SECTION XLII
(Sisupala-badha
Parva Continued)
"Bhishma said,--This Sisupala was born in
the line of the king of Chedi with three eyes and four hands. As soon as he was
born, he screamed and brayed like an ass. On that account, his father and
mother along with their relatives, were struck with fear. And beholding these
extraordinary omens, his parents resolved to abandon him. But an incorporeal
voice, about this time, said unto the king and his wife with their ministers
and priest, all with hearts paralysed by anxiety, those words,--'This thy son,
O king, that hath been born will become both fortunate and superior in
strength. Therefore thou hast no fear from him. Indeed cherish the child without
anxiety. He will not die (in childhood). His time is not yet come. He that will
slay him with weapons hath also been born.' Hearing these words, the mother,
rendered anxious by affection for her son, addressed the invisible Being and
said,--I bow with joined hands unto him that hath uttered these words
respecting my son; whether he be an exalted divinity or any other being, let
him tell me another word, I desire to hear who will be the slayer of this my
son. The invisible Being then said,--'He upon whose lap this child being placed
the superfluous arms of his will fall down upon the ground like a pair of
five-headed snakes, and at the sight of whom his third eye on the forehead will
disappear, will be his slayer?' Hearing of the child's three eyes and four arms
as also of the words of the invisible Being, all the kings of the earth went to
Chedi to behold him. The king of Chedi worshipping, as each deserved, the
monarchs that came, gave his child upon their laps one after another. And
though the child was placed upon the laps of a thousand kings, one after
another, yet that which the incorporeal voice had said came not to pass. And
having heard of all this at Dwaravati, the mighty Yadava heroes Sankarshana and
Janarddana also went to the capital of the Chedis, to see their father's
sister--that daughter of the Yadavas (the queen of Chedi) And saluting
everybody according to his rank and the king and queen also, and enquiring
after every body's welfare, both Rama and Kesava took their seats. And after
those heroes had been worshipped, the queen with great pleasure herself placed
the child on the lap of Damodara. As soon as the child was placed on his lap,
those superfluous arms of his fell down and the eye on his forehead also
disappeared. And beholding this, the queen in alarm and anxiety begged of
Krishna a boon. And she said,--'O mighty-armed Krishna, I am afflicted with
fear; grant me a boon. Thou art the assurer of all afflicted ones and that the
dispeller of everybody's fear. Thus addressed by her. Krishna, that son of the
Yadu race, said--'Fear not, O respected one. Thou art acquainted with morality.
Thou needest have no fear from me. What boon shall I give thee? What shall I
do, O aunt? Whether able or not, I shall do thy bidding.'--Thus spoken to by
Krishna, the queen said, 'O thou of great strength, thou wilt have to pardon
the offences of Sisupala for my sake. O tiger of the Yadu race. Know O lord,
even this is the boon that I ask.' Krishna then said, 'O aunt, even when he
will deserve to be slain, I will pardon an hundred offences of his. Grieve thou
not.'
"Bhishma continued,--'Even thus, O Bhima, is
this wretch of a king--Sisupala of wicked heart, who, proud of the boon granted
by Govinda, summons thee to battle!'"
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