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I wish to visit King Videha, who is most dear to Me.” O King, having said this, Lord Balarāma, the beloved descendant of Yadu, entered the city of Mithilā.
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- Therefore, with transcendental knowledge dispel the grief that is weakening and confounding your mind. Please resume your natural mood, O princess of the pristine smile.
- ukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus enlightened by Lord Balarāma, slender Rukmiṇī forgot her depression and steadied her mind by spiritual intelligence.
- At that time, O King, there was great rejoicing in all the homes of Yadupurī, whose citizens loved only Kṛṣṇa, chief of the Yadus.
- The kings and their daughters were totally astonished to hear the story of Rukmiṇī’s abduction, which was being glorified in song everywhere.
- He took birth in the womb of Vaidarbhī from the seed of Lord Kṛṣṇa and received the name Pradyumna. In no respect was He inferior to His father.
- A powerful fish swallowed Pradyumna, and this fish, along with others, was caught in a huge net and seized by fishermen.
- The fishermen presented that extraordinary fish to Śambara, who had his cooks bring it to the kitchen, where they began cutting it up with a butcher knife.
- After a short time, this son of Kṛṣṇa—Pradyumna—attained His full youth. He enchanted all women who gazed upon Him.
- Now kill this dreadful Śambara, Your formidable enemy. Although he knows hundreds of magic spells, You can defeat him with bewildering magic and other techniques.
- Pradyumna approached Śambara and called him to battle, hurling intolerable insults at him to foment a conflict.
- Drawing His sharp-edged sword, Pradyumna forcefully cut off Śambara’s head, complete with red mustache, helmet and earrings.
- Seeing Pradyumna, sweet-voiced, dark-eyed Rukmiṇī remembered her lost son, and her breasts became moist out of affection.
- Yes, He must be the same child I bore in my womb, since I feel great affection for Him and my left arm is quivering.
- Lord Savitā has come to see You, O Lord of the universe. He is blinding everyone’s eyes with his intensely effulgent rays.
- King Satrājit entered his opulent home, festively executing auspicious rituals. He had qualified brāhmaṇas install the Syamantaka jewel in the house’s temple room.
- Once Satrājit’s brother, Prasena, having hung the brilliant jewel about his neck, mounted a horse and went hunting in the forest.
- In the forest they found Prasena and his horse, both killed by the lion. Further on they found the lion dead on a mountainside, slain by Ṛkṣa [Jāmbavān].
- Unaware of His true position and thinking Him an ordinary man, Jāmbavān angrily began fighting with the Supreme Lord, his master.
- The fight went on without rest for twenty-eight days, the two opponents striking each other with their fists, which fell like the cracking blows of lightning.
- Thus addressed, Jāmbavān happily honored Lord Kṛṣṇa by offering Him his maiden daughter, Jāmbavatī, together with the jewel.
- When Devakī, Rukmiṇī-devī, Vasudeva and the Lord’s other relatives and friends heard that He had not come out of the cave, they all lamented.
- Hanging his head in great shame, Satrājit took the gem and returned home, all the while feeling remorse for his sinful behavior.
- Having thus intelligently made up his mind, King Satrājit personally arranged to present Lord Kṛṣṇa with his fair daughter and the Syamantaka jewel.
- As the women of Satrājit’s palace screamed and helplessly wept, Śatadhanvā took the jewel and left, like a butcher after he has killed some animals.
- When Satyabhāmā saw her dead father, she was plunged into grief. Lamenting “My father, my father! Oh, I am killed!” she fell unconscious.
- I wish to visit King Videha, who is most dear to Me.” O King, having said this, Lord Balarāma, the beloved descendant of Yadu, entered the city of Mithilā.
- Wherever his equally powerful son Akrūra stays, Lord Indra will provide sufficient rain. Indeed, that place will be free of miseries and untimely deaths.
- After the almighty Lord had shown the Syamantaka jewel to His relatives, thus dispelling the false accusations against Him, He returned it to Akrūra.
- Kṛṣṇa Marries Five Princesses
- The heroes embraced Lord Acyuta, and the touch of His body freed them of sin. Looking at His affectionate, smiling face, they were overwhelmed with joy.
- King Yudhiṣṭhira said: O supreme controller, I do not know what pious deeds we fools have done so that we can see You, whom the masters of yogic perfection rarely see.
- Requested by the King to stay with them, the almighty Lord remained happily in Indraprastha during the months of the rainy season, giving joy to the eyes of the city’s residents.
