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CHAPTER SEVEN forty-five yojanas from his own city, he, expert in battle, stopped at the village Sinapalli. Kșşņa's army stopped there, four yojanas this side of Jarāsandha's army, and some Vidyādharachiefs came there. They bowed to Samudravijaya and said:
“O king, we are attached to the merits of your brother, Ānakadundubhi (Vasudeva). What kind of assistance from others in battle is needed for you in whose family there are Arișțanemi, capable of protection or destruction of the world; Rāma and Govinda, whose strength is unparalleled; and these descendants, Pradyumna, Sāmba, et cetera by the crore? Nevertheless, learning that there was a suitable occasion we have come with our devotion. Instruct us. Count us in the category of vassals, lord.”
The king said, “ Very well, ” and again they said: “Jarāsandha is straw before Sārngin alone. Give us orders about the Khecaras who are partisans of Jarāsandha on Mt. Vaitādhya before they come here. Let Vasudeva, your younger brother, accompanied by Pradyumna and Sāmba, be our general. This being so, they will certainly be defeated.” With Kịşņa's permission Samudravijaya sent Ānakadundubhi and his grandsons, Pradyumna and Sāmba with the Khecaras. At that time Ariştanemi gave Vasudeva the amulet that obstructed weapons which had been tied on his arm by the gods at his birth-bath.
Now the minister Hansaka came with other ministers and made this speech of good counsel to the lord of Magadha: “In the past Kansa did an unwise thing and he reaped its fruit. Without the power of good counsel, the powers of energy and excellence of treasury and army 213 have bad results. It must be considered whether an enemy is small, equal, or superior to one's self. How much more this powerful Vişnu who is superior to yourself! The tenth Daśārha blackened the faces of the kings at Rohiņi's svayamvara. The master himself saw that. Then no one in your army was the equal of Vasudeva.
213 208.
The 3 divisions of sakti. See II, n. 117.
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