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इन्द्रद्युम्नोपाख्यान (indradyumnopAkhyAna)

 
Mahabharata
English
[Indradyumnopākhyāna(ṃ)]
(“history of Indradyumna”). § 468 (Mārk.): The Pāṇḍavas asked Mārkaṇḍeya “Is there anybody that is older than thou?” He related: “The rājarshi Indradyumna, who had fallen from heaven, complained that his fame must have passed away, and asked me if I recognized him
as I did not, he became a horse and carried me to the Himavat to the owl Prāvārakarṇa, who was older than I
the owl we took to the lake Indradyumna to the crane Nāḍījaṅgha, who was older than the owl
the crane indicated us the tortoise Akūpāra in the same lake. Akūpāra knew Indradyumna, and said that Indradyumna had planted the yūpa 1, 000 times, and that this lake had been excavated by the feet of the cows given away by him to the brahmans. Then a chariot came from heaven, and a celestial voice called Indradyumna back to heaven (vv. 13343--5, three ślokas are cited
v. 13343: ‘The report of a virtuous deed reaches heaven and earth
as long as that report is heard, so long is the doer said to be in heaven’). He first brought me and the owl to our respective places, and then went away in that chariot.” The Pāṇḍavas praised Mārkaṇḍeya for having caused Indradyumna to regain his sphere
he said that Kṛshṇa also had raised the rājarshi Nṛga from hell and caused him to regain heaven (III, 199).