Soot said: Thus, Krishna, the friend of Krishna, was chosen by the king, displaying various forms of anxiety and beauty.

Overcome by grief, his face withered, and he could not express his thoughts while contemplating the Supreme Being.

With great difficulty, he restrained his pure eyes, which were filled with tears, and was overwhelmed with longing for the unseen.

Recalling friendship, affection, and camaraderie, he spoke to the elder brother of the king with a voice choked with tears.

Arjuna said: I have been deceived, O great king, by the deer in the form of a friend, which has taken away my great radiance, causing divine bewilderment.

By whose separation, the world becomes unpleasing to behold; without hymns, this dead person is said to be like that.

From the refuge of which, at the self-choice ceremony of the kings who came to the house of Drupada, the fish was indeed struck down by me, and Krishna attained the bow.

In whose presence, having conquered Indra and the army of the gods, I obtained a wonderful assembly created by me, which drew kings from all directions to the sacrifice.

By whose radiance, O king, the head of the king was made great for the sacrifice; your brother, endowed with the strength of thousands of elephants, has taken away the lord of the spirits from the sacrifice.

In the assembly, the beautiful and glorious wife of the king, adorned with the great anointment, is touched by the tears of the fallen women, who are liberated from the curse of the ungrateful.

He who protected us by entering the forest, overcoming the insurmountable difficulties created by Durvasa, and who, using the leftover food, satisfied the three worlds, is the one who submerged the assembly in water.

That divine energy of the Lord, who wields the trident in battle, has made me forget my own weapons, and I have reached the great seat in Indra's abode, even though I am also among the sages.

There, while I was enjoying with the pair of strong arms, the gods, having taken refuge in the experience of that divine being, are today astonished by the man who has been subdued by the earth.

When my relative, the son of Kuru, ascended the chariot of unlimited strength, I was taken away, along with much wealth, from the heads of others, and I seized the radiant jewel.

He who is adorned by the foremost charioteers of Bhishma, Karna, Drona, and Shalya, and who is surrounded by the best of royal warriors, may he grant me longevity and strength, as I behold him.

Those faults that are not to be found in the weapons of Bhishma, Karna, and the other great warriors, may they not touch me, like the demons did not touch the devotee Narahari.

O Lord, who is surrounded by those who worship your lotus feet, may my mind be free from distractions, as the charioteers do not strike those who are exhausted.

O Partha, O Arjuna, the charming and beautiful smiles that are spoken of, touch the hearts of men, and remembering them, my heart is captivated by Madhava.

In the unity of resting, sitting, playing, talking, and eating, I have been deceived; I endure everything with great respect for my friend, as a son does for his father.

I am devoid of the supreme person, the best among men, and am empty-hearted, protected by the strength of the cowherds, having been defeated by the good ones.

That indeed is the bow, those are the arrows, that chariot belongs to you, and the horses are yours; I am the charioteer, while the kings bow down to you. In an instant, everything became ashes, as if burnt in a fire.

O king, to those who have asked you, our friends in the city, let them be struck by the curse of the Brahmins, who are bewildered by the curse.

Having drunk the Varuni wine, the minds of the intoxicated ones are agitated; they do not recognize each other, as if they are left with four or five remnants.

Generally, this is the divine play of the Lord; beings strike each other and are influenced by each other.

In the water of the aquatic beings, the great ones are not less than the small ones; O King, the weak are equal to the strong.

Thus, the powerful Yadavas, with their great strength, collected the burdens of the earth.

Those who are connected with time and place, and who pacify the heart's agitation, take away the mind that remembers, as instructed by Govinda.

Soot said: While contemplating the lotus feet of Krishna, the mind became pure and calm with deep affection.

Arjuna, absorbed in devotion, meditated on the feet of Vasudeva, which are free from all impurities.

The song sung by the Lord, knowledge that arises from the battle, having overcome the darkness of time and action, the Lord again ascended.

The one who is free from sorrow, endowed with the wealth of Brahman, free from the doubt of duality, and unattached due to the nature of the unmanifest.

Hearing the path of the Lord, Yudhishthira, with a composed mind, resolved to follow his own path and that of the Yadava clan.

After hearing about the destruction of the Yadavas and the path of the Lord, Dhananjaya, with single-minded devotion to the Lord, withdrew from worldly affairs.

He who lifted the burden of the earth, he abandoned that body, like a thorn discarding another thorn, equally powerful.

Just as the fish and other forms bear the burden of the earth, so did the actor cast off his body.

When Lord Mukunda left this earth, his sweet and worthy stories were heard, then Kali, the cause of unrighteousness, began to manifest.

Yudhishthira, understanding the surrounding influences in the city, the nation, and within himself, established the wheel of righteousness against greed, falsehood, and violence.

The sovereign, with his grandson endowed with good qualities, anointed the lord of the earth, the elephant, with water from the sacred rivers.

In Mathura, then, the diamond, the king of Shurasena, was identified, and the Lord, the deity of the offerings, drank the oblations.

Having abandoned all those things like garments and ornaments, free from possessiveness and ego, he is completely severed from all bondage.

He offered his speech and mind to that life force, and also to the other one; he offered the five elements to death.

After offering the five elements in the threefold manner, the sage did not offer anything in the oneness; he offered everything into the self, realizing the imperishable Brahman.

Clad in a loincloth, abstaining from food, with his head raised and speech liberated, he displayed his form like a madman or a ghost.

Unperturbed, he entered the northern direction, like a deaf person hearing nothing, meditating on the supreme Brahman in his heart, from where he had gone.

All the brothers, having made a firm resolution, went to the place, seeing the subjects afflicted by the friend of Kali, who is unrighteous.

Knowing that the righteous have achieved everything, they mentally held the lotus feet of Vaikuntha.

By the purity of their devotion, they attained the supreme state through meditation on that Narayana.

You have attained that which is difficult to achieve, free from sinful desires, by your own self, in a place devoid of impurities.

Vidura, having abandoned his body at Prabhasa, entered into Krishna, his mind absorbed in that, and went to his own abode.

Draupadi, knowing this, did not depend on her husbands; she surrendered entirely to Lord Vasudeva.

He who listens with faith to this account of the beloved sons of Pandu attains purity and devotion to Hari, thereby achieving success.