Results for "Harivamsha"

Satyabhāmā’s battlefield presence and her dialogue with Draupadī reveal martial courage and intellectual inquiry.

Satyabhāmā, the dynamic and assertive queen of Śrī Kṛṣṇa, breaks the conventional molds of submissive domesticity found in later classical literature. Through her actions in texts …

Satyabhāmā’s most celebrated display of agency occurs during the cosmic conflict with the demon king Narakāsura. When Indra approaches Kṛṣṇa for help against Naraka—who had stolen …

- *Mahābhārata*, Vana Parvan, Chapter 222 (BORI Critical Edition); Sections 231-233 of the vulgate (*Draupadī-Satyabhāmā Saṃvāda*). - *Harivaṃśa*, Viṣṇu Parvan, Chapters 64-68 (Na…

Jarāsandha attacked Mathurā again and again, and Krishna kept retreating — until he moved his entire people to a new capital instead of finishing the fight. Tradition named the ret…

- **Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Canto 10, Chapters 50–52.** Jarāsandha's repeated sieges of Mathurā, the Kālayavana/Mucukunda episode, and the founding of Dvārakā. Chapter 50 is titled "Kṛṣṇ…

A child convinced an entire pastoral community to stop sacrificing to Indra and thank the hill and land instead — then held that same hill over them for seven days when Indra answe…

- **Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Canto 10, Chapters 24–25, 27.** Kṛṣṇa's argument against the Indra-yajña and redirection of the sacrifice to Govardhana (24); Indra's flood and the lifting of…