- After the two Kṛṣṇas bathed there, they drank the river’s clear water. The great warriors then saw an attractive young girl walking nearby.
- I am known as Kālindī, and I live in a mansion my father built for me within the water of the Yamunā. There I will stay until I meet Lord Acyuta.
- When the demon Maya was saved from the fire by his friend Arjuna, Maya presented him with an assembly hall, in which Duryodhana would later mistake water for a solid floor.
- My dear King, Lord Kṛṣṇa forcibly took away Princess Mitravindā, the daughter of His aunt Rājādhidevī, before the eyes of the rival kings.
- But to ascertain the proper husband for my daughter, O chief of the Sātvatas, we previously set a condition to test the prowess of her suitors.
- These seven wild bulls are impossible to tame, O hero. They have defeated many princes, breaking their limbs.
- Lord Śauri tied up the bulls, whose pride and strength were now broken, and pulled them with ropes just as a child playfully pulls wooden toy bulls.
- The King of Kośala, his heart melting with affection, had the bride and groom seated on their chariot, and then he sent them on their way surrounded by a great army.
- Lord Kṛṣṇa also acquired thousands of other wives equal to these when He killed Bhaumāsura and freed the beautiful maidens the demon was holding captive.
- Obeisances unto You, the Supreme Lord Vāsudeva, Viṣṇu, the primeval person, the original seed. Obeisances unto You, the omniscient one.
- There Lord Kṛṣṇa saw sixteen thousand royal maidens, whom Bhauma had taken by force from various kings.
- The women became enchanted when they saw that most excellent of males enter. In their minds they each accepted Him, who had been brought there by destiny, as their chosen husband.
- Then the imperishable Supreme Personality, assuming a separate form for each bride, duly married all the princesses simultaneously, each in her own palace.
- From her maidservant’s hand Goddess Rukmiṇī took a yak-hair fan with a jeweled handle, and then she began to worship her master by fanning Him.
- Terrified of these kings, O lovely-browed one, We took shelter in the ocean. We have become enemies of powerful men, and We practically abandoned Our royal throne.
- O fine-browed lady, women are usually destined to suffer when they stay with men whose behavior is uncertain and who pursue a path not approved by society.
- We have no material possessions, and We are dear to those who similarly have nothing. Therefore, O slender one, the wealthy hardly ever worship Me.
- Now you should definitely accept a more suitable husband, a first-class man of the royal order who can help you achieve everything you want, both in this life and the next.
TRANSLATION
Upon learning that Lord Kṛṣṇa was preparing to kill him, Śatadhanvā was struck with fear. To save his life he approached Kṛtavarmā and begged him for help, but Kṛtavarmā replied as follows.
|| 10.57.12-13 ||
nāham īsvarayoḥ kuryāṁ helanaṁ rāma-kṛṣṇayoḥ
ko nu kṣemāya kalpeta tayor vṛjinam ācaran
kaṁsaḥ sahānugo ’pīto yad-dveṣāt tyājitaḥ śriyā
jarāsandhaḥ saptadaśa- saṁyugād viratho gataḥ
TRANSLATION
[Kṛtavarmā said:] I dare not offend the Supreme Lords, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. Indeed, how can one who troubles Them expect any good fortune? Kaṁsa and all his followers lost both their wealth and their lives because of enmity toward Them, and after battling Them seventeen times Jarāsandha was left without even a chariot.
COMMENTARY
Kṛtavarmā told Śatadhanvā, “Indeed, I instigated you to murder Satrājit, but not out of enmity towards Kṛṣṇa. However, if you do not want to surrender to Kṛṣṇa, why should I follow you and also go against the Lord?”
Kṛtavarmā said, “Kaṁsa and his followers died (apītaḥ) and thus lost their wealth.” Or the sentence can mean, “Kaṁsa and his company were already dead because of their enmity towards the Lord, and they were also rejected by Lakṣmī. Kṛṣṇa defeated Jarāsandha in seventeen battles.”
|| 10.57.14 ||
pratyākhyātaḥ sa cākrūraṁ pārṣṇi-grāham ayācata
so ’py āha ko virudhyeta vidvān īśvarayor balam
TRANSLATION
His appeal refused, Śatadhanvā went to Akrūra and begged him for protection. But Akrūra similarly told him, “Who would oppose the two Personalities of Godhead if he knew Their strength?”
|| 10.57.15 ||
ya idaṁ līlayā viśvaṁ sṛjaty avati hanti ca
ceṣṭāṁ viśva-sṛjo yasya na vidur mohitājayā
TRANSLATION
“It is the Supreme Lord who creates, maintains and destroys this universe simply as His pastime. The cosmic creators cannot even understand His purpose, bewildered as they are by His illusory Māyā.”
