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'Samvara as a cook. Knowing the child to be Kama Deva, she
nursed him and became attached to him. In time, Kamadeva grew
tip and Mayavati approached him with expressions of love. " What
is this mother?" asked Kamadeva, " Why this change in your feel-
ings towards me!"
"Thou art Kamadeva, O Lord, son of Krishna. Thou hadst
been stolen away by Samvara. I am thy wife Rati. The Asura
had thrown thee into the sea, when a fish devoured thee. I have got
thee back from the stomach of that fish. Samvara is an adept in
many forms of Maya. Kill him by means of Delusion and other
powers of Maya known to thee."
Rati gave to Pradyumna the Vidya known as Mahamaya,
the destroyer of all other Mayas.
Pradyumna fought with Samvara and killed him with the
help of Mahamaya. Rati then carried her husband to Dvaraka.
There the women mistook him for Krishna and bashfully moved
aside. Even Rukmini could only half decide that he was her son.
Krishna appeared with Vasudeva, Devaki and Rama. Narada
related the story of Pradyumna's adventures. There was great joy
at Dvaraka and people welcomed Pradyumna and his wife. Prad-
yumna was an image of Krishna. What wonder if even his mother
became attached to him!
THE JEWEL SYAMANTAKA, JAMBAVATI AND SATYABHAMA.
SKANDHA X. CHAP. 56.
King Satrajit was a votary of the Sun-God. He got a pre-
sent from his deity of the Syamantaka jewel. He came to Dvaraka
with the jewel on his neck. He shone with such a lustre that peo-
ple took him for the sun. The jewel used to bring forth 16000
palas of gold every day. Sri Krishna asked the jewel for the king
of the Yadus, but Satrajit would not part with it. One day his
brother Prasenajit rode on a hunting excursion into the forests, with
the jewel on his neck. A lion killed him and his horse and carried
away the jewel. The Bear-chief, Jambavat, killed the lion and took
away the jewel into his cave and made it the plaything of his son.
When Prasena did not return, Satrajit thought that he had been
killed by Krishna. People also suspected him. To get rid of this
unjust reproach, Sri Krishna went on a search himself with his men.
He traced out the remains of Prasena, the horse and the lion. He
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