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The wrestling arena was nicely cleansed and decorated with flags, festoons and flowers, and the match The platform appeared very beautiful due to streamers and flags. Different types of galleries were arranged for respectable persons – kings, brāhmaṇas and kṣatriyas. The various kings had reserved thrones, and others had arranged seats also. Kaṁsa finally arrived, accompanied by various ministers and secretaries, and he sat on the raised platform

When the woman was turned by Kṛṣṇa’s favor into an exquisitely beautiful young girl, she naturally felt very much obliged to Kṛṣṇa, and she was also attracted by His beauty. She forgot that she was on the street and before the elder brother of Kṛṣṇa and His friends.

The mercantile men in the market worshiped Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma with great respect. When Kṛṣṇa was passing through the street, all the women in the surrounding houses came to see Him, and

Kṛṣṇa next inquired from the citizens as to the location of the place of sacrifice. As Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma approached the bow, They were warned not to go nearer, but Kṛṣṇa ignored this warning Everyone present appreciated Kṛṣṇa’s power. Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma were surrounded. While this turmoil was going on, Kaṁsa sent a small group of troops to assist the caretakers, but Kṛṣṇa

When Kṛṣṇa returned to His camp, He was taken care of by servants who washed His lotus feet, gave Him

As sunset approached, Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma and Their cowherd boyfriends went to the outskirts of the city, Thus Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma gave some preliminary hints of Their arrival to Kaṁsa, and he could understand

understand about the breaking of his wonderful bow and the killing of the caretakers and soldiers by Kṛṣṇa He began to have many inauspicious visions, and he could understand that Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma, who had

After this, Kṛṣṇa did not proceed further into the sacrificial arena but went out the gate and proceeded Seeing the activities and wonderful prowess of Kṛṣṇa, all the citizens of Mathurā began to consider the

Kṛṣṇa was very much pleased by this service, and He began to consider how to reward her. Kṛṣṇa cannot be pleased by any action other than transcendental loving service unto Him. Since Kṛṣṇa was pleased with the service of the hunchbacked woman, and since she was touched by Kṛṣṇa A Kṛṣṇa conscious person does not have to be qualified or beautiful; after becoming Kṛṣṇa conscious and rendering service unto Kṛṣṇa, he becomes very much qualified and beautiful.

After leaving the florist’s place, Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma saw a hunchbacked young woman carrying a dish of Since Kṛṣṇa is the reservoir of all pleasure, He wanted to make all His companions joyous by cutting Kṛṣṇa addressed her, “O tall young woman, who are you? Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He knew everything about the hunchback. By His inquiry He indicated that there was no use in serving a demon; she would do better to serve Kṛṣṇa

She frankly proposed to Kṛṣṇa, “My dear hero, I cannot leave You in this way. In plain words she proposed that Kṛṣṇa come to her home and satisfy her lusty desires. Kṛṣṇa, of course, felt a little bit embarrassed in front of His elder brother, Balarāma, but He knew Kṛṣṇa satisfied the girl in this way with sweet words.

They were decorated with nice ornaments and dress. Some of the famous wrestlers were Cāṇūra, Muṣṭika, Śala, Kūṭa and Tośala.

When Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma had been going from Vṛndāvana to Mathurā, the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana had imagined the great fortune of the citizens of Mathurā in being able to see the wonderful beauty of Kṛṣṇa, who Vṛndāvana were now actually realized, for the citizens of Mathurā became fully satisfied by seeing Kṛṣṇa

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the forty-second chapter of Kṛṣṇa, “The Breaking of the Bow in