Chapter
58: Krishna also
Weds Kâlindî, Mitravindâ, Satyâ, Lakshmanâ and
Bhadrâ
(30) Vindya and Anuvindya,
two kings from Avantî [Ujjain] subservient to
Duryodhana, forbade their sister [Mitravindâ]
who was attracted to Krishna, [to choose for
Him] during
her svayamvara [ceremony for selecting a
husband]. (31) Mitravindâ, the
daughter of Râjâdhidevî, His father's sister [9.24: 28-31], oh King, was by Krishna with force abducted before the eyes of the
kings [compare 10.53].
Chapter
59: Mura
and Bhauma Killed and
the Prayers of Bhûmî
(6) Hearing
the vibration of the Lord's Pâñcajanya, which
sounded like the thunder at the end of the
universe, the five-headed demon Mura rose up
who lay asleep in the water [of the
moat]. (7) With his trident
raised and with an effulgence as terrible as the
fire of the sun most difficult to behold, he, as if he with his
five mouths would swallow the three worlds,
launched his attack the way the son of Târkshya
[Garuda] would attack a snake.
(38-39) Thereupon
He went to the abode of the king of the gods and
gave Aditi her earrings. Next He together with
His beloved [Satyabhâmâ] was worshiped by Indra,
the head of the thirty [chief] demigods, and the
great king's wife. Urged by His own wife He
uprooted the [heavenly tree, the] pârijâta and
placed it on Garuda. He defeated the
demigods including Indra [who wanted to prevent
that] and
brought it to His city. (40) All the way from
heaven being followed by bees greedy for its
sweet fragrance and juice, the tree beautified
the garden of Satyabhâmâ's residence after being
planted there.
Chapter
60: Lord
Krishna Teases Queen Rukminî
(20) Indifferent about a home and a body We
do not really
care about
wives, children and wealth; free from any
endeavoring We remain completely satisfied
within Ourselves, just like a light doing
nothing more.'
Chapter
61: Lord
Balarâma Slays Rukmî at Aniruddha's
Wedding
(25) Despite being bound in
enmity to the Lord, Rukmî
gave to his granddaughter named
Rocanâ, Aniruddha
in marriage,
he who was the son
of his
daughter. Knowing that it was
against the dharma [not to side with one's
enemy], he, constrained by the ropes of
affection, preferred to please his sister with
that marriage.
Chapter
62: Ûshâ
in Love and Aniruddha Apprehended
(10) His virgin
daughter named Ûshâ, in a dream had an amorous
encounter with the son of Pradyumna,
a lover she thus had found without ever having
seen or heard of him before [see *].
(17) Thus
having spoken she accurately drew for
her the
demigod and the heavenly singer,
the perfected soul, the venerable soul and the
lowlife serpent, the demon, the magician, the
supernatural being and the human being. (18-19) Of the
humans she drew Vrishnis like S'ûrasena,
Vasudeva, Balarâma and Krishna, but seeing
Pradyumna Ûshâ became bashful and with Aniruddha
being drawn she bent down her head in
embarrassment, oh great lord, and said smiling:
'That is Him, that One here!'
Chapter
63: The
Fever in Conflict and
Bâna Defeated
(7) Oh King, a
most tumultuous, astonishing and hair-raising
fight took place of Krishna against S'ankara and
Pradyumna against Kârtikeya.
(8)
Balarâma fought against Kumbhânda and
Kûpakarna, Sâmba fought
against Bâna's son and Sâtyaki
fought against Bâna himself.
(32) As he again and againwas hurling weapons, the Supreme Lord with the
razor-sharp edge of
His disc cut
off his arms like they were the branches
of a tree.
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