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turn to king Padmanābha, kidnapped Draupadi while she was fast asleep in the company of king Yudhisthira, and brought her in the As'oka grove of Padmanābha's palace, Then queen Draupadī, being roused from her sumber, became depressed and dejected. King Padmanabha went to her and expressed his evil desire. Thereupon Draupadī said to him, "If my beloved brother Kļşya Vasudeva does not come to my rescue within six months, then I shall agree to whatever you command." The king agreed to this and kept her in the apartment of maidens, where she stayed exerting bereself by continuons fasts.
The Pandavas made a vigorons search for Draupadi everywhere, but they did not get any information, trace, or nows of queen Draupadī. At last king Pandu sent his queen Kuntī to Dwārawati to seek the help of Krşņa Vasudeva in this matter. Kroņa received her witb great honour and respectt, and promised her to find out queen Draupadi, and then gave her leave to go.
Afterwards Krona learned from Nárada himself that he (Nārada) once bad happened to see Draupadi in the city Aparakamkā in Dhātakīkbanda. So, accompanied by the five Pandavas, Krspa crossed the Lavaga Sea with the help of the god Susthita, and went to Aparakamka. Then at the behest of Kroņa, Dāruka, the cbarioteer, went to king Padmanabba and said to him- "Oh sinful and sbameless Padmapābhal Krona has come to the rescue of queen Draupadī. So restore her to him, or come out ready for a fight." King Padmanabba, being enraged with fury, expelled that embassador in an insulting manner and marched out for a fight. Seeing Padmapābha approaching, the five Pandavas, even at the risk of their lives, attacked him; but he repulsed and routed them in no time. Then Krşoa with a firm determination marched against him, and repuls. ed and routed two thirds of his army merely by the sound of bis Paicajanya copch and the twang of his bow. Thereopon ting Padmanabha, being weakened and powerless, and finding it impossible to hold his own, hastily returned to his capital and closed all the gatos of the city. Then Krona
marched against' Aparakanika, ransformed himself into a Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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