Bhadrashva asked Pradyumna to kill Sakuni, the hated enemy of the demigods. And then a fierce battle ensued between the Yadavas and Daityas. After a long battle in which many demons died, the demon King Shakuni appeared before Pradyumna. By simply pulling back and releasing the string of his bow, made by demon Maya, Shakuni forced many Yadavas to fall on the field from the terrible sound of his bowstring. And then a fierce battle began between Shakuni and Pradyumna. When Shakuni used Rauravastra, created by Maya Danava, countless venomous snakes and scorpions crawled from all sides and began to sting the Yadava soldiers. In response, Pradyumna released Garudastra so that millions of huge birds very quickly devoured all the snakes and scorpions. Shakuni then summoned countless goblins and ghosts that spewed flames. Pradyumna used the weapon Satvastra, summoning the associates of Lord Vishnu, who immediately dispelled the demon's illusion. This battle lasted a long time. When Shakuni applied the rakshasa illusion, Pradyumna, in contrast, applied Narasimhastra. Lord Nrsimha appeared on the battlefield in terrifying form and began to grab the demons, throw them under His feet and trample mercilessly. With the destruction of this illusion the demon Shakuni disappeared. Then with the help of his mystical power Shakuni created the illusion of destruction of the universe, plunging everything into a universal flood. At this time, the Yadavas decided that they were finished. Then Pradyumna put Krishnastra on the string of his bow, at once everything around was lit up with a dazzling radiance, and Lord Krishna appeared there in His effulgent four-armed form as a Lord of Dvaraka. Seeing the Lord, all the Yadavas revived, and Shakuni fled in fear from the battlefield. When Shakuni fled with his army, Sri Krishna called Pradyumna and informed him: “In the old days Shakuni performed severe austerities and thus pleased Lord Shiva.x When Mahadev offered his blessings, Shakuni asked: “Let it be that whenever I was killed, as soon as my body touches the ground, I will immediately come to life. He also asked that he could not be killed in the sky. Lord Shiva gave Shakuni a parrot in a cage, saying: “Protect this parrot as your own life. When this parrot dies, know that you have become mortal." Having said these words, Mahadev disappeared. Oh Pradyumna, only by killing this parrot in the fortress can you kill Shakuni." Then Krishna called Garuda, and by His order Garuda flew to the city of Chandravati. There he saw Shakuni, preparing for battle. At this time his queen Madalasa came and tried to dissuade Shakuni from joining fighting because of Lord Krishna's presence on the battlefield. She began to beg her husband to pay the necessary tribute, than risking his life in battle. While Garuda overheard their conversation, Shakuni said to his queen: “On the island of Chandra there is a parrot that represents my soul. Lord Shiva gave it to me. This parrot is under the reliable protection of a snake named Shankhachuda. This secret is unknown to anyone. So I'm sure that no one can kill me in battle." Overhearing their conversation, Garuda flew to the ocean in search of an Chandradwipa. Flying from island to island, he reached Lanka. While the hungry Garuda was fed with fish, sixteen miles long crocodile crept up, grabbed Garuda by the leg and dragged into the ocean. Garuda tried confront him on the shore, and it was like a tug of war game. Then Garuda with violent force became peck the crocodile in the back, and the crocodile immediately died, and from the body vidyadhara came out. Vidyadhara bowed to Garuda and said, “Before I was vidyadhara named Hemakundala. Once I went to bathe in the heavenly Ganga. Sage Kakkutha has already bathed in its waters, and playfully, for fun, I grabbed his feet and pull on myself. Because of this stupid act, he cursed me and I became a crocodile. I tried pacify the sage by completely repenting, and he blessed me that I will free myself from this curse from your touch." After that, Vidyadhara and Garuda said goodbye and each set off in his own direction. Then Garuda met me (Narada), I told him where is Chandradwipa. Arriving there, Garuda saw demons, guarding the entrance to the cave. Then he attacked the demons, killing many of them. Entering the cave, he stepped on the Shankhachuda snake, which got scared and threw the Shakuni's parrot, who is in the cage, into the water. Garuda grabbed parrot cage and flew back to Lord Krishna on battlefield. Then the demons guarding the cave reported Shakuni on the abduction of a parrot by Garuda. Shakuni was greatly alarmed. Grabbing a sword and a trident, he soared into the sky and chased Garuda. Even though the demon