Makaranda Madhukar Anand Mahendale Festshrift

SR No.: 012080
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: M A Dhaky, Jitendra B Shah
Publisher: Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre
Total Pages: 284
Language: English, Gujarati, Hindi
Classification: Smruti_Granth
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S. J. Noel Sheth
Makaranda
76-99. (7) "The Good Thief: The Justification of Krsna's Acts of Stealing", Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens: 36, Supplement (1992): 149-166; (8) "The Justification of Krsna's Disfigurement of Rukmin", The Journal of Religious Studies 22:1 (Spring 1993): 118-125.
3. The following editions have been used: (1) Mausalaparvan. ciritically ed. by Shripad Krsna Belvalkar, Vol 19, pt 2(1959), of The Mahabharata, critically ed. by Visnu S. Sukthankar and others, 19 vols. : Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona 1933-1959. (ii) The Mahabharatam, with the Commentary of Nilakantha called Bhäratabhävadīpa, ed. Rämacandraśästri Kiñjavdekar, 6 vols., vol. 6 Oriental Books Reprint Corporation, New Delhi 1979. I refer to this edition as the Vulgate ed. (iii) Harivamśaḥ, critically ed. by Parashuram Lakshman Vaidya, 2 vols: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona 1969. 71. (iii) Visnupuranam with the commentary of Śridhara called Svaprakasa ed. by Jivananda Vidyasagara: Sarasvati Press, Calcutta 1882 (iv), Śrimadbhāgavata-mahāpurānam, Ekādaśaḥskandaḥ, with various commentaries, vol. 11. Samvat 2029 [1973], of Srimadbhagavatamahapuranam, with various commentaries, ed. by Krsnaśañkara Sastri, vols 1-9 and 11-12, Ahmedabad: Śribhāgavata-vidyapitha, Samvat 2033 [1965]Samvat 2029 [1973]. (v) Śribhāgavata-tätparya-nirnaya of Anandatirtha [Madhva], ed. by Bannañje Govindācārya, Sarvamüla-granthäḥ vol. 3. Udipi: Sarva Mula Publication committee. 1980.
4. There are a few passing references to this episode elsewhere in the BhP, e.g., 3.3.14-15, 24; 3.4.1-2, 23, 29.
5. In the Mbh it is stated that, after uttering the curse, the sages went to Krsna (16.2.12). The commentator Nilakantha suggests that they went to him to ask him to permit or pardon (ksantavya) it (on 16.2.12-16.1.23 in the Vulgate ed.)
6. Actually not all the Yadavas are destroyed. There are some survivors, e.g., Daruka (VhP 5.37.48) and Vajra, who is later crowned king (VhP 5.37.57). Similarly, Bhp 11.31.25 mentions not only Vajra, but also women, children and elders. Some commentators assert that, although women survived, no Yadava male-other than Vajra-escaped the destruction (GD on 11.31.25 [=23], BP on 11.31.25 [=24]; GD, VR on 11.31.25). See also BhP 3.4.28-31, where reference is made to Uddhava being spared.