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KRISHNA. 167
a demon named Panchajana, who had attacked the son of his
teacher. This demon lived in the sea in the form of a conch-
shell, and Krishna afterwards used this shell,
called Pfincha-
janya, as a trumpet Kansa's two wives were daughters of
Jara-sandha, king of Magadha, This king assembled his forces
and marched against Mathura to chastise Krishna, hut he was
defeated He renewed his attacks eighteen times, and was as
often defeated. A new enemy then threatened Krishna, a
Yavana or foreigner named Kala-yavana, and ~K.rish.na, had "been
so weakened that he knew he must succumb either to him or to
his old enemy the king of Magadha, so he and all his people
to the coast of Guzerat, where lie built and fortified
the city
of Dwaraka. [The Maha-bharata makes no mention
of this foreign king, and says that K?*ishna retired before the
eighteenth attack of Jara-sandha, The foreign king would,
therefore, seem to be an invention of the Puranas for saving
Krishna's reputation.]
After his settlement at Dwaraka, Krishna carried off and
married Kukmini, daughter of the Kaja of Vidarbha, and the
betrothed of $isu-pala. An incident now occurred which brought
him two more wives. A Yadava chief named Satrajit had a
beautiful gem called Syamantaka, which Krishna wished to
possess. Satrajit, for the sake of security, gave the gem into
the charge of his brother Prasena, and Prasena was killed in the
forest by a lion, who carried off the jewel in his mouth. Thia
lion was killed by Jambavat, the king of the bears. Satrajit
suspected "Krishna, of taking the jewel, and he, to clear himself,
went out into the forest, ascertained the manner of Prasena's
death, fought with Jambavat, and recovered the jewel. Krishna
then married Jambavati, the daughter of Jambavat, and Satyabhama,
the daughter of Satrajit. But the number of his wives
was practically unlimited, for he had 16,000 and a hundred or
so besides, and he had 180,000 sons. By Rukmin! he had a son
Pradyumna and a daughter Charumatl His son by Jambavati
was $amba, and by Satya-bhama he had ten sons. Indra came
to visit Krishna at Dwaraka, and implored him to suppress the
evil deeds of the demon ISTaraka. Krishna accordingly went to
the city of Naraka, killed the demon Muru, who guarded the
city, and then destroyed Naraka himself. Krishna next went
to pay a visit to Indra in Swarga, taking with him his wife