wounded Garuda with his trident, Garuda firmly held the cage with the parrot in his beak and continued to fly. However, when the demon attacked Garuda the second time, the cage with the parrot fell from his beak and fell on the hard ledge of Mount Sumeru, x the cage is crashed, and the parrot died. Then Garuda returned to Krishna on the battlefield. Then Shakuni mounted Uchaishrava horse and stood before Krsna, desiring to fight. Seeing Shakuni again entered the battle, the Yadava warriors took up arms, and fierce battle began. Shakuni took many different forms, fighting with Krsna. Changing arrows for clubs, Krishna and Shakuni resumed fighting. When the Shakunis club was smashed to pieces, the battle continued into fist fight. In this duel, Shakuni uprooted Mount Jarudha and threw it at Krishna. Seeing the approaching mountain, Krishna sent it with a blow of his fist back to Shakuni. So many mountains were scattered everywhere, causing the city of Chandravati to fall into ruins. Shakuni then appeared before Krishna with sword and shield in hand. Krishna took His Sharnga bow and released a sharp sickle-tipped arrow that blew off the Shakuni's head. But as soon as Shakuni fell to the ground, life again returned to him. Shakuni stood up, raised his head and put it to the body. It really was a miracle! This action was repeated seven times, so Shakuni continued madly grabbing soldiers, horses and elephants, scattering them on one hundred thousand yojanas in different directions. Finally, Lord Krishna summoned His Sudarshanachakra and skillfully cut off Shakuni's head, raised the headless body of a demon from the ground and threw it high in space. Lord Krishna told the Yadavas: “Shoot arrows at Shakuni's body to keep it in the sky. "Samba shot arrows at the Shakuni's falling body, forcing him to rise up. Then when the body is again began to fall, Arjuna released his arrows, throwing him high in the sky by ten thousand yojanas. So, one by one, the heroes of Yadava did not allow Shakuni's body to fall to the ground. When Pradyumna with his arrows threw back Shakuni's headless body for million yojanas to the sky, nevertheless, after a while it began to fall again. Seeing this, Krishna fired an arrow that caught the Shakuni's body and carried him ten million yojanas in height, and then the demon's body fell into the ocean. So this demon left the body from which a spiritual spark came out, flew around the Lord Krsna and entered His transcendental body. In this moment the demigods, headed by Brahma, appeared and glorified the Lord. After Lord Krishna entered with the Yadavas to the city of Chandravati, Shakuni's queen and grieving wife approached Him, and laid her young son beside His lotus footsteps. At her request, Krishna laid His hand on child's head and bestowed upon him his father's kingdom and long life, equal to one kalpa, together with transcendental knowledge, devotion and renunciation. Then Krishna took off His flower garland and put it around the young prince's neck. In ancient times, Shakuni stole from Indra Ucchaishrava horse, cintamani gem, kalpa-vriksa and the kamadhenu cow. Now Krishna has given them back to Indra, x the king of heaven. King Bahulashva asked: “Who was Shakuni and others demons in their previous life? Oh sage, I would be glad to hear about it." Narada Muni said, “Long ago in the Brahma-kalpa lived the king of the gandharvas, Pravasu, and he had nine glorious sons who are very skilled in music. One day when the Lord Brahma, seized with lust, chased his daughter, these sons of Pravasu began to laugh at him and because of this insults in the next life were born in Shvetavaraha-kalpa from the womb of Hiranyakasipu's wife. Once the sage Apantaratama appeared in their abode, and these demon princes asked him the following question: “The demigods with devotion worship Lord Hari, but we demons are by nature hostile to the Lord. How can we reach His highest abode?" Then the sage explained to them in what mood they can reach the Lord. If a person constantly thinks of the Lord - either with devotion, or with lust, anger or in fear, he will reach Him. And Shakuni, one of the sons of Haranyakasipu, began to think of the Lord as his enemy.
Dwarka Means - Divine Entrance
Sunday, June 20, 2021
Shakatasura Shakuni
From Ketumala-khanda the Yadavas directed their feet to Bhadrasvakhanda, where there on the border was a Mountain Gandhamadana. There, King Bhadrashva worshiped the Lord Hayagriva. Upon hearing of the arrival of the Yadavs, the king came to Pradyumna and in conversation informed the son of Krishna about the evil Shakuni, the younger brother of the demon Shakatasura, whom Krishna killed in Vrindavan.
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