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sons and all their posterity were slain on that calamitous spof. 

 Creeshna there beheld, among others of the dead, his sons Pre- 

 demne, and Sanete, and Jaredvesoo; and Aneroodhe, the son of 

 Predemne ; and Kephe, or Goped, his own brother ; and all his 

 other relations. While he was absorbed in grief at this event, 

 Dareke, his driver, came and told him, that, before this quarrel 

 commenced, his elder brother Balhadur had risen from the assem- 

 bly, and had gone no one knew whither ; and it was much to be 

 apprehended that some fatal accident had befallen him also. 

 Creeshna immediately ordered his carriage to be got ready, that 

 he might go and seek his brother. Then himself and Veere, the 

 Yadava, mounted the chariot, and Dareke drove them. 



They had proceeded but a little way when they discovered Bal- 

 hadur sitting under the shade of a pepal (or pepper) tree, with his 

 eyes closed, and apparently immersed in deep thought. Creeshna 

 and Veere, the Yadava, approached very gently, and sat down 

 beside him. But Balhadur was so much absorbed in his reflections, 

 that he did not in the least perceive any person's approach. 

 Creeshna now said to Dareke, " You see what a horrible calamity 

 has happened to all our people ! Go quickly to Rajah Judishter, 

 acquaint him with the sad catastrophe, and desire him to send 

 Arjoon hither immediately." Dareke, mounting the carriage, 

 drove with all speed towards Hastanapoor. After he was gone, 

 Creeshna said to Veere, " You are aware of the miserable fate of 

 these men ; go now to Dwaraka, and look after my wives and 

 houses, lest any thieves or villains, knowing that the town is 

 empty, should come thither in hopes of plunder, offer violence to 

 the women, and ransack the city. My father Vasudeva is also in 

 the town, pay also the utmost attention to his safety." So Veere 

 hastily returned towards the city ; but, in his way, met with a 

 hunter quite intoxicated, who had in his hands some of those fatal 



