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Mbh.1.18.1383	Thereafter sprung forth Lakshmi dressed in white, then Soma, then the White Steed, and then the celestial gem Kaustubha which graces the breast of Narayana.
Mbh.1.84.4709	White hair on the head, cheerlessness and relaxation of the nerves, wrinkles all over the body, deformities, weakness of the limbs, emaciation, incapacity to work, defeat at the hands of friends and companions, these are the consequences of decrepitude.
Mbh.2.26.1173	At last having conquered all the Himalayas and the Nishkuta mountains, that bull among men, arriving at the White mountains, encamped on its breast
Mbh.2.27.1174	SECTION XXVII Vaisampayana said, that heroic and foremost of the Pandavas endued with great energy, crossing the White mountains, subjugated the country of the Limpurushas ruled by Durmaputra, after a collision involving a great slaughter of Kshatriyas, and brought the region under his complete sway.
Mbh.2.33.1430	White as snow or the moon, they looked extremely handsome even from the distance of a yojana.
Mbh.3.224.11330	Markandeya continued, Then assuming the disguise of a winged creature, she went out of the forest and reached the White Mountain begirt with clumps of heath and other plants and trees, and guarded by strange seven-headed serpents with poison in their very looks, and abounding with Rakshasas, male and female Pisachas, terrible spirits, and various kinds of birds and animals.
Mbh.3.224.11351	And rising from his seat, that mighty god allayed the fears of all those people, and then drawing his bow, he discharged his arrows in the direction of the White Mountain.
Mbh.3.224.11357	And that high-souled being then hurled his mace of great lustre and quickly rent in twain one of the peaks of the White Mountain.
Mbh.3.224.11358	And the White Mountain being thus pierced by him was greatly afraid of him and dissociating himself from the earth fled with the other mountains.
Mbh.3.228.11472	The White Mountain was formed from discharges of Rudra's semen virile and the sensual indulgences of the Fire-god with the Krittikas took place on that same White Mountain.
Mbh.3.230.11600	The White Mountain was adorned with whole tracts of wood-land covered with blossoming Santanaka flowers and with forests of Karavira, Parijata, Jana and Asoke trees, as also with wild tracts overgrown with Kadamva trees; and it abounded with herds of celestial deer and flocks of celestial birds.
Mbh.3.230.11603	Thus the whole world with Indra himself seemed to have been transferred to the White Mountain.
Mbh.3.278.13626	Vibhishana alone, with umbrella over his head, and graced with a turban, and with body decked with white wreaths and unguents, I beheld ascending the summit of the White hill.
Mbh.3.287.14003	And beholding Rama the descendant of Ikshwaku's race, quite at his ease, Vibhishana, O son of Pritha, joining his hands; told him these words, O chastiser of foes, at the command of the king of the Guhyakas, a Guhyaka hath come from the White mountains, bringing with him his water
Mbh.5.11.475	the White hill Sahya, Mahendra and Malaya, as, also upon seas and rivers.
Mbh.7.23.1109	White steeds with black necks, endued with the speed of the mind, O monarch, and exceedingly obedient to the driver, bore prince Prativindhya.
Mbh.7.23.1143	White steeds bore that king who slew the Patachcharas and who is regarded as the bravest of men.
Mbh.7.78.3438	And Arjuna of righteous soul then seemed to arrive at the White mountain on the north.
Mbh.8.86.5215	White steeds are yoked unto it and Radha's son himself is the warrior that stands upon it.
Mbh.12.3.110	From affection begotten by confidence, the tired son of Jamadagni placing his head on Karna's lap, slept soundly, White his preceptor was thus sleeping with head on his lap, a frightful worm, whose bite was very painful and which subsisted on phlegm and fat and flesh and blood, approached the presence of Karna.
Mbh.12.279.17130	The highest Evidence for all things says that creatures have six colours, viz, Dark, Tawny, Blue, Red, Yellow, and White.
