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MARRIAGE OF KRŞŅA WITH RUKMIŅI AND OTHERS 189 secretly pregnant. Now she has borne a son.” Samvara 192 held a birth-festival for the boy on an auspicious day and gave him the name Pradyumna, because he lighted up the sky.
Now, Rukmiņi came and asked Kțşņa, “Where is your son?”. Vişņu told her, “ You took him away just now.” Asked by her again, “ Why do you deceive me, lord?". Kļşņa searched for his son many times saying, “I have been tricked by someone,". When no news of the son was obtained, Rukmiņi fell in a faint. When she was conscious again, she and her attendants cried aloud. The Yadus and their wives were all grieved, with the exception of Satyabhāmā alone and her household.
“Is there no news yet of the son of the powerful Vişņu?” saying this, Rukmiņi gave pain to Kșşņa, suffering. Nārada came to the council of Sārngin, who was depressed, with all the Yadus there and said, “What's this?” Kļşņa said: “Rukmiņi's son was taken from my hand by some one, as soon as he was born. Do you know the truth about him?" Nārada said: “There was here Atimuktaka, who was omniscient, but he has attained emancipation. Now there is no one in Bhārata who is omniscient. The Tīrthakara Sīmandhara destroys all doubts. Now I shall go to the East Videhas and ask him, Hari.” Begged by Krşņa and all the other Yadus, who paid him homage, Nārada went quickly to the place where the Lord Simandhara was.
Bowing to the Jina who was in a samavasaraņa, he asked, “Where is the son of Kșşņa and Rukmiņi now, Blessed One?” The Master said, “ Kțşņa's son, named Pradyumna, was taken by a trick by the god, Dhūmaketu, an enemy in a former birth. He was abandoned by him on a rock on Mt. Vaitādhya, but he did not die. He can not be killed by anyone because this is his last body. At dawn he was seen by the Khacārin Saṁvara, as he passed, and was given to his wife as a son. Now he is thriving.
192 138. Kalasanvara, above.
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