Shloka 25
Bhīmasena’s Capture by the Serpent and Nahūṣa’s Self-Disclosure (भीमसेन-भुजङ्गग्रहणं नहुषोपाख्यानप्रस्तावः)
वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--नरश्रेष्ठ! इस प्रकार अर्जुनको दिव्यास्त्रोंके प्रदर्शनसे रोककर सम्पूर्ण देवता तथा अन्य सभी प्राणी जैसे आये थे वैसे लौट गये ।। तेषु सर्वेषु कौरव्य प्रतियातेषु पाण्डवा: तस्मिन्नेव वने हृकास्त ऊषु: सह कृष्णया,कुरुनन्दन! उन सबके चले जानेपर सब पाण्डव द्रौपदीके साथ बड़े हर्षपूर्वक उसी वनमें रहने लगे
Vaiśampāyana uvāca—naraśreṣṭha! evaṃ divyāstrapradarśanena Arjunam nivārya samagrā devatāḥ sarve ca anye prāṇinaḥ yathāgatāḥ tathā pratyajagmuḥ. teṣu sarveṣu, kauravya, pratīyāteṣu, pāṇḍavāḥ tasminn eva vane hṛṣṭāḥ ūṣuḥ saha Kṛṣṇayā. kurunandana! teṣāṃ gateṣu sarveṣu pāṇḍavāḥ Draupadyā saha mahāharṣeṇa tasminn eva vane nivāsam cakruḥ.
Vaiśampāyana said: “O best of men! Having thus restrained Arjuna from displaying the celestial weapons, all the gods and the other beings returned just as they had come. When they had all departed, O Kauravya, the Pāṇḍavas—gladdened at heart—continued to dwell in that very forest together with Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī). O joy of the Kurus! After everyone had gone, the Pāṇḍavas, with Draupadī, lived on in the same forest in great happiness.”
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