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The thirty-sixth chapter: Having eaten a meal of fragrant and freshly cooked rice, delicious lentils, vegetables, milk, and yogurt, seasoned with spices, on a bed of jewel-studded earth and a golden plate, they both went home together. ||27|| After their meal, they rinsed their mouths with a mixture of sandalwood and other fragrant powders, applied a fragrant paste to their hands, and then, taking a fragrant paste in their palms, applied it to their bodies. They then ate betel leaves, mixed with green cardamom and other spices, which enhanced the natural redness of their lips and made their mouths even more beautiful. ||27-28|| Then, these two brothers, skilled in the art of wrestling, adorned in blue and yellow garments, with their chests smeared with red sandalwood powder, wearing fresh garlands of flowers and a garland of jasmine, and with their hearts set on destroying their enemy Kansa, set out for Mathura, their feet shaking the earth with their movements. They were accompanied by their fellow Gopas, all of them fierce warriors. ||29-30|| On their way, a demon, disguised as a serpent, blocked their path, followed by another demon disguised as a donkey, and a third disguised as a vicious horse. All three of them, with their mouths wide open, tried to obstruct their entry into the city. But Krishna killed them all. ||31|| As they entered the city, two elephants, Champka and Padabhar, were sent against them by their enemy. These elephants had brown cheeks adorned with lines of flowing musk. Seeing these elephants approaching, the two brothers were as pleased as if they had seen the best wrestlers on the battlefield. ||32||