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Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Having thus spoken, all those infuriated kings donned their armor and mounted their conveyances. Each king, bow …

The commanders of the Yādava army, seeing the enemy racing to attack, turned to face them and stood firm, O …

Mounted on the backs of horses, the shoulders of elephants and the seats of chariots, the enemy kings, expert with …

Slender-waisted Rukmiṇī, seeing her Lord’s army covered by torrents of arrows, shyly looked at His face with fear-stricken eyes.

In response the Lord laughed and assured her, “Do not be afraid, beautiful-eyed one. This enemy force is about to …

The heroes of the Lord’s army, headed by Gada and Saṅkarṣaṇa, could not tolerate the aggression of the opposing kings. …

The heads of soldiers fighting on chariots, horses and elephants fell to the ground by the millions; some heads wore …

Lying all around were thighs, legs and fingerless hands, along with hands clutching swords, clubs and bows, and also the …

Seeing their armies being struck down by the Vṛṣṇis, who were eager for victory, the kings headed by Jarāsandha were …

The kings approached Śiśupāla, who was disturbed like a man who has lost his wife. His complexion was drained of …

[Jarāsandha said:] Listen, Śiśupāla, O tiger among men, give up your depression. After all, embodied beings’ happiness and unhappiness is …

Just as a puppet in the form of a woman dances by the desire of the puppeteer, so this world, …

In battle with Kṛṣṇa I and my twenty-three armies lost seventeen times; only once did I defeat Him.

But still I never lament or rejoice, because I know this world is driven by time and fate.

And now all of us, great commanders of military leaders, have been defeated by the Yadus and their small entourage, …

Now our enemies have conquered because time favors them, but in the future, when time is auspicious for us, we …

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus persuaded by his friends, Śiśupāla took his followers and went back to his capital. The surviving …

Powerful Rukmī, however, was especially envious of Kṛṣṇa. He could not bear the fact that Kṛṣṇa had carried off his …

Frustrated and enraged, mighty-armed Rukmī, dressed in armor and wielding his bow, had sworn before all the kings, “I shall …

Having said this, he had mounted his chariot and told his charioteer, “Drive the horses quickly to where Kṛṣṇa is. …