An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s2.1093

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chains to his own city; (c) in order to obstruct the sacrifice of Kṛshṇa’s father, he stole the sacrificial horse that had been let loose under the guard of armed men; (d) that he ravished the reluctant wife of Babhru on her way from Hāstinapura (so Nil.) to the Sauviras; (e) that disguising himself in the attire of the Karūsha king, he had ravished Bhadrā Vaiçālī (i.e. daughter of the king Viçāla, Nil.); (f) that he had desired Rukmiṇī, but failed to obtain her; (g) that he (Kṛshṇa) had promised to pardon him 100 times, and that the number had now become full. Kṛshṇa then thought of his discus, which came into his hand; therewith he instantly cut off the head of Ҫiçupāla; the kings beheld a fiery energy issuing out of the body of Ҫiçupāla and entering Kṛshṇa’s body; the sky, though cloudless, poured showers of rain, etc. Yudhishṭhira caused his brothers to perform the funeral rites of Ҫiçupāla, the son of Damaghosha; then he, with all the kings, installed the son of Ҫiçupāla in the sovereignty of the Cedis.—§ 292, v. Rājasūyikaparvan.