4o6 ALBERUNPS INDIA.
had made a pause between Asvatthcbnan and the ele¬
phant, by which he had led Drona to believe that he
meant his son. Yudhishthira spoke to the angels : " If
this must be, may my intercession be accepted on be¬
half of the people in hell; may they be freed from it,"
After this desire of his had been granted, he went into
paradise.