Mbh.12.279.17139	When Sattwa predominates and the proportion is reversed between Rajas and Tamas, the result is the colour called White.
Mbh.12.279.17141	The White is the foremost colour.
Mbh.12.279.17144	Hence, White, O prince of Danavas, leads to success or Emancipation.
Mbh.12.279.17171	Desirous of Emancipation, Jiva, relying upon seven hundred kinds of acts every one of which is characterised by a predominance of the attribute of Sattwa, gradually courses through Red and Yellow and at last attains to White.
Mbh.12.279.17174	The highest object of acquisition with one that is White of hue, is that condition called Turiya which transcends the three other states of consciousness, viz, Wakefulness and Dream and Dreamless slumber
Mbh.12.279.17217	He who is White of hue, who has taken birth in a pure or stainless race, and who has attained to the rank of a Sadhya, doth not, O sinless one, come back into the world for re-birth.
Mbh.12.302.19068	There are three colours in all, viz, White, Red, and Dark.
Mbh.12.302.19069	All those colours appertain to Prakriti so that He it is who becomes White or Red or Dark according as the nature of the Prakriti with which is He becomes identified for the time being.
Mbh.12.335.21410	I shall now repair to the White Island for beholding thy original nature.
Mbh.12.335.21427	Towards the north, in the ocean of milk, there is a large island named the White Island.
Mbh.12.335.21451	O chief of Bharata's race, are the indications of those men that become emancipate the same as those by which the denizens of the White Island are distinguished?
Mbh.12.336.21555	On the northern shores of the Ocean of Milk there is an island of great splendour called by the name of White Island.
Mbh.12.336.21563	Indeed, the denizens of White Island believe and worship only one God.
Mbh.12.336.21566	Eagerly desirous of beholding Him and our hearts full of Him, we arrived at last at that large island called White Island.
Mbh.12.337.21690	Listen to me with undivided attention, for I shall now narrate to thee how the celestial Rishi Narada proceeded in days of yore to White Island
Mbh.12.338.21691	SECTION CCCXXXIX Bhishma said, Arrived at the spacious realm called White Island, the illustrious Rishi beheld those same white men possessed of lunar splendour of whom I have already spoken to thee.
Mbh.12.339.21986	He who frequently reads this narrative, and he who frequently listens to it, with concentrated attention, in a retired spot, and filled with devotion, succeeds in becoming a denizen, possessed of lunar complexion, of the spacious island known by the name of White Island.
Mbh.12.343.22737	Janamejaya said, After the celestial Rishi Narada had returned from White Island, reflecting, as he came, on the words spoken to him by the holy Narayana, what indeed, did the great ascetic next do?
Mbh.12.343.22758	How long also did Narada the son of Pramesthi, after his return from White Island and arrival at Vadari and meeting with the two Rishis Nara and Narayana, live there, and what conversations had he with them?
Mbh.12.343.22763	Arrived at White Island, Narada beheld the immutable Hari.
Mbh.12.343.22803	The inhabitants of White Island, whom I have seen, are all divested of the five senses that are owned by ordinary persons.
Mbh.12.343.22817	Uniting Himself with penances, He has illumined Himself with a splendour that is said to represent an energy that is higher than what occurs in White Island.
Mbh.12.344.22865	Thou, O celestial Rishi, endued with wealth of penances wert beheld by us in White Island when thou wert there.
Mbh.13.144.12062	That man who belongs to what is called the White class, who abstains from the slaughter of living creatures, who has thrown away all weapons, who never inflicts any chastisement on any body, who never injures any creatures, who never causes any body to slay creatures for him, who never slays or strikes even when struck or attempted to be slain, who never sanctions or approves an act of slaughter, who is endued with compassion towards all creatures, who behaves towards others as towards his own self, such a superior man, O goddess, succeeds in attaining to the status of a deity.
Mbh.14.50.2159	White, dark, likewise red, blue, yellow, and grey also, and short, long, minute, gross, square and circular, of these twelve varieties in colour which belongs to light.

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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