The Purana Index v2.c7.s5.126

v2.c7.s5.126

When the Yadus decided war with the Kurus, Rāma did not like it and thought he could bring about peace; went to Hastinagara and was welcomed by Duryodhana and others; he communicated to them Ugrasena’s command to release Sāmba; the Kurus laughed and said that slippers would sometimes usurp the place of crown; Ugrasena was only a king by sufference and hence he could not send a command; enraged at their inordinate pride, he decided to lift up the city and throw it into the Ganges; the Kurus prayed for mercy and promised to send Laksmanā with Sāmba together with a large dowry of horses, elephants, etc.; with these Rāma returned to Dvārakā,⁶ was consulted by Krsna; Krsna took leave of him to go to Hastināpura; did not like the war between the Pāndavas and the Kauravas and went on a pilgrimage; after visiting Prabhāsa, Sarasvati, Yamunā, and Gangā he reached Naimisa where he was welcomed by all the sages; Romaharsana the Sūta did not rise up to honour him at which Rāma got angry and fatally hurt him; seeing this the sages called it adharma and brahmahatya and called upon Rāma for expiation; Romaharsana's son was blessed, the sages asked Rāma to kill the Asura Balvala and go on a pilgrimage for a year when he could be purified, after killing Balvala, and receiving from the sages presents of Vaijayantī, clothes, and jewels, he went to Kauśikī, Sarayu, Prayāgā, the hermitage of Pulaha, Gomatī, Gandakī, Vipāśā, Śona, Pampā, Gayā, Mahendra where Paraśurāma was, Saptagodāvarī, Venā, Bhīmarathī, and Śrīśaila, went to Venkata, Kāñcī, Śrīranga on the Kāverī, and other sacred places, met Agastya in Malaya and came back to Prabhāsa by the west coast, went to Yudhisthira and was honoured, later went to Dvārakā, went again to Naimisa and took part in many a sacrifice,⁷ welcomed Krsna after the Kuruksetra war, helped him in relieving the earth of the burden of the Daityas, went to Syamantapañcaka for the solar eclipse, joy at Vasudeva's sacrifice, honoured Nanda,⁸ is said to have extracted the teeth of the Kalinga king, just as Virabhadra extracted Pusan's teeth,⁹ was killed by his own men, deluded by Krsna, his wives entered the fire after his death, was said to have disappeared in the form of a reptile into the sea,¹⁰ king of Dvārakā, married Revatī, the daughter of Kakudmin, father of Nisita and Ulmuka,¹¹ went with Krsna in pursuit of Satadhanus for the sake of the Syamantaka,¹² a pupil of Sāndipani, helped Krsna in recovering his teacher's son from Yama,¹³ defeated Jarāsandha and other foes during the abduction of Rukminī by Krsna,¹⁴ his gambling with Rukmin,¹⁵ was drawn in a picture by Citralekhā,¹⁶ besieged the Kaurava capital when Śāmba was liberated¹⁷