The Purana Index v1.c5.s7.3646

v1.c5.s7.3646

*Govinda* (I)—the name given to Kṛṣṇa by Indra the lord of Gokula;¹ the Yādava king; went in search of *maṇi* by tracing the steps of Prasenajit when he was supposed to have killed him for the sake of the jewel, and came upon a place where Prasena and his horses were dead; proceeding he saw a dead lion and further a cave of a bear in the Vindhyas and heard the talk of a muse fondling the son of the bear; overhearing he heard. "dont cry, Syamantaka is yours". Then he entered the mouth of the cave and saw Jāmbavān, the king of bears; had hand-to-hand fight for 21 days, the followers of Kṛṣṇa returned to Dvāravatī and spread the news that Kṛṣṇa was dead; defeating the bear he got the hand of his daughter Jāmbavatī with the *maṇi* and returned home; gave it to Śakrajit in an assembly²