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बकशक्रसंवाद (bakazakrasaMvAda)

 
Mahabharata
English
Baka-Śakra-saṃvāda(ḥ) (“Conversation between Baka and Indra”). § 462 (Mārk.): III, 193: Yudhishṭhira, having heard that the ṛshis Baka and Dālbhya were longlived and friends of Indra, asked Mārkaṇḍeya about the meeting of Baka and Indra. Mārkaṇḍeya related: After the conflict between the gods and asuras was over, and Indra had become the ruler of the three worlds, all people were happy and virtuous. Once Indra, riding on Airāvata, surveyed his happy subjects, and, descending to earth, he made a visit to the ṛshi Baka, who had lived for 100, 000 years and was adored by gods and ṛshis (?devarshigaṇasevita, v. 13236
PCR. has the accus.), in his hermitage in the east by the seaside. Indra asked him about the sorrows of those who have a long life. Baka mentioned several common disagreeable things, and finally, the having to witness the injustices that take place. Indra then asked him about their joys
he mentioned the frugal life of a pious brahman, who only eats after having waited on his guest.