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Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus addressed, Lord Kṛṣṇa made up His mind to accept the challenge. He paired off with Cāṇūra, …

Seizing each other’s hands and locking legs with each other, the opponents struggled powerfully, eager for victory.

They each struck fists against fists, knees against knees, head against head and chest against chest.

Each fighter contended with his opponent by dragging him about in circles, shoving and crushing him, throwing him down and …

Forcefully lifting and carrying each other, pushing each other away and holding each other down, the fighters hurt even their …

My dear King, all the women present, considering the match an unfair fight between the strong and the weak, felt …

[The women said:] Alas, what a greatly irreligious act the members of this royal assembly are committing! As the King …

What comparison can there be between these two professional wrestlers, with limbs as strong as lightning bolts and bodies resembling …

Religious principles have certainly been violated in this assembly. One should not remain for even a moment in a place …

A wise person should not enter an assembly if he knows the participants there are committing acts of impropriety. And …

Just see the lotus face of Kṛṣṇa as He darts around His foe! That face, covered with drops of perspiration …

Don’t you see the face of Lord Balarāma, with its eyes copper-red from His anger toward Muṣṭika and its beauty …

How pious are the tracts of land in Vraja, for there the primeval Personality of Godhead, disguising Himself with human …

What austerities must the gopīs have performed! With their eyes they always drink the nectar of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s form, which …

The ladies of Vraja are the most fortunate of women because, with their minds fully attached to Kṛṣṇa and their …

When the gopīs hear Kṛṣṇa playing His flute as He leaves Vraja in the morning with His cows or returns …

[Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:] As the women spoke thus, O hero of the Bhāratas, Lord Kṛṣṇa, the master of all mystic …

Out of affection for the two Lords, Their parents [Devakī and Vasudeva] became overwhelmed with sorrow when they heard the …

Embracing their husbands, who lay on a hero’s final bed, the sorrowful women loudly lamented while shedding constant tears.

[The women cried out:] Alas, O master, O dear one, O knower of religious principles! O kind and compassionate protector …