Aruna - AncientVoice

Mbh.1.24.1530	Sauti continued, Then that bird capable of going everywhere at will, that ranger of the skies capable of calling to his aid any measure of energy, bearing Aruna on his back, wended from his father's home and arrived at his mother's side on the other shore of the great ocean.
Mbh.1.24.1531	And he placed Aruna of great splendour in the eastern regions, just at a time when Surya had resolved to burn the worlds with his fierce rays'
Mbh.1.24.1549	The intelligent son of Kasyapa is known to all by the name of Aruna.
Mbh.1.24.1552	Sauti continued, Aruna, at the behest of the Grandsire, did all that he was ordered to do.
Mbh.1.24.1554	I have told thee now why Surya was in wrath, and how Aruna, the brother of Garuda, was appointed as his charioteer.
Mbh.1.31.1845	And she gave birth to two sons, Aruna and Garuda.
Mbh.1.31.1846	And Aruna, of undeveloped body, became the fore-runner of the Sun.
Mbh.1.34.1934	Sauti continued, Then Garuda, recollecting the sons of Kadru and remembering also the bondage of his mother caused by an act of deception owing to the well-known reason viz, the curse of Aruna, said, Although I have power over all creatures, yet I shall do your bidding.
Mbh.1.65.3296	And the sons of Vinata were Tarkhya and Arishtanemi, and Garuda and Aruna, and Aruni and Varuni.
Mbh.1.65.3301	And it is also known that this Pradha of great fortune, through the celestial Rishi Kasyapa, her husband, brought forth the sacred of the Apsaras, Alamvusha, Misrakesi, Vidyutparna, Tilottama, Aruna, Rakshita, Rambha, Manorama, Kesini, Suvahu, Surata, Suraja, and Supria were the daughters, and Ativahu and the celebrated Haha and Huhu, and Tumvuru were the sons, the best of Gandharvas, of Pradha and Amrita.
Mbh.1.66.3369	Garuda the son of Vinata and the mighty Aruna also, and the illustrious Vrihaspati are reckoned among the Adityas.
Mbh.1.66.3424	And Syeni, the wife of Aruna, gave birth to two sons of great energy and strength, named Sampati and the mighty Jatayu.
Mbh.1.66.3426	And Vinata had two sons Garuda and Aruna, known far and wide.
Mbh.1.123.6662	And Tarkshya, Arishtanemi, Garuda, Asitadvaja, these and many other Nagas, came there, so also Aruna and Aruni of Vinata's race also came there.
Mbh.3.3.250	I bow also to all those followers of thine that have taken refuge at thy feet, Mathara and Aruna and Danda and others, including Asani and Kshuva and the others.
Mbh.3.83.4303	One should then proceed, O king, to that celebrated and sacred tirtha where the Saraswati uniteth with the Aruna.
Mbh.3.84.4586	Bathing next at the confluence of the Kirtika with the Kausiki and the Aruna, and fasting there for three nights a man of learning is cleansed of all his sins.
Mbh.5.112.5111	Therefore, O younger brother of Aruna, take me thither, so that I may behold the gods'
Mbh.6.7.448	Numbering sixty-six thousand, they proceed in advance of Aruna, surrounding the sun.
Mbh.7.173.9367	With that driver he came to battle like Surya with his driver Aruna.
Mbh.7.184.10067	Soon after, Aruna, the charioteer of Surya, weakening the splendour of the moon, appeared, causing the welkin to assume a coppery hue.
Mbh.8.32.1478	Even as Surya, uniting with Aruna, destroys the darkness, do thou, uniting with Karna, slay Partha in battle.
Mbh.8.32.1480	Even as darkness is destroyed, O sire, at the sight of Surya and Aruna, even so let the Kaunteyas Pandavas with the Pancalas and the Srinjayas perish beholding thee and Karna.
Mbh.9.41.2982	Understanding the views of those great Rishis, that foremost of rivers caused her body, O bull among men, to assume a new shape called Aruna.
