Note 71 — Chapter XXXIX · AN ACCOUNT OF AKRURA.
Manmatha Nath Dutt translation
This refers to an incident in the Mahabharata. Duryodhana treacherously invited the Pandavas to a house of lac constructed for that purpose and set fire to it. They, however, being informed of it beforehand, escaped. Duryodhana, however, thought that they had been consumed and Krishna, to keep up an appearance, was performing the obsequial rites. [See Jatugrihadaha Parva.]