Seeing him, Krishna, in fury, caught hold of his horns with great force.768.
Catching hold of his horns, Krishna threw him away at a distance of eighteen steps
Then he, greatly infuriated, got up and began to fight in front of Krishna
Krishna once again raised and threw him and he could not get up again
He attained salvation at the hands of Krishna and expired without a battle.769.
End of the chapter entitled “Killing of the demon Vrishabhasura” in Krishnavatara in Bachittar Natak.
Now begins the description of the killing of the demon Keshi
SWAYYA
Having fought a great war with him, Sri Krishna killed that great enemy.
While fighting with Vrishabhasura, when Lord Krishna killed the great enemy, then Narada went to Mathura and said to Kansa,
“The husband of your sister, the daughter of Nand and Krishna – all these enemies of yours are prospering in your kingdom
It was through them that Aghasura and Bakasura were defeated and killed.”770.
Speech of Kansa in reply:
SWAYYA
Kansa, the king of Mathura, getting infuriated in his mind, resolved that they may be killed by any means
There is no other work of so much importance before me, I must fulfil this task at the earliest and save myself by killing my would-be killer
Then Narada started talking while laughing, O king! Listen, this is how it should work.
Then Narada said smilingly, “O King! You must definitely perform this one task and with deceit or strength or any other means, slash the head of your enemy.”771.
Speech of Kansa addressed to Narada:
SWAYYA
Then bowing before him, Kansa said, “O great sage! Your saying is true
The story of these killings permeates like the shadow of night in the day of my heart
Who has slain the fire giant and the mighty Buck and (who) has captured Putana by the horns.
He, who has killed Agha and brave Baka and Putana, it will be appropriate to kill him through deceit, strength or any other means.”772.