Mbh.9.41.2998	The Supreme Lord of the universe said unto him, Performing a sacrifice, bathe with due rites, O chief of the celestials, in Aruna, that tirtha which saveth from the fear of sin!
Mbh.9.41.3001	The divine Sarasvati repaired to the Aruna, and flooded it with her waters.
Mbh.9.41.3002	This confluence of Sarasvati and Aruna is highly sacred!
Mbh.9.41.3007	Giving away many gifts and bathing in that tirtha, he of a hundred sacrifices, the piercer of Vala, duly performed certain sacrifices and then plunged in the Aruna.
Mbh.9.43.3095	The diverse gods, Indra and Vishnu, both of great energy, and Surya and Candramas, and Dhatri, and Vidhatri, and Vayu, and Agni, and Pushan, and Bhaga, and Aryaman, and Ansa, and Vivaswat, and Rudra of great intelligence, and Mitra, and the eleven Rudras, the eight Vasus, the twelve Adityas, the twin Ashvinis, the Viswedevas, the Maruts, the Saddhyas, the Pitris, the Gandharvas, the Apsaras, the Yakshas, the Rakshasas, the Pannagas, innumerable celestial Rishis, the Vaikhanasas, the Valakhilyas, those others among Rishis that subsist only on air and those that subsist on the rays of the Sun, the descendants of Bhrigu and Angiras, many high-souled Yatis, all the Vidyadharas, all those that were crowned with ascetic success, the Grandsire, Pulastya, Pulaha of great ascetic merits, Angiras, Kasyapa, Atri, Marichi, Bhrigu, Kratu, Hara, Prachetas, Manu, Daksha, the Seasons, the Planets, and all the luminaries; O monarch, all the rivers in their embodied forms, the eternal Vedas, the Seas, the diverse tirthas, the Earth, the Sky, the Cardinal and Subsidiary points of the compass, and all the Trees, O king, Aditi the mother of the gods, Hri, Sri, Swaha, Sarasvati, Uma, Sachi, Sinivali, Anumati, Kuhu, the Day of the new moon, the Day of the full Moon, the wives of the denizens of heaven, Himavat, Vindhya, Meru of many summits, Airavat with all his followers, the Divisions of time called Kala, Kashtha, Fortnight, the Seasons, Night, and Day, O king, the prince of steeds, Ucchaisravas, Vasuki the king of the Snakes, Aruna, Garuda, the Trees, the deciduous herbs, and the adorable god Dharma, all came there together.
Mbh.9.44.3270	Aruna gave him a cock of sharp talons.
Mbh.13.86.7952	Aruna himself gave him a cock of fiery splendour.
Mbh.13.165.13693	Sarayu, Gandaki, the great river Lohita, Tamra, Aruna, Vetravati, Parnasa, Gautami, the Godavari, Vena, Krishnavena, Dwija, Drishadvati, Kaveri, Vankhu, Mandakini Prayaga, Prabhasa, the sacred Naimisha, the spot sacred to Visweswara or Mahadeva, viz, Kasi, that lake of crystal water, Kurukshetra full of many sacred waters, the foremost of oceans viz, the ocean of milk, Penances, Gifts, Jamvumarga, Hiranwati, Vitasta, the river Plakshavati, Vedasmriti, Vedavati, Malava, Aswavati, all sacred spots on Earth, Gangadwara, the sacred Rishikulya, the river Chitravaha, the Charmanwati, the sacred river Kausiki, the Yamuna, the river Bhimarathi, the great river Vahuda, Mahendravani, Tridiva Nilika, Saraswati, Nanda, the other Nanda, the large sacred lake, Gaya, Phalgutirtha Dharmarayana the sacred forest that is peopled with the deities, the sacred celestial river, the lake created by the Grandsire Brahma which is sacred and celebrated over the three worlds, and auspicious and capable of cleansing all sins, the Himavat mountain endued with excellent herbs, the Vindhya mountain variegated with diverse kinds of metals, containing many Tirthas and overgrown with medicinal herbs.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.

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