We now write the last half of the history. Shree Shookdeo, the sage,
said,--O great king! I will relate, how Shree Krishnù Chund conquered
Joorasindhoo and his army, destroyed the right of the dead, released
Moochkoond, and, having left Bruj, took up his abode in Dwarka: listen
with the greatest attention.
The Raja Oogursen ruled over Muttra with great skill and policy; and
Shree Krishnù and Bulram, like servants, were obedient to his orders.
Under his government all his subjects were happy; except the widows of
Kuns, who were greatly grieved at the loss of their husband. They
could not sleep, and had no sensation of hunger or thirst. During the
whole eight puhurs, they were in a state of sorrow.
One day the two sisters, being deeply engaged in thought, said to each
other, “A woman has no excellence without her husband, as the subject
has no excellence without his lord, or night without the moon. As we
have lost our husbands, we ought not to stay here now; and it is
better for us to go and live in the house of our father.”
O great king! the two queens, having thus determined, sent for a ruth,
and travelled in it from Muttra to their father’s house, in the Behar
country; and with tears related to him, how Shree Krishnù and Bulram
had destroyed Kuns and all evil spirits.
On hearing their account, Joorasindhoo entered his court in great
wrath, and said, “What powerful men are these, who have been born in
the family of Judoo, and have made my daughters widows, after
destroying the very powerful Kuns and all evil spirits? I will attack
them with my whole army; and destroying with fire the city of Muttra,
and all the family and descendants of Judoo, will carry off Bulram and
Krishnù bound and alive: otherwise my name is not Joorasindh.”
Having thus spoken, he wrote letters to all the neighbouring Rajas,
asking them to come to him with their armies; as he was about to
revenge himself for the death of Kuns, by destroying all the
descendants of Judoo, and making their race extinct. On receiving
Joorasindhoo’s letters, all the Rajas of the different countries came
quickly with their forces; and Joorasindhoo also arranged and prepared
his army.
At length when Joorasindhoo took his departure from the Behar country
to Muttra with all his army of demons, he had twenty-three complete
armies with him; each army consisting of 21,817 charioteers and as
many men mounted on elephants: 109,350 foot soldiers and 66,000
horsemen. Such were the twenty-three complete armies he had with him,
each demon of which was powerful beyond description. O great king!
when Joorasindhoo, accompanied with all his army of evil spirits,
advanced, sounding the kettle-drum, the guardians of the ten quarters
began to shake and tremble, and the gods to fly through fear. The
earth apart began to be agitated, like the roof of a house, from the
load. At length, after some days’ progress he arrived, and surrounded
the city of Muttra on all sides. Upon this, the inhabitants of the
city went in the greatest alarm to Shree Krishnù Chund, and
exclaimed, “O great king! Joorasindhoo has encompassed our city on all
sides; what shall we do, and where shall we go?”
On hearing these words, Huri reflected for a short time; and Bulram
having, in the mean while, come to him, said, “O great king, you have
descended upon the earth to remove the miseries of your worshippers,
be pleased now to assume a body of fire, and destroy the forest in the
form of an evil spirit.” At these words Shree Krishnù Chund went with
him to Oogursen, and said, “O great king! give us an order to fight,
and do you, having taken all the descendants of Judoo with you,
protect the fort.” After these words, when they came to their father
and mother, all the inhabitants of the city came round them and being
greatly agitated began to say, “O Krishnù! how shall we escape from
the hands of these demons?” Huri, perceiving that his mother and
father and all the other people were alarmed, explained to them and
said, “Suffer not any anxiety; this army of demons, which you now see,
shall in a moment be dispersed in every direction, in the same manner
that bubbles disappear in the water.”
Having thus explained, and restored their confidence, he took leave;
and as Krishnù advanced, the gods sent two ruths, filled with arms
for him. The chariots stood before them, and the two brothers entered
them.
The two chiefs of the family of Judoo went forth and reached
Joorasindhoo’s army safely, they came to the place where Joorasindhoo
was standing. On seeing them Joorasindhoo said with great haughtiness
to Shree Krishnù Chund, “Fly from before me, why should I kill you,
you are not my equal that I should attack you? I will see what Bulram
is made of.”
Shree Krishnù Chund replied, “O proud fool! what silly talk is this
of yours. The brave never make high sounding speeches to any one; but
behave with moderation to all; when occasion requires they exhibit
their power; can they be called brave, who extol their own greatness?
There is a saying, that when it thunders, it does not rain; so,
wherefore, do you talk boastingly?”
At these words, Joorasindhoo was enraged; and Shree Krishnù and
Buldeo retired a short distance, and stood in a state of preparation.
He pursued and attacked them with his whole army, and called out, “O
wicked wretches! where will you fly from my presence? You have long
escaped alive; I know not what may be your thoughts, but you shall
live no longer, I will send you and all the descendants of Judoo to
the same place, where Kuns and all his demons have gone.”
O great king! when that devil had made this wicked speech the two
brothers retired some distance further, and stood. Shree Krishnù was
armed with weapons of all kinds, and Bulram Jee with a plough and
wooden pestle. As the army of demons approached them, the two heroes
shouted and rushed upon them like lions on a herd of elephants, and
encountered them sword in hand. Then the kettle-drums sounded like
thunder, and the assembled army of the demons was spread in every
direction like clouds; the din of arms was as continued rain; in the
midst of which Krishnù and Bulram, whilst fighting, appeared as
brilliant and beautiful, as lightning amidst thick clusters of clouds.
All the gods were sitting in their chariots, and viewing the battle
from the sky, they celebrated the praises of Krishnù, and earnestly
wished that he might be victorious; and Oogursen and all the
descendants of Judoo were extremely anxious, and regretted that they
had allowed Shree Krishnù and Bulram to go forth to the army of
demons.
