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obscured by arrows, they were oppressed with grief, but rejoiced 

 exceedingly when by the flash they beheld the standard on which 

 was the figure of Garoor. Jarasandha exhausted all his strength, 

 and that of his army to no purpose ; he could by no means obtain 

 the victory. Creeshna then strung the all-conquering bow, and, 

 drawing it, shot one arrow. With the stroke of that one arrow all 

 the chariots, with the chiefs they bore, and the elephant-drivers, 

 and their horses, with their riders, and the infantry, were all dis- 

 comfited and slain. The blood streamed from the heads of ele- 

 phants like rivers of red water from the mountains in the rainy 

 season ; the carriages were dashed about like ruined houses: the 

 light of the standards was like the wood of a burning jungle ; and 

 there was a sea of blood flowing around, in which the heads of 

 young warriors floated, while the jewels on their plumes resembled 

 the shining of the sands, and the noble victims expiring, exclaimed 

 aloud, Jeye ! Jeye ! Those that excaped, fled in the utmost tre- 

 pidation ; but Ram pursued them, and with his Moosel, (mace) 

 pounded to atoms all the bones of his adversaries. When Jaras- 

 andha alone remained alive, Ram seized him as a lion seizes a kid, 

 and was going to strangle him ; but Creeshna took hold of Ram's 

 hand and prevented him, saying, that he himself would slay Jaras- 

 andha hereafter, when other more weighty affairs were finished. 

 So they left Jarasandha at liberty, and returned to Mathura, where 

 great rejoicings were made, and the Devatas rained flowers from 

 the sky. Thus did Creeshna return triumphant into Mathura ; and 

 Jarasandha, defeated and ashamed, went alone to his own kingdom, 

 resolving, as he journeyed, that he would immediately commence 

 most severe austerities, and by that means acquire the power of 

 taking Creeshna and completing his revenge. As he went along, 

 some of the neighbouring rajahs, his allies, comforted him ; remind- 

 ing him that conquest and defeat were accidents ; that it was the 



