Excerpt from Selections From the Mahabharata To know where they are, and refuses to stay in Swarga without them. A messenger of the gods is sent to shew him where his friends are, and leads him to the 'fances graveolentis Averni, ' where he encounters all sorts of disgusting and terrific objects. His first impression is, to turn back; but he is arrested by the wailings of well-remembered voices, imploring him to remain, as his presence has already alleviated their tortures. He overcomes his repugnance, and resolves to share the fate of his friends in hell, rather than abide with their enemies in heaven. This is his crowning trial. The gods come, and applaud his disinterested virtue. All the horrors that had formerly beset his path, vanish; and his friends and kindred are raised along with him to Swarga; where they become again the celestial personages that they originally were, and which they had ceased to be for a season, in order to descend along with Karsaxaxii preface. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.