The Prem sagurCaturbhujamisra, active 17th century
Religion
The Prem sagur
Caturbhujamisra, active 17th century
Krishna (Hindu deity)
O great king! when Buldeo Jee beheld this tyranny on the part of the
demon, he summoned his plough and wooden pestle; they came, and were
ready; then Buldeo in great wrath, having laid hold of Jalub with his
plough, struck him a blow on the head with his wooden pestle with such
force that his head was split, and his soul escaped; there was a
stream of blood on the spot; his eyes came out of their sockets, and
his hair was dyed with blood. The sages, being very much pleased at
the death of Jalub, performed adoration to Buldeo Jee, and glorifying
him greatly, offered presents. Bulram, the abode of happiness, after
this departed thence, and proceeded on his pilgrimage.
O great king! having visited all holy places of pilgrimage, and made a
circuit of the earth, he arrived at the country about Delhi, where
Doorjodhun and Bheemsen were carrying on a great war; and Shree
Krishnù Chund and great Rajas, together with the descendants of
Pandoo, were standing looking on. On Bulram Jee’s arrival, the two
heroes, Doorjodhun and Bheemsen, made him a salutation; the one
regarding him as his spiritual preceptor, the other as his brother.
When, O great king! Buldeo Jee saw them fighting, he said, “Both of
you are powerful, brave warriors; O resolute heroes! refrain now from
war, preserve the progeny of Kooroo and Pandoo; brothers, friends,
have all been exterminated.” Both said, when they heard this, bowing
their heads, “We cannot now give up fighting.” Then Doorjodhun said,
“O divine preceptor! I will not speak falsely in your presence; be
pleased to listen with careful attention to what I am about to say.
This great war, which is now being carried on, in which people have
been killed, and will be killed, is carried on by the advice of your
brother, Shree Krishnù Chund Jee. These poor helpless creatures, who
are now fighting, are as much under the power of Huri, as a wooden
puppet is in the power of a juggler, who can make it move in any
direction he pleases. It was not right in him to assist the Panduvùs,
and act with such enmity towards us; he has caused the shoulder of
Doosasun to be torn from its socket by Bheem, and has caused me to be
wounded in the thigh by a club. What more need I now say to you?
Whatever Huri may wish will now be done, this every one knows.” When
Doorjodhun had thus spoken, Bulram Jee approached Shree Krishnù
Chund, having first said to Doorjodhun, “You, of course, have not
practised any stratagem or treachery to cause violence?” And he said
to his brother, “What have you done in causing this war to be waged,
and Doosasun’s shoulder to be torn from its socket, and Doorjodhun’s
thigh to be wounded? This is not a custom of fair fighting, that a
powerful man should pluck out another’s shoulder from the socket, or
direct weapons, and aim below the loins. It is a fair fight when one
challenges the other, and fights opposite him.” Shree Krishnù Chund
replied, “O brother! you do not know the circumstances; these
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