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BIRTH OF RĀMA, KRŞŅA AND ARIŞTANEMI. 175 lord, demanding them with the intention of killing them, is (taken) without reflection.”
Somaka said angrily: “ Consideration of what is fitting or unfitting is never at all suitable for servants in case of the master's order. Let these two wretches go where the six infants went, king. Do not scratch the mouth of the serpent Takşaka. Quarreling with the powerful is not for your advantage. Who are you compared with the Lord of Magadha, like a goat compared with an elephant ? ”
Govinda, angry, replied: “ Because the bond of affection has been preserved for a long time by our father from simplicity, does your master have power (over us)? Jarāsandha is not our lord. On the contrary, saying this, he is a second Kansa. Therefore, go! Tell him what you like, sir!” Thus addressed, Somaka said to Samudravijaya: “ This son of yours is a firebrand in the family, Daśārha. Why do you overlook that?” Blazing with anger at that speech, Anādhệșți said: “Are you not ashamed at asking sons from a father, again and again? The lord of Rājagsha is grieved by the slaying of his son-in-law. Are we not grieved at the killing of six brothers? We, powerful Rāma and Kļşņa and the others, Akrūra and the rest, will not endure your speaking so, look you!” Attacked by Anādhțști angrily in these words, distressed by anger, disregarded by Samudra, Somaka went to his own house.
The next day the lord of the Daśārhas called together his relatives and asked his friend, Kroșțuki, the best of astrologers, “Tell us what will happen in the future in regard to this quarrel of ours that has arisen with Jarāsandha, lord of three-part Bharata." He said: “Soon Rāma and Kțşņa, powerful, will be lords of three-part Bharata, after killing him. Go now to the west to the shore of the ocean. The beginning of the destruction of enemies will take place as you go there. Where Satyabhāmā bears twins, you must found a city in that very place and stay without fear.”... ... Then the king informed his people about his departure by proclamation and left Mathurā accompanied by eleven crores
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