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THE FATE OF THE YADAVAS, AND DEATH OF CREESHNA, 

 FROM THE MAHABBARAT. 



After the completion of the war of the Mahabbarat, and the vic- 

 tory over Doorjoodhen, Judishter reigned in triumph and profound 

 peace with his brothers thirty-six years. After that period, com- 

 menced their calamities and bad omens of every kind. Great 

 storms of wind, accompanied with hail and stones, fell upon the 

 city. Those animals, whom it is reckoned fortunate to meet on 

 the right side, met them on the left, and the contrary. The sky 

 rained fire, and ashes, and half-burnt coals ; and, sometimes, with- 

 out any wind, such a dust was raised, that the sun was hidden at 

 mid-day ; while, at other times, his disk appeared without any 

 light, and figures of men, without heads, appeared on all sides of 

 the sun, or there was a black halo encircling it. The Pandoos, 

 and indeed all human beings, were astonished and alarmed at 

 these prodigies, and expected some most extraordinary and dread- 

 ful event to follow. In the midst of these horrors, on a certain day, 

 as the Pandoos and nobles were all sitting together, arrived a per- 

 son from Dwaraka, who brought news that the Yadavas had quar- 

 relled among themselves, and had all cut each other to pieces. 

 Rajah Judishter immediately, in the utmost anxiety and appre- 

 hension, sent off a messenger to learn the truth of these melancholy 

 tidings. 



Rajah Jenemejeye here requested of Vyshempayen to give him 

 an account of this calamity that had befallen the Yadavas, which 

 he accordingly commenced as follows : 



Viswamitra, Dervasa, and Nared, three most perfect Reyshees, 

 were sitting one day together, when Sarane, Son of Vasudeva, with 

 Sanete, one of Creeshna's sons, and a multitude of other young 



