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CHAPTER TBN Śärngin. Våsudeva, affording protection, said to him, “Do not fear.” Janardana delivered Draupadi to the Pāņdavas and, mounted on a chariot, returned with them by the same
road.
At that time the Blessed Tirthakrt, Munisuvrata,268 had stopped in a samavasaraṇa in the garden Parnabhadraka in Campā. Seated in his assembly, Vişņu Kapila asked the Lord: “ Master, to whom like me does this conch belong, whose sound was the guest of (our) ears?”
The Arhat said, “The sound of the conch was from Vişņu Kļşņa,” and Keśava asked, “How can there be two Haris in one place ?" The Blessed One told Kapila the story of Draupadi, Padma, and Kțşņa. Kapila said: “Why do I not give a welcome to Krsna, lord of half of Bharata in Jambūdvipa, who has come here as a guest ? ” The Master said, “ Just as there is no second Arhat nor cakrabhst in one place, so a Vişņu who has come for a reason can not meet another."
After hearing the Arhat's reply, Kapila went on the road furrowed by Kļşņa's chariot to see Kșşņa on the ocean-shore. He saw the white and yellow chariot-banners, like vessels of silver and gold, of Kșşña as he proceeded in the ocean. The Sārngabhịt blew his conch filled with the words: “I am Vişņu Kapila. I have come, eager to see you. So turn back.” Kršņa blew his conch with the sound of distinct words, “We have come far. We must not talk with you."
After hearing the words of the conch, Hari Kapila turned, went to the city Kankā,269 and said to Padma,“ What's this ? ” Padma related his own crime and said, “You being master, I have been defeated by Kțşņa, Vişņu in Bharata of Jambū.” Saying, “O evil-minded villain, quarreling with superiors," Häri banished Padma and installed his son on the throne.
268 64. Not our Campā, nor our Munisuvrata. This is all in . Dhätakikhanda. There was a Vişnu Kapila there. See above, p. 274.
269 74. I.e., Amarakańkā. Such an abbreviation, so common in names of persons, is unusual in place-names.
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