Aswamedha parvamu

After performing last rites to Bheeshma.Dharmaraju could not control his grief.He was about to fall to the ground. Bheema caught him and slowly made him lie on the ground.Arjuna and others attended to him.Sree Krishna pacified him.Dhrutharashtra came and sat near him. Dharmaraja!You won this kingdom according to Kshathriya rules and regulations only.Oh son!do not weep!main reason for all this calamity is that I have never stood by what was right.That is the main why why Gaandhaari and I are in such a despicable condition.We are aged and we are alone.Think of us.Do not be sorrowful.Sree Krishna also pacified him. Dharmaraju!if kith and kin weep ,departed souls also would not be happy.all your people died in war and reached heaven.So,you need not be sorry for them.YoU conduct a great yagna and give donations profusely.You pray deities and pithrudevathas. Vyaasa maharshi also chided him. Dharmaraja! we have been brain washing you since so much time. aGAIN YOU ARE LOSING YOUR CONFIDENCE. Are our teachings and preachings full waste?Dharma raju replied him.You are all telling me that I can wipe off my sins by conducting Aswamedha yaagam and by giving donations to Brahmins profusely.But let me put my point before you. All the kings died in the war.It is not right to take money from their sons who are still in grief.Duryodhana utilised the entire amount in the treasury and that too ,which was saved by people.So,at present I do not have any money.I do not know any way out to earn so much money to conduct Aswamedha yaagam.In this condition,How can I conduct it?So,please give me permission to go to vaanaprastham. To this Vyasa maharshi smiled and gave a suggestion. Dharmaraja!earlier a king named,Maruththudu, did a yagna and gave donations and offerings profusely to all the great Brahmins.Brahmins could not carry such huge amounts. So,they carried whatever they could and left what they could not carry.While leaving that place they gave the word that who ever comes across that money and riches can take it.They would not be in the wrong,if they take that money.That king perfomed the yagna with golden vessels and articles. That king left all those golden appliances there itself and told that any one can take them and use them.So,Dharmaraja!go ,collect and bring them and use them.Dharmaraju learnt about the story of King Maruththudu.Sree Krishna advised Dharmaraju to win over his enemy named sorrow.He told him to be happy and told him Kaama geetha.Vyaasa,Narada,and other sages,bHeema,Droupadi and others saw to it that Dharmaraju came out of his sorrow.Dharmaraju told that he would find that riches and they had to come again.They all blessed him and went their ways.Dharmaraju gave donations to Brahmins in the name of Karna and other great warriors.He lived along the banks of Ganga for some time and returned to Hasthinapura. Sree Krishna and Arjuna stayed at Indraprastham.They were moving along the rivers,mountains and forests and discussing about many things. Arjuna would think of Abhimanyu and would become sad. Sree Krishna would pacify him.Arjuna was grateful for his friends help in bringing back the kingdom to Pandavas and he would show his gratitude to Sree krishna. Like that,both friends were happy.