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Vasudeva went from this place with his two grandsons and Khecaras to Vaitādhya and fought with hostile Khecaras. Nilakantha, Angāraka, and other former enemies among the Khecaras—all together fought Vasudeva. During that battle yesterday gods who were near said, “ Jarāsandha has been killed and Kļşņa has become Vişnu.' Hearing that, all the Khecaras quit the battle-field and reported to King Mandaravega.
He instructed them: ‘Do you all come, sirs, bringing large presents. We shall go to Hari for protection by the door of Vasudeva.' Saying this, he went to Vasudeva's presence and gave his sister to Pradyumna and King Tripatharşabha gave his daughter. King Devarṣabha and Vāyupatha gave their daughters to śrīmat Prince Śāmba with great joy. All the Vidyādhara-lords are coming now with Vasudeva and we have been sent ahead to announce it.”
While they were saying this, Vasudeva, accompanied by Pradyumna and Samba, came there. with Khecaras, a festival for the eyes. The Khecaras worshipped Krşņa with much gold and jewels, chariots, horses, elephants, et cetera, imitating streams of treasure. Hari performed the funeral rites of Jayasena and others; and King Sahadeva those of Jarāsandha and others. When Jivayaśas had seen the destruction of her husband and father with his family, she abandoned her life by means of fire. Since the Yadus had jumped from joy, Janārdana made a city Anandapura 229 there on the site of Sinapalli.
Then Govinda, having conquered half of Bharata in six months, went from that place to the Magadhas, attended by Khecaras and mortals. There Kansa's destroyer lifted a stone named Koţiśīlā, one yojana high and one yojana wide, four fingers' distance from the ground with his left arm. Koțiśīlā was presided over by deities living in half of Bharata. The first Vişņu raised it to the end of his arm;230 the second to his
229 27. Identified with Vadnagar in North Gujarat, LAI, p. 266. But no identification of Anandapura with Sinapalli is made in LAI. See p. 334.
230 31. See III, pp. 53, 83, 104, 123, 147; IV, pp. 39, 51, 259,
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