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Kavyanusasana
persons. They were related to the Pandavas through
their paternal aunt. Arjuna looked upon ri Kșshnı as · his guide, friend and philosopher. The coming of
Arjuna to Aparanta, and the right royal reception that Kțshna and other Yadavas gave him is described in the Mahabharata Adiparvan-chapters 218-221. The romance of Subhadra and Arjuna--their faliing in love at a festival and their subsequent marriage in Girnar is beautifully described in the same work. According to the author of the B. G. “The large fair still held in the west Girnār valley near the modern temple of Bhavanātha is perhaps a relic of this great Yadava fair.” (p. 10).
When Şri Kļshṇa had gone to Indraprastha to attend the Rajasūya sacrifice of Yudhisthira, where he subsequently killed Şişupala – the king of Chedis, Duārakā was attacked by Sālva-the king of Myttikávati in the country of Svabhra, that is, the region about the river Sābaramati-the present-day Sabarakāntha. When Şrī Kệshņa returned, he met Sálva in battle near the seashore and defeated him and killed him.
The going of Sri Kịhņa to Indraprastha and the killing of Sisufala forms the subject-matter of the Sisu pālavadha, the Mahākávya of Māgha-a poet of Srīmāla or Bhinnamála one of the ancient capitals of Gujarat. The romance of Subhadrã and Arjuna is the subject-matter of the Naranárāyaṇānanda the Mahā. kávya of the minister Vastupāla.
Thirty-six years after the war of Kurukshetra the glory of the Yādavas was extinguished. The principal cause was the family feud, the excessive addiction to
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