COMMENTARY
Akrūra’s use of the singular yaḥ, “He who,” indicates that the frequent references to “the two Lords, Kṛṣṇa and Rāma,” do not compromise the fact there is one Supreme Godhead, one Absolute Truth, who appears in His original form as Kṛṣṇa. The irregular connection (sandhi) of the phrase mohita ājayā to mohitājayā is poetic license.
|| 10.57.16 ||
yaḥ sapta-hāyanaḥ śailam utpāṭyaikena pāṇinā
dadhāra līlayā bāla ucchilīndhram ivārbhakaḥ
TRANSLATION
“As a child of seven, Kṛṣṇa uprooted an entire mountain and held it aloft as easily as a young boy picks up a mushroom.”
|| 10.57.17 ||
namas tasmai bhagavate kṛṣṇāyādbhuta-karmaṇe
anantāyādi-bhūtāya kūṭa-sthāyātmane namaḥ
TRANSLATION
“I offer my obeisances to that Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, whose every deed is amazing. He is the Supreme Soul, the unlimited source and fixed center of all existence.”
|| 10.57.18 ||
pratyākhyātaḥ sa tenāpi śatadhanvā mahā-maṇim
tasmin nyasyāśvam āruhya śata-yojana-gaṁ yayau
TRANSLATION
His appeal thus rejected by Akrūra also, Śatadhanvā placed the precious jewel in Akrūra’s care and fled on a horse that could travel one hundred yojanas [eight hundred miles].
COMMENTARY
The term nyasya “leaving in the care of” implies Śatadhanvā now believed the jewel was his; thus he left it in the care of his friend, Akrūra. The special quality of the horse was its ability to run for hundreds of miles in an emergency. It will be stated that the horse went with great difficulty all the way from Dvārakā to a garden on the outskirts of Mithilā and then died of exhaustion.
|| 10.57.19 ||
garuḍa-dhvajam āruhya rathaṁ rāma-janārdanau
anvayātāṁ mahā-vegair aśvai rājan guru-druham
TRANSLATION
My dear King, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma mounted Kṛṣṇa’s chariot, which flew the flag of Garuḍa and was yoked with tremendously swift horses, and pursued Their elder’s murderer.
COMMENTARY
Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma pursued Śatadhanvā, the killer of their father-in-law (guru).
|| 10.57.20 ||
mithilāyām upavane visṛjya patitaṁ hayam
padbhyām adhāvat santrastaḥ kṛṣṇo ’py anvadravad ruṣā
TRANSLATION
In a garden on the outskirts of Mithilā, the horse Śatadhanvā was riding collapsed. Terrified, he abandoned the horse and began to flee on foot, with Kṛṣṇa in angry pursuit.
|| 10.57.21 ||
padāter bhagavāṁs tasya padātis tigma-neminā
cakreṇa śira utkṛtya vāsasor vyacinon maṇim
TRANSLATION
As Śatadhanvā fled on foot, the Supreme Lord, also going on foot, cut off his head with His sharp-edged disc. The Lord then searched Śatadhanvā’s upper and lower garments for the Syamantaka jewel.
COMMENTARY
Though Kṛṣṇa, being omniscient, knew that Akrūra had the jewel, He made a show of searching for it in order to confuse Balarāma who was observing from a distance. By doing this Kṛṣṇa was able to separate Himself from Balarāma, so that Balarāma could give mercy to His pure devotee King Bahulāśva in Mithilā.
|| 10.57.22 ||
alabdha-maṇir āgatya kṛṣṇa āhāgrajāntikam
vṛthā hataḥ śatadhanur maṇis tatra na vidyate
TRANSLATION
Not finding the jewel, Lord Kṛṣṇa went to His elder brother and said, “We have killed Śatadhanvā uselessly. The jewel isn’t here.”
|| 10.57.23 ||
tata āha balo nūnaṁ sa maṇiḥ śatadhanvanā
kasmiṁścit puruṣe nyastas tam anveṣa puraṁ vraja
TRANSLATION
To this Lord Balarāma replied, “Indeed, Śatadhanvā must have placed the jewel in the care of someone. You should return to Our city and find that person.”
|| 10.57.24 ||
ahaṁ vaideham icchāmi draṣṭuṁ priyatamaṁ mama
ity uktvā mithilāṁ rājan viveśa yada-nandanaḥ
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