Search

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Once, while Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa were living in Dvārakā, there occurred a great eclipse of the sun, …

Knowing of this eclipse in advance, O King, many people went to the holy place known as Samanta-pañcaka in order …

After ridding the earth of kings, Lord Paraśurāma, the foremost of warriors, created huge lakes from the kings’ blood at …

The mighty Yādavas passed with great majesty along the road. They were attended by their soldiers, who rode on chariots …

At Samanta-pañcaka, the saintly Yādavas bathed and then observed a fast with careful attention. Afterward they presented brāhmaṇas with cows …

In accordance with scriptural injunctions, the descendants of Vṛṣṇi then bathed once more in Lord Paraśurāma’s lakes and fed first-class …

Then, with the permission of Lord Kṛṣṇa, their sole object of worship, the Vṛṣṇis ate breakfast and sat down at …

The Yādavas saw that many of the kings who had arrived were old friends and relatives — the Matsyas, Uśīnaras, …

As the great joy of seeing one another made the lotuses of their hearts and faces bloom with fresh beauty, …

The women glanced at one another with pure smiles of loving friendship. And when they embraced, their breasts, smeared with …

They all then offered obeisances to their elders and received respect in turn from their younger relatives. After inquiring from …

Queen Kuntī met with her brothers and sisters and their children, and also with her parents, her brothers’ wives and …

Queen Kuntī said: My dear, respectable brother, I feel that my desires have been frustrated, because although all of you …

Friends and family members — even children, brothers and parents — forget a dear one whom Providence no longer favors.

Śrī Vasudeva said: Dear sister, please do not be angry with us. We are only ordinary men, playthings of fate. …

Harassed by Kaṁsa, we all fled in various directions, but by the grace of Providence we have now finally been …

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Vasudeva, Ugrasena and the other Yadus honored the various kings, who became supremely blissful and content upon …

All the royalty present, including Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Gāndhārī and her sons, the Pāṇḍavas and their wives, Kuntī, Sañjaya, Vidura, …

After Lord Balarāma and Lord Kṛṣṇa had liberally honored them, with great joy and enthusiasm these kings began to praise …

[The kings said:] O King of the Bhojas, you alone among men have achieved a truly exalted birth, for you …