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Vishnupurana 4.13.24-26

Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.13.24-26

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Sanskrit

4.13.24

jāmbavatīṃ cāntaḥpure niveśayām āsa |
satrājito 'pi mayāsyābhūtamalinam āropitam iti jātasaṃtrāsaḥ svasutāṃ satyabhāmāṃ bhagavate bhāryāṃ dadau |
tāṃ cākrūrakṛtavarmaśatadhanvapramukhā yādavāḥ pūrvaṃ varayāṃ āsuḥ |
tatas tatpradānād avajñātam ivātmānaṃ manyamānāḥ satrājite vairānubandhaṃ cakruḥ ||

When the people of Dwáraká beheld Krishńa alive and returned, they were filled with delight, so that those who were bowed down with years recovered youthful vigour; and all the Yádavas, men and women, assembled round Ánakadundubhi, the father of the hero, and congratulated him. Krishńa related to the whole assembly of the Yádavas all that had happened, exactly as it had befallen, and restoring the Syamantaka jewel to Satrájit was exonerated from the crime of which he had been falsely accused. He then led Jámbavatí into the inner apartments.

Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

When Satrájit reflected that he had been the cause of the aspersions upon Krishńa's character, he felt alarmed, and to conciliate the prince he gave him to wife his daughter Satyabhámá. The maiden had been previously sought in marriage by several of the most distinguished Yádavas, as Akrúra, Kritavarman and Śatadhanwan, who were highly incensed at her being wedded to another, and leagued in enmity against Satrájit. The chief amongst them, with Akrúra and Kritavarman, said to Śatadhanwan, "This caitiff Satrájit has offered a gross insult to you, as well as to us who solicited his daughter, by giving her to Krishńa: let him not live: why do you not kill him, and take the jewel? Should Achyuta therefore enter into feud with you, we will take your part." Upon this promise Śatadhanwan undertook to slay Satrájit.

Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

4.13.25

akrūrakṛtavarmapramukhāś ca śatadhanvānam ūcuḥ |
ayam atidurātmā satrājito yo 'smābhir bhavatā ca abhyarthito 'py ātmajām asmān bhavantaṃ cāvigaṇayya kṛṣṇāya dattavān |
tad alam anena jīvatā ghātayitvainaṃ tan mahāratnaṃ tvayā kiṃ na gṛhyate |
vayam abhyupapatsyāmo yady acyutas tavopari vairānubandhaṃ kariṣyatīti ||

When Satrájit reflected that he had been the cause of the aspersions upon Krishńa's character, he felt alarmed, and to conciliate the prince he gave him to wife his daughter Satyabhámá. The maiden had been previously sought in marriage by several of the most distinguished Yádavas, as Akrúra, Kritavarman and Śatadhanwan, who were highly incensed at her being wedded to another, and leagued in enmity against Satrájit. The chief amongst them, with Akrúra and Kritavarman, said to Śatadhanwan, "This caitiff Satrájit has offered a gross insult to you, as well as to us who solicited his daughter, by giving her to Krishńa: let him not live: why do you not kill him, and take the jewel? Should Achyuta therefore enter into feud with you, we will take your part." Upon this promise Śatadhanwan undertook to slay Satrájit.

Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

4.13.26

evam uktas tathety asāv apy āha |
jatugṛhadagdhānāṃ pāṇḍutanayānāṃ viditaparamārtho 'pi bhagavān duryodhanaprayatnaśaithilyakaraṇārtham ānukūlyakaraṇāya vāraṇāvataṃ gataḥ ||

When Satrájit reflected that he had been the cause of the aspersions upon Krishńa's character, he felt alarmed, and to conciliate the prince he gave him to wife his daughter Satyabhámá. The maiden had been previously sought in marriage by several of the most distinguished Yádavas, as Akrúra, Kritavarman and Śatadhanwan, who were highly incensed at her being wedded to another, and leagued in enmity against Satrájit. The chief amongst them, with Akrúra and Kritavarman, said to Śatadhanwan, "This caitiff Satrájit has offered a gross insult to you, as well as to us who solicited his daughter, by giving her to Krishńa: let him not live: why do you not kill him, and take the jewel? Should Achyuta therefore enter into feud with you, we will take your part." Upon this promise Śatadhanwan undertook to slay Satrájit.

Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

When news arrived that the sons of Páńd́u had been burned in the house of wax, Krishńa, who knew the real truth, set off for Bárańávata to allay the animosity of Duryodhana, and to perform the duties his relationship required. Śatadhanwan taking advantage of his absence, killed Satrájit in his sleep, and took possession of the gem. Upon this coming to the knowledge of Satyabhámá, she immediately mounted her chariot, and, filled with fury at her father's murder, repaired to Bárańávata, and told her husband how Satrájit had been killed by Śatadhanwan in resentment of her having been married to another, and how he had carried off the jewel; and she implored him to take prompt measures to avenge such heinous wrong. Krishńa, who is ever internally placid, being informed of these transactions, said to Satyabhámá, as his eyes flashed with indignation, "These are indeed audacious injuries, but I will not submit to them from so vile a wretch. They must assail the tree, who would kill the birds that there have built their nests. Dismiss excessive sorrow; it needs not your lamentations to excite any wrath." Returning forthwith to Dwáraká, Krishńa took Baladeva apart, and said to him, "A lion slew Prasena, hunting in the forests; and now Satrájit has been murdered by Śatadhanwan. As both these are removed, the jewel which belonged to them is our common right. Up then, ascend your car, and put Śatadhanwan to death."

Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

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