तच् छ्रुत्वा वासुदेवस्य तथा चक्रुर् जनाधिप ॥
निवृत्तश् चार्जुनस् तत्र विवाहं कृतवांस् ततः ॥
उषित्वा तत्र कौन्तेयः संवत्सरपराः क्षपाः ॥
पुष्करेषु ततः शिष्टं कालं वर्तितवान् प्रभुः ॥
पूर्णे तु द्वादशे वर्षे खाण्डवप्रस्थम् आविशत् ॥
tac chrutvā vāsudevasya tathā cakrur janādhipa ||
nivṛttaś cārjunas tatra vivāhaṃ kṛtavāṃs tataḥ ||
uṣitvā tatra kaunteyaḥ saṃvatsaraparāḥ kṣapāḥ ||
puṣkareṣu tataḥ śiṣṭaṃ kālaṃ vartitavān prabhuḥ ||
pūrṇe tu dvādaśe varṣe khāṇḍavaprastham āviśat ||
"Hearing that word of Vasudeva, they did just so; and Arjuna, having turned back, then performed the marriage there; having stayed there through nights until the year's end, that lord then spent the remaining time in Pushkara; and when the twelfth year was complete, he entered Khandavaprastha."
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Here the Lord's word resolves everything for the good. It is telling that the Yadavas obey Krishna at once, and strife turns into a marriage: where the Lord was heeded, enmity became kinship. It is also telling that Arjuna fully kept out his twelve-year vow. Here is the fruit of obedience to the Lord. So Scripture reveals a happy outcome; and Arjuna, faithful to his vow, returns home.