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KRISHNA AVATARA
 
धनुर्यागोद्यमः – PREPARATIONS FOR THE
 
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BOW-FESTIVAL
 
अरिष्टे निहते दैत्ये कृष्णेनाद्भुतकर्मणा ।
ततो मुष्टिकचाणूरशलतोशलकादिकान् ।
अमात्यान् हस्तिपांश्चैव समाहूयाह भोजराट् ॥
 
When the demon Arishta had been
killed by Krishna of wondrous deeds,
Kamsa, the Bhoja king, then called
Mushtika, Chanura, Sala, Tosalaka and
other ministers of his and his elephant-
keepers and told them:
 
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भो भो निशम्यतामेतद्वीरचाणूरमुष्टिकौ ।
नन्दब्रजे किलासाते सुतावानकदुन्दुभेः ।
रामकृष्णौ ततो मह्यं मृत्युः किल निदर्शितः ॥
 
" Hear this, O heroic Chanura and
Mushtika! In Nanda's Vraja live Rama
and Krishna, the sons of Vasudeva; from
them has death been foretold for me.
 
भवद्भयामिह संप्राप्तौ हन्येतां मल्ललीलया ॥
 
"They must be killed by you when
they are brought here, in the sport of
wrestling.