The Prem sagurCaturbhujamisra, active 17th century
Religion
The Prem sagur
Caturbhujamisra, active 17th century
Krishna (Hindu deity)
We now write the last half of the history. Shree Shookdeo, the sage,
said,--O great king! I will relate, how Shree Krishnù Chund conquered
Joorasindhoo and his army, destroyed the right of the dead, released
Moochkoond, and, having left Bruj, took up his abode in Dwarka: listen
with the greatest attention.
The Raja Oogursen ruled over Muttra with great skill and policy; and
Shree Krishnù and Bulram, like servants, were obedient to his orders.
Under his government all his subjects were happy; except the widows of
Kuns, who were greatly grieved at the loss of their husband. They
could not sleep, and had no sensation of hunger or thirst. During the
whole eight puhurs, they were in a state of sorrow.
One day the two sisters, being deeply engaged in thought, said to each
other, “A woman has no excellence without her husband, as the subject
has no excellence without his lord, or night without the moon. As we
have lost our husbands, we ought not to stay here now; and it is
better for us to go and live in the house of our father.”
O great king! the two queens, having thus determined, sent for a ruth,
and travelled in it from Muttra to their father’s house, in the Behar
country; and with tears related to him, how Shree Krishnù and Bulram
had destroyed Kuns and all evil spirits.
On hearing their account, Joorasindhoo entered his court in great
wrath, and said, “What powerful men are these, who have been born in
the family of Judoo, and have made my daughters widows, after
destroying the very powerful Kuns and all evil spirits? I will attack
them with my whole army; and destroying with fire the city of Muttra,
and all the family and descendants of Judoo, will carry off Bulram and
Krishnù bound and alive: otherwise my name is not Joorasindh.”
Having thus spoken, he wrote letters to all the neighbouring Rajas,
asking them to come to him with their armies; as he was about to
revenge himself for the death of Kuns, by destroying all the
descendants of Judoo, and making their race extinct. On receiving
Joorasindhoo’s letters, all the Rajas of the different countries came
quickly with their forces; and Joorasindhoo also arranged and prepared
his army.
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