459:5 The Mahábhárata names some of them rather differently, and adds some particulars. Thus Yaudheya was the son of Yudhisht́hira by his wife Deviká, daughter of Govásana of the Śaivya tribe. The son of Bhímasena was Sarvaga, by Balandhará, princess of Káśí; he had also Ghat́okkacha by Hid́imbá. Abhimanyu was the p. 460 son of Arjuna by Subhadrá. The wives and sons of the other two are the same, but Kareńumatí is termed a princess of Chedí, and Vijayá of Madra.

460:6 In the details immediately preceding, the Puráńas generally concur, deriving them probably from the same source, the Ádi Parvan of the Mahábhárata, and employing very frequently the same words. The period at which the chapter closes is supposed to be that at which the Vyása, who arranged or compiled the Puráńas, is believed to have flourished. Paríkshit died of the bite of a snake, according to the Mahábhárata, Ádi P. The Bhágavata is supposed to have been narrated to him in the interval between the bite and its fatal effect.

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