of Saubha, thou didst destroy that city of Saubha itself!  These have all been slain in battle; listen to me as I speak of others (also slain by thee)!  At Iravati thou hast slain king Bhoja equal unto Karttavirya in battle, and both Gopati and Talaketu also have been slain by thee!  And, O Janardana, thou hast also appropriate unto thyself the sacred city of Dwarka, abounding in wealth and agreeable unto the Rishi themselves, and thou wilt submerge it at the end within the ocean!  O slayer of Madhu, how can crookedness be in thee, devoid as thou art, O thou of the Dasarha race, of anger and envy and untruth and cruelty?  O thou who knowest no deterioration, all the Rishis, coming unto thee seated in thy glory on the sacrificial ground, seek protection of thee!  And, O slayer of Madhu, thou stayest at the end of the Yuga, contracting all things and withdrawing this universe into thy own self, thou repressor of all foes!  O thou of the Vrishni race, at the beginning of the Yuga, there sprang from thy lotus-like navel, Brahma himself, and lord of all mobile and immobile things, and whose is this entire universe!  When the dreadful Danavas Madhu and Kaitava were bent on slaying Brahma, beholding their impious endeavour thou wert angry, and from thy forehead, O Hari, sprang Sambhu, the holder of the trident.  Thus these two foremost of the deities have sprung from thy body in order to do thy work!  Even Narada it was who hath told me this!  O Narayana, thou didst, in the forest of Chaitraratha, celebrate with plentiful gifts a grand sacrifice consisting of a multitude of rites!  O God, O thou of eyes like lotus leaves, the deeds thou hast performed while still a boy, having recourse to thy might and aided by Baladeva, have never been done by others, nor are they capable of being achieved by others in the future!  Thou didst even dwell in Kailasa, accompanied by Brahmanas!’

“Vaisampayana continued, ’Having addressed Krishna thus, the illustrious Pandava, who was the soul of Krishna, became dumb, when Janardana (in reply addressed that son of Pritha) saying, ’Thou art mine and I am thine, while all that is mine is thine also!  He that hateth thee hateth me as well, and he that followeth thee followeth me!  O thou irrepressible one, thou art Nara and I am Narayana or Hari!  We are the Rishis Nara and Narayana born in the world of men for a special purpose.  O Partha, thou art from me and I am from thee!  O bull of the Bharata race, no one can understand the difference that is between us!’

“Vaisampayana continued, ’When the illustrious Kesava had said so in the midst of that assembly of brave kings, all excited with anger, Panchali surrounded by Dhrishtadyumna and her other heroic brothers, approached him of eyes like lotus leaves seated with his cousins, and, desirous of protection, addressed in angry accents that refuge of all, saying, ’Asita and Devala have said that in the matter of the creation of all things, thou hast been indicated (by the sages) as