtānīva samastāni yayuḥ kṛṣṇaniveśanam | tad-anantaraṁ rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ bhīmasenaḥ arjunaḥ nakulaḥ saha-devaś ca sarve eka-rathe ārūḍhāḥ śrī-kṛṣṇasya niveśana-sthānaṁ jagmuḥ, māno samastā mahā-bhūtā mūrtimantaḥ kṛtvā padhāritāḥ || atha āgacchat sv atha kṛṣṇo 'pi pāṇḍaveṣu mahātmasu ||
All beings, as it were, moved toward Krishna’s dwelling. Thereafter King Yudhiṣṭhira—together with Bhīmasena, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva—mounted a single chariot and went to Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s residence, as though the great elements themselves had taken bodily form and arrived. Then Kṛṣṇa too came forward to meet those great-souled Pāṇḍavas.
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