
Sanjay Balram
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Sanjay Balram
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On the 18th day after Uluka and Shakuni were killed. Duryodhana vanished and took refuge in Dvaipayana lake. Though the Pandavas searched for him, he could not be found. The sun set is mentioned in 9-28-82, when Yudhishthira advised Yuyutsu to take the crying women back to Hastinapura. The Pandavas retired to their camp. The verses are there in that chapter. Thus the war remained incomplete on the 18th day. That night the three remaining survivors met Duryodhana at the lake. Duryodhana vowed to fight the war the next day. By the next day afternoon (19th day) he was brought out from the hiding and taken to Samanta pancaka for the fight. The counting is done as follows : 18th first half + 2nd half of the 19th. Together they counted as 18 days. The verse numbers in the sequence are given in the ss.













