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.. -- Holy Abu the city were let loose the two elephants, Padmottara and Champaka, intoxicated with a good supply of wine. Before the elephants could lift and crush them, both the brothers broke their tusks and killed them. In the stadium, Kțşhņa took no time in killing Chāņūra while Balarāma killed another wrestler Mustika.
Kaṁsa ordered his soldiers to seize the two brothers but Krşhņa declared in the assembly that Kamsa was a murderer of six children of Vasudeva and with a sudden dash caught Kaṁsa by hair, dragged him on the ground and killed him. King Ugrasena was released and reinstated on throne while Kļşhộa and his relatives returned to Shaurīpura."
In the relief sculpture, in a circle in the centre, is shown the great cobra Kālīya, with a half-human body and the tail of a snake arranged all over the circle in different knots; the head of Kālīya is canopied by three snake-hoods. On his shoulders stands Kļşhņa, in a spirited posture, subduing the Nāga who folds his arms humbly and acknowledges defeat. On two sides of the snake are three small figures of his queens, shown as mermaids, in a suppliant attitude looking towards Krşhņa. Two more Näginīs in similar postures are shown on both sides of Kșşhņa. In all, seven Nāgiņīs are represented in the composition. The relief is divided in three sections of which the central one is described above. In the lower panel, Kțşhņa is shown lying on the coiled body of the serpent Sheşha, with Lakshmi waving a fan beside him and a servant shampooing his foot. In this panel, on the other end, the wrestling of Krşhộa and Chāņūra is depicted. The upper panel shows Krşhņa, Baladeva and friends playing with a ball.
The Jaina version of the defeat of Kālīya is narrated above. The Mahābhārata and other Brahmanical texts
1 Also see, Trişhaşhți-Shalākāpuruşha-charita, parva, sarga 5.
