Those who had fled were saved and those who fought again, were killed
There was a dreadful battle of the fourfold army and the streams of blood began to flow
The battlefield looked like a woman wearing her ornaments.839.
Both the brothers fought in great anger and destroyed any warriors,
The number of warriors who were destroyed, the same number reached again with new decoration
They immediately landed on the battlefield, which looked very beautiful.
Those who had come, were also killed quickly and at that place the spectacle seemed like the offering of ornaments to the battlefield.840.
Killing the enemies with the bits of the bow, Krishna came to (his father) Nand
On coming, he touched the feet of Nand, who hugged him to his bosom
Krishna told that they had gone to see the city
In this way, being delighted in their mind, all of them slept as the night fell.841.
DOHRA
(That night) Kansa had a terrible dream.
On this side, Kansa saw a dreadful dream during the night and greatly agitated, he called all his servants.842.
Speech of Kansa addressed to his servants:
SWAYYA
Calling the servants, the king asked them to make a playground for playing.
Calling his servants, the king said, “A stage be set up for playing keep the gopas together at one place and also call our whole army:
Do this work very quickly and do not go even one step backward
Tell the wrestlers to get ready and come and keep them standing there.843.
All the servants listened to the king and got up and started doing the same (what the king had said).
Listening to the orders of the king, the servants did accordingly, keeping the elephant standing at the gate, a new stage was set up
On that stage the mighty warriors were standing, seeing whom, the enemies would even get disheartened
The servants set up such a place that they received all kinds of praise.844.
The servant of the king brought all these people (Krishna and his companions) in the palace of king Kansa
He told all of them that this is the house of the king, therefore all the gopas bowed their heads in veneration
They saw before them an intoxicated elephant and the mahout is asking all of them to get away
The elephant speedily fell upon Krishna in such a way just as the vice falls upon the virtue in order to destroy it.845.
Enraged, the elephant caught the two handsome heroes (Krishna and Balarama) by the trunk.
The elephant angrily entrapped both beautiful warriors (Krishna and Balram) in his trunk and began to roar in a unique way
The poet Shyam says, the slayer of the enemy (Krishna) spread under his stomach.
Both the brother, who are the killers of the enemies, began to swing under the belly of the elephant and appeared to be busy in playing with the enemy.846.
Then, Krishna, in great rage, extirpated the tusk of the elephant
He made another attack on the trunk of the elephant and the second attack on his head
Because of the dreadful blow, the elephant became lifeless and fell on the earth
The elephant died and it seemed that Krishna had entered Mathura on that day in order to kill Kansa.847.
End of the chapter entitled “Killing of the elephant” in Krishnavatara (based on Dasham Skandh) in Bachittar Natak.
Now begins the description of the battle with Chandur and Mushitak
SWAYYA
After extirpating the tusk of the elephant and placing it upon the shoulder, both the brothers reached at the (newly set-up) stage
The warriors saw them as mighty warriors and the wrestlers at that place considered them as very sturdy
The saints considering them unique, visualised them as the creators of the world
The father saw them as sons and to king Kansa, they seemed as destroyers of his house.848.
Sitting in the assembly, the king caused Krishna, the king of Yadavas to fight with his wrestlers
Balram fought with the wrestler named Mushitak and on this side Krishna fought with Chandur
When Krishna's anger grew in his mind, he (Chandur) fell down in the wilderness.
When Krishna became infuriated, all these wrestlers fell on the earth like mountains and Krishna killed them in a very short time.849.
End of the chapter entitled “Killing of the wrestlers-Chandur and Mushitak” in Krishnavatara in Bachittar Natak.