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was over K>islma saluted him king, but he showed great disinclination
to accept the dignity. His sorrow for those who had
fallen was deep, especially for Karrca, and he did what he could to
console the hereaved Dhnta-rashfra and Gandhari, as well as the
many other sufferers. He was made king, and was raised to the
throne with great pomp, he acting as ruler under the nominal
supremacy of the old King Dhnta-rashfaa. There, after an inter-
val, he asserted his universal supremacy by performing the great
Aswa-medha sacrifice. The death of Krishna at Dwaraka and
regrets for the past embittered the lives of the Pawdavas, and
they resolved to withdraw from the world. Yudhi-shtfhira
appointed Parikshit, grandson of Arjuna, to be his successor,
and the five brothers departed with Draupadi to the Himalayas
on their way to Swarga. The story of this journey is told with
great feeling in the closing verses of the Maha-bharata. See
Maha-bharata,
Yudhi~shhira had a son named Yaudheya by his wife Devika;
but the Vishmi Purawa makes the son's name Devaka and the
mother's Yaudheyi.
YUGA. An age of the woilcL Each of these ages is preceded
by a period called its Sandhya or twilight, and is followed by
another period of equal length called Sandhyansa, *
portion of
twilight,' each being equal to one-tenth of the Yuga. The
Yugas are four in number, and their duration is first computed
by years of the gods :
12,000