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दिग्विजयपर्वन् (digvijayaparvan)

 
Mahabharata
English
[Digvijayaparvan]
(“the section treating of the conquest of the four quarters”), the 24th of the minor parvans, II, 25--32. (Cf. Digvijaya.) § 278: Arjuna, having obtained his bow, etc., prevailed upon Yudhishṭhira to let him subdue the North. Arjuna set out on the celestial chariot which he had obtained from Agni, and subdued the North (“the region presided over by Dhanada”), while Bhīmasena subjugated the East, Sahadeva the South, and Nakula the West, and Yudhishṭhira stayed within Khāṇḍavaprastha (II, 25).--§ 279: The campaign of Arjuna (q.v.) is narrated in full (II, 26--28).--§ 280: Full description of Bhīmasena's (q.v.) campaign towards the East (II, 29--30).--§ 281: Full narration of Sahadeva's (q.v.) campaign towards the South (II, 31, 1105--1123).--§ 282: a, v. Sahadeva
b, v. Māhishmatī (II, 31, 1124--1143, a).--§ 283: a, v. Sahadeva
b, v. Agni (enumeration of names) (II, 31, 1143, b-- 1154).--§ 284: v. Sahadeva (II, 31, 1155--1182).--§ 285: Full description of the campaign of Nakula (q.v.) towards the West (II, 32).