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This brings to mind the statement of the Bhagavad-gītā in which the Lord advises Arjuna to get free from

Lord Kṛṣṇa, being pleased with Satrājit, informed him that He did not have any need of the Syamantaka

The episode of Jāmbavatī’s marriage with Lord Kṛṣṇa and the delivery of the jewel known as Syamantaka Although the fighting between Kṛṣṇa and Jāmbavān went on for twenty-eight days, the inhabitants of Dvārakā

You are the supreme time factor, in which all creation takes place, is maintained and is finally annihilated And beyond the physical elements and the time factor, the persons who manipulate the ingredients and advantages of creation are part and parcel of You. By studying all factors in the right perspective, one can see that You are the supreme controller and

Truly afflicted by the offense he had committed against Kṛṣṇa, he sincerely wanted to rectify it. From within, Kṛṣṇa gave him good intelligence, and Satrājit decided to hand over to Kṛṣṇa both the jewel was no alternative for mitigating the situation, and therefore he arranged the marriage ceremony of Kṛṣṇa By the grace of Kṛṣṇa he decided to hand his daughter over to Him.

He also invited Satrājit, and before the whole assembly Kṛṣṇa explained the incident of the recovery Kṛṣṇa wanted to return the valuable jewel to King Satrājit. Satrājit, however, was ashamed because he had unnecessarily defamed Kṛṣṇa. He was conscious that he had offended Kṛṣṇa very grievously and that he had to find a remedial measure so that Kṛṣṇa would again be pleased with him.

The false rumor that Kṛṣṇa had killed Prasena and taken away the jewel spread everywhere like wildfire Kṛṣṇa did not like to be defamed in that way, and therefore He decided that He would go to the forest At the same time, Kṛṣṇa also found the lion killed by Jāmbavān, who is generally called Ṛkṣa. Kṛṣṇa and the citizens of Dvārakā then found in the forest a great tunnel, said to be the path to Ṛkṣa To take the jewel from the child, Kṛṣṇa approached and stood before him.

younger brother, in order to display the opulence of the family, took the jewel, put it on his neck and While Satrājit’s brother, who was known as Prasena, was moving here and there in the forest, a big lion attacked him, killed both him and the horse on which he was riding, and took away the jewel to his cave News of this was received by the king of the bears, Jāmbavān, who then killed that lion in the cave and

Lord Kṛṣṇa was satisfied by the prayers and statements of Jāmbavān, and to mitigate Jāmbavān’s pain, Lord Kṛṣṇa then addressed him as King Jāmbavān because he, and not the lion, was actually the king of Kṛṣṇa informed Jāmbavān that He had come to ask for the Syamantaka jewel because ever since it had been Kṛṣṇa plainly informed him that He had come there to ask for the jewel in order to be free from this Syamantaka jewel but also his daughter Jāmbavatī, who was of marriageable age, and presented her to Lord Kṛṣṇa

Later the matter was settled when Satrājit voluntarily offered Kṛṣṇa his daughter, Satyabhāmā, along Not only Satyabhāmā but also Jāmbavatī, the daughter of Jāmbavān, was married to Kṛṣṇa on account of Yadu dynasty and how he later came to his senses and offered his daughter and the Syamantaka jewel to Kṛṣṇa

“My Lord Rāmacandra wanted to construct a bridge over the ocean, and I saw personally how the ocean became And when the whole ocean became agitated, living entities like the whales, alligators and timiṅgila fish In this way the ocean was forced to give way and allow Rāmacandra to cross to the island known as Laṅkā During the fighting with Rāvaṇa, every part of his limbs was slashed to pieces by Your sharp arrows, and

All the members of the family, namely Kṛṣṇa’s mother Devakī, His father Vasudeva, and His chief wife Because of their natural affection for Kṛṣṇa, they began to call Satrājit ill names, for he was the cause of Kṛṣṇa’s disappearance. They went to worship the goddess Candrabhāgā, praying for the return of Kṛṣṇa. of Dvārakā and relatives of Kṛṣṇa became joyful.

There was then a great fight between Kṛṣṇa and Jāmbavān, in which they fought like two opposing vultures Kṛṣṇa and Jāmbavān first of all fought with weapons, then with stones, then with big trees, then hand

Lord Kṛṣṇa wanted to teach the world that the best of everything should be offered to the ruling chief King Ugrasena was the overlord of many dynasties and happened to be the grandfather of Kṛṣṇa, so Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa pleaded that the best should be offered to the king. a worshiper of the demigods, had become too materialistic and, instead of accepting the request of Kṛṣṇa But Satrājit refused to abide by the order of Kṛṣṇa and did not deliver the jewel.

He thought instead that because Kṛṣṇa wanted that jewel, which had not been delivered to Him, Kṛṣṇa might

The citizens of Dvārakā addressed Lord Kṛṣṇa not only as Dāmodara but also as Govinda, which indicates that Kṛṣṇa is very affectionate to the cows and calves; and just to refer to their intimate connection with Kṛṣṇa, they addressed Him as Yadunandana because He was born the son of Vasudeva in the Yadu dynasty The citizens of Dvārakā concluded by addressing Kṛṣṇa as the supreme master of the whole universe. They addressed Kṛṣṇa in many different ways, proud of being citizens of Dvārakā who could see Kṛṣṇa daily

Mistaking Satrājit to be the sun god, some of the important citizens of Dvārakā immediately went to Kṛṣṇa At that time, Kṛṣṇa was playing chess.

he entered the city of Dvārakā, and people thought that the sun god had come into the city to see Kṛṣṇa They knew that Kṛṣṇa, being the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was sometimes visited by the demigods , so while Satrājit was visiting the city of Dvārakā all the inhabitants except Kṛṣṇa took him to be

Satrājit, however, did not come to see Kṛṣṇa; he was instead overwhelmed by the Syamantaka jewel. Although Kṛṣṇa later asked for this Syamantaka jewel, King Satrājit did not deliver it; on the contrary

In a sporting attitude, Kṛṣṇa wanted to engage in a mock fight with His devotee. Kṛṣṇa desired this pleasure of mock fighting with Jāmbavān. Although Jāmbavān was a devotee by nature, he did not know that his opponent was Kṛṣṇa while giving service But as soon as Kṛṣṇa was pleased by the fighting, Jāmbavān immediately understood that his opponent was The conclusion is that he could understand Kṛṣṇa by his service, for Kṛṣṇa is sometimes satisfied by