Vaisampayana continued, -"Then O monarch, that foremost of the Panda vas, endued with great prowess, cheerfully delivered all of them from that curse. Rising from the waters they all regained their own forms. Those Apsaras then, o king, all looked as before. Freeing those sacred waters (from the danger of wbich they had been notorious), and giving the Apsaras leave to go where they chose, Arjuna became desirous of once more beholding Chitrangada. He, therefore, proceeded towards the city of Manipura. Arrived there he beheld on the throne the son he had begotten upon Chitrangada, and who was called by the name of Vabhruvahana “Seeing Chitrangada once more, Arjuna proceeded, O monarch, towards the spot called Gokarna."
Thus ends the two hundredth and nineteenth section in the Arjunavanavasa Parva of the Adi Parva.
SECTION CCXX
(Arjuna-vanavasa Parva continued)
Vaisampayana said.-Then Arjuna of immeasurable prowess saw.one after another, all the sacred waters and other holy places that were on the shores of the western ocean Vibhatsu reached the sacred spot called Ptobhasa. When the invisible Arjuna arrived at that sacred and delightful region, the slayer of Madhu (Krishna) heard of it. Madhava soon went there to see his friend the son of Kunti. Krishna and Arjuna met together and embracing each other enquired after each other's welfare. Those dear friends, who were none else than the Rishis Nara and Narayana of old, sat down. Vasudeva asked Arjuna about his travels, saying, -'Why, O Pandava, art thou wandering over the Earth, beholding all the sacred waters and other holy places?' Then Arjuna told him everything that had happened. Hearing all, chat mighty hero of Vrishni's race said. This is as it should be. And Krishna and Arjuna having sported as they liked, for sometime at Probhasa, went to the Raivataka mountain to pass some days there. Before they arrived at Raivataka, that mountain had, at the command of Krishna, been well adorned by many artificers. Much food also had, at Krishna's command, been collected there. Enjoying everything that had been collected there for him, Arjuna sat with Vasudeva to see the performances of the actors and the dancers. Then the high-souled Pandava, dismissing them all with proper respect, laid himself down on a welladorned and excellent bed. As the strong-arned one lay on that excellent bed, he described unto Krishna everything about the sacred
