SECTION –XIII
(Arjunabhigamana Parva Continued)
"Yudhishthira said, 'O Krishna, why wert
thou absent (from the Anartta country)? And, O descendant of the Vrishni race,
while thou wert away, where didst thou dwell? And what didst thou do while out
of thy kingdom?'
"Krishna said, 'O bull of the Bharata race,
I had gone for the purpose of destroying the (arranging) city Salwa. And, O
foremost of the Kauravas, listen to the reasons I had for so doing! The heroic
son of Damaghosha, the well-known king Sisupala of mighty arms and great
energy, was slain by me, O best of Bharatas, at thy Rajasuya sacrifice, because
that wicked one could not from anger bear to see the first worship offered to
me! Hearing that he had been slain, Salwa, burning with fierce anger, came to
Dwaraka, while, O Bharata, it was empty, myself being away, residing with you
here. And having arrived there on a car made of precious metals and hence
called the Souva, he had an encounter with the youthful princes of the Vrishni
race--those bulls of that line--and fought With them mercilessly. And
slaughtering many youthful Vrishnis of heroic valour, the wicked one devastated
all the gardens of the city. And, O thou of mighty arms, he said, 'Where is
that wretch of the Vrishni race, Vasudeva, the evil-souled son of Vasudeva? I
will humble in battle the pride of that person so eager for fight! Tell me
truly, O Anarttas! I will go there where he is. And after killing that slayer
of Kansa and Kesi, will I return! By my weapon I swear that I will not return
without slaying him!' And exclaiming repeatedly--Where is he? Where is he? the
lord of Saubha rusheth to this place and that, desirous of encountering me in
battle? And Salwa also said, 'Impelled by wrath for the destruction of Sisupala
I shall today send to the mansion of Yama that treacherous miscreant of mean
mind?' And, O king, he further said, 'That Janardana shall I slay, who, wretch
that he is, hath killed my brother who was but a boy of tender years, and who
was slain not on the field of battle, unprepared as he was!' Having, O great
king, wailed thus, and having, O son of the Kuru race, abused me thus, he rose
into the sky on his car of precious metals capable of going anywhere at will!
On returning (to my kingdom) I heard what, O Kaurava, the evil-minded and
wicked king of Maticka had said regarding myself! And, O descendant of the Kuru
race, I was agitated with wrath, and, O king, having reflected upon everything,
I set my heart upon slaying him! And, learning, O Kauravya, of his oppression
of the Anarttas, of his abuse of myself, and of his excessive arrogance, I
resolved upon the destruction of that wretch! And, O lord of earth, I
accordingly set out (from my city), for slaying the (lord of) the Saubha. And
searching him here and there, I found him in an island in the midst of the
ocean! Then, O king, blowing my conch called the Panchajanya obtained from the
sea, and challenging Salwa to combat, I stood for the fight! At that instant, I
had an encounter with numerous Danavas, all of whom, however, I subdued and
prostrated on the ground. O mighty-armed one, it was owing to this affair that
I could not then come (unto thee)! As soon as I heard of the unfair game of
dice at Hastinapur, I have come here desirous of seeing ye who have been
plunged in distress.'"
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