Shree Shookdeo, the sage, having proceeded thus far in his narrative,
said, O lord of the earth! when in the course of the battle a great
portion of the army of demons had been destroyed, Buldeo Jee descended
from his chariot, and bound Joorasindhoo. Upon this, Shree Krishnù
Chund said to him, “Brother! let him live, do not kill him, because he
will return and again bring more demons with him; whom we will
destroy, and remove the burthens of the world, and if we do not spare
his life, we shall lose the evil spirits, who have fled.” In
consequence of this expostulation of Krishnù, Buldeo Jee released
Joorasindhoo, who went off and joined those who had fled from the
field. Looking around he said with regret, “My whole army has
vanished, the greatest calamity has befallen me. Why should I live? I
will abandon my home, and turn devotee.” A councillor said to him,
expostulating, “Why should a wise man like you regret, sometimes there
is defeat, and sometimes victory? No one should abandon his government
and home. What matters it that you have been defeated in this battle,
we will collect our forces again, and send Krishnù and Buldeo, and
all the descendants of Judoo to heaven; banish all anxious thought.”
O great king! the councillor having thus expostulated, returned home
with Joorasindhoo, and all the demons, who had fled from the battle;
and there began to assemble another army. Shree Krishnù and Bulram
saw blood flowing in a stream on the battle-field, in which chariots
without their charioteers were carried along like boats; in different
places the dead elephants appeared like hills, from whose wounds blood
spouted forth like springs. There Muhadeo, accompanied by goblins and
spirits, and wearing a necklace of human heads, was dancing and
singing in the greatest glee; and female spirits and goblins, and the
attendants of Devee were drinking blood out of skulls; vultures,
jackalls and crows were devouring the bodies, and contending with each
other for the flesh.
Having recited thus much, Shree Shookdeo Jee said,--O great king! the
regent of the winds collected all the chariots, elephants, horses and
demons together, and fire burnt them to ashes in a second. The five
elements were re-united with each other, all saw them come but no one
saw where they departed. Having thus put the demons to death, and
removed the burthens of the earth, Shree Krishnù and Bulram, the
benefactors of their worshippers, came to Oogursen, and, making a
salutation, said with joined hands, “O great king! through your
excellence and majesty, we have destroyed and routed the army of the
demons, rule now without fear, and promote the happiness of your
subjects.” The Raja Oogursen was very much pleased at these words, and
made great rejoicings, and began to rule with justice.
After some time, Joorasindhoo came forth to attack with another army
as large as the former one, which Shree Krishnù and Buldeo destroyed
and dispersed as before. In this manner, Joorasindhoo attacked
seventeen times with his twenty-three armies, which Krishnù drove
back, after having inflicted great slaughter on them.
After reciting thus much of the history, Shree Shookdeo, the sage,
said to the Raja Pureechit,--O great king! at this time upon a sudden
thought Narud Jee rose, and went off to the abode of Kaljumun. On
seeing him, he stood up with all his court, and making a salutation,
enquired in a respectful manner, and with joined hands, the reason of
his coming. At these words Narud, after a little thought, said,
“Bulbhuddrù and Krishnù are at Muttra, no one, except you, can drive
them away, Joorasindhoo has not met with any success. You are immortal
and very powerful, Buldeo and Huri are children.” Narud Jee added, “Do
not cease to follow him, whom you observe of the colour of the clouds,
with lotus eyes, a very elegant person dressed in yellow silk, and
with a yellow scarf.”
Having thus spoken, Narud, the sage, departed; and Kaljumun began to
prepare his army. After some days, he collected three crores of very
unclean men of terrifying aspect, with stout arms and thick necks,
large teeth, dirty appearance, brown hair, red eyes, like small red
and black seeds; with whom, sounding the kettle-drum, he advanced
against the city of Muttra, and surrounded it on all sides. Shree
Krishnù Chund, having seen what he had done, thought to himself, “It
is not right to remain here, because to-day he has come to attack, and
to-morrow Joorasindhoo will come; the inhabitants will be distressed;
wherefore, it is most advisable, that all should leave this place, and
go and dwell elsewhere.”
O great king! Huri, having thus reflected, sent for Bishookurma, and,
explaining to him, said, “Go and build a city in the midst of the sea,
in which all the descendants of Judoo may live comfortably, without
knowing that they are not living in their own houses; and convey them
all there in a second.”
On hearing these words Bishookurma departed, and, according to the
injunction of Shree Krishnù Jee, built, during the night, in the sea,
on the quoit of Vishnù, a city, forty-eight coss in extent; and
having named it Dwarka, returned and informed Huri, who ordered him to
convey all the descendants of Judoo there in such a manner, that no
one might know, whence they had come, and who had brought them.
When Krishnù had thus spoken, Bishookurma conveyed all the
descendants of Judoo, together with Oogursen and Basoodeo to the city
in the course of the night, and Shree Krishnù and Bulram also went
there. In the mean while, on hearing the sound of the waves of the
sea, the descendants of Judoo awoke; and being greatly astonished
began to say to each other, “Whence has the sea come to Muttra? We
cannot understand this mystery at all.”
Having proceeded thus far in his narrative, Shree Shookdeo Jee said to
the Raja Pureechit,--O lord of the earth! having thus had the
descendants of Judoo brought to Dwarka, Shree Krishnù Chund said to
Buldeo Jee, “Brother! let us go now, and afford protection to our
subjects, and kill Kaljumun.” Upon these words, the two brothers went
thence to Brujmundul.