CHAPTER XLVII.
 

403
 

Tlie Months.
Margasirsha
 

The Names of
Vasudeva.
 

The Months.
 

The Names of
Vasudeva.
 

Kesava
 

Jyaishtha
 

i
Trivikrama
 

Pausha
 

Narayana
 

AshMha
 

Vfi,mana
 

Magha
 

Madhava
 

Sravana
 

Sridhara            1
 

Phalguna
 

Govinda
 

Bhadrapada
 

Hrishikesa        1
 

Caitra
 

Vishnu
 

Asvayuja
 

Padmanabhi     :
 

Vaisakha
 

Madhus6dana
 

Karttika
 

Damodara         j
 

Now the brother-in-law of the deceased Kaihsa be- continua-
came angry, went rapidly to Mathura, took possession story of
of the realm of Vasudeva, and banished him to the
ocean.    Then there appeared near the coast a golden
castle called Baroda, and Vasudeva made it his resi¬
dence.

The children of Kaurava (i.e. Dhritarashtra) had the
charge of their cousins (the children of P^indu). Dhri¬
tarashtra received them and played dice with them, the
last stake being their whole property. They lost more
and more, until he laid upon them the obligation of
expatriation for more than ten years, and of conceal¬
ment in the remotest part of the country, where nobody
knew them. If they did not keep this engagement
they would be bound to return into banishment for a
like number of years. This engagement was carried
out, but finally came the time of their coming forward
for battle. Now each party began to assemble their
whole number and to sue for allies, till at last nearly
innumerable hosts had gathered in the plain of Tl'ane-
shar. There were eighteen akshauhini. Each party
tried to gain Vasudeva as ally, whereupon he offered
either himself or his brother Balabhadra together with
an army. But the children of Pandu preferred him.
They were five men—Yudhishthira, their leader, Arjuna,
the bravest of them, Sahadeva, Bhimasena, and Nakula.
They had seven akshauhini, whilst their enemies were