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The Forty-Seventh Chapter
Then the child, having grasped the nipple, began to suck. Thus lying on his back, he found delight in the tender shoots of his mother's hands. [122]
Crawling with his body, he was born, and then tried to get up, but fell down again. Clinging to his mother's fingers, he began to move on the jeweled floor. [123]
After playing in the dust, he clung to his mother's neck and found joy. With a smiling face and glancing eyes, he began to babble. [124]
His mind, filled with the charming play of the child, being established in his natural state, bowed down and informed her, "O mother, I am going to take you to the sky." [125]
Quickly lifting her up with his arms, he stood revealed in the sky. He said, "Let all the Yadava kings hear: This Lakshmī-like Rukminī, dear to Lord Hari, is being taken away by me. Yadavas, protect her if you can." [126-127]
After saying this and blowing the conch, he placed her in the aerial car with Narada and the ocean-maiden, and himself stood ready for battle in the sky. [128]
Then the Yadava kings, equipped with four-limbed armies and skilled in the use of five weapons, came out of the city to fight. [129]
By the power of his knowledge, Pradyumna deluded the entire Yadava army and fought with Hari for a long time in the sky. [130]
When Kaushalya was performed by the son of Krishna, the two mighty warriors, with mature vision, rose up to fight. [131]
Quickly coming to the sky, Narada, the messenger of the father and son, restrained them, explaining their relationship. [132]
Then Hari, filled with joy, embraced the bowed Pradyumna and, with tears of happiness in his eyes, blessed him. [133]
Raising the army put to sleep by Māyā with his knowledge, the pleased Madana entered the city with his kinsmen. [134]
They celebrated a festival of joy at the reunion of the son. [135]