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did not heed his \vords. He drew her by the ploughshare and said
in anger: "Wicked thou, I called thee. But thou didst not hear.
I shall tear thee asunder with this plough." Terrified, the river
goddess adored Balarama and sought his pardon. Balarama forgave
her. He then had a pleasure bath with the girls. Lakshmi made
presents to him of blue clothes, rich ornaments and an auspicious
garland.
POUNDRAKA AND THE KING OF KASl (BENARES).
SKANDHA X. CHAP. 66.
Poundraka, king of Karusha, thought, " I am Vasudeva."
With this conviction, he sent a messenger to Krishna, calling him a
pretender. He was staying with his friend, the king of Kasi. Krishna
attacked Kasi, and both the princes came out with a large army.
Krishna found Poundraka had the conch, the disc, the club, the bow
made of horn and the Srivatsa, all his own symbols. He was adorned
with the Kaustubha and a garland of wild flowers. He had yellow
clothes and rich crest jewels. He had Makara-shaped ear-rings. He
was seated on a false Garuda. Seeing Poundraka represent him in
this way, as it were on the stage, Krishna began to laugh. He killed
both the princes in the fight. Poundraka had constantly meditated on
Hari and he assumed his form and became all Hari himself.
Sudakshina, son of the Kasi prince, vowed vengeance and
worshipped Siva. Siva, being pleased with his worship, asked him to
name a boon. He asked how he could kill the slayer of his father.
Siva told him to invoke Dakshina Agni, with a Mantra of black
magic (Abhichdra). Sudakshina did so with the aid of Brahmanas.
The fire went towards Dv^rakA to consume Krishna. Krishna sent
his Sudarsana disc which overpowered the fire. The fire fell back
on Kasi and consumed Sudakshina and the Brahmanas. Sudarsana
still followed the fire. The divine weapon burnt the whole of Kasi
and went back to Krishna.
DVI-VID (MONKEY).
SKANDHA X. CHAP. 67.
The Monkey-general Dvi-vid was a minister of Sugriva and
brother of Mainda. He was a friend of Naraka, son of Earth. To
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