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interfered and prevented a battle, lest it should throw the Yug into 

 confusion, and desired Bheema neither himself to interrupt him 

 nor to suffer others to do so. After Seesoopal had thus a hundred 

 times vilified Creeshna, the latter cut off his head with his Chakra ; 

 a flame of fire then issued from Seesoopal's head, which for a time 

 hovering about in the air, at last entered Creeshna's mouth, where 

 it subsided ; and his army fled away in the greatest consternation. 

 Rajah Judishter, after the close of the Yug, made great presents 

 to the Brahmins, and from that day became rajah of rajahs. 

 Creeshna staid some months in Hastanapoor, and at length took 

 leave and went to Dwaraka, which Judishter consented to with 

 much reluctance. 



Judishter 's younger brothers were all very dutiful to their senior, 

 performing whatever he enjoined, whether it were agreeable to 

 them or not, without repining ; every thing of difficulty that 

 was undertaken was by Creeshna's directions ; the care of less 

 important matters devolved on Bheema. Arjoon had the depart- 

 ment of attending to the great men and all the rajahs, in whatever 

 concerned them. Dropeda managed the affairs of provision, by 

 the consent and agreement of her brother. Beder had the arrange- 

 ment of the assembly, and Kerne the care of the expense. On the 

 day that the Yug was completed, Creeshna, in the fulness of his 

 beneficence, was present in one place with all the Devatas, and Rey- 

 shees and Brahmins, and Rajahs, and they carried Rajah Judish- 

 ter to the banks of the Ganges. Brahmins chanted the Vedas, 

 and Rajah Judishter bathed, while flowers rained from heaven upon 

 his head. There was an endless variety of music and singing. All 

 men rejoiced, and dressed themselves in their most sumptuous ap- 

 parel, and perfumed themselves with sandal, and saffron, and 

 sweet waters. The women, who, buried in Harams, were seldom 

 permitted to see the sun, came out on that day to view Rajah Ju- 



