Seeing Satyabhama, Sachi said Why have you come to take something which is mine?
Satyabhama said I know about you. You are proud, but were you able to stop Naraka from getting the earrings of Aditi? Indra was not able to do anything. Krishna had to kill Naraka and then return the earrings. The tree does not belong to you alone. The tree came from the cosmic ocean and everyone has a right to the tree. Why should you alone deck yourself with the flowers of the tree? I have come to take away the tree, so everyone on earth can enjoy it.
Indra and Krishna started fighting, showering various weapons on each other. Satyaki took the tree and placed it on Garuda. Garuda and Airavata, Indra's elephant, also were fighting each other. Defeated by Garuda, Airavata fell on the ground, unconscious.
Indra said Airavata fell as he was badly hurt by Garuda. The fight would now continue on land. Getting off Garuda, Krishna and Indra resumed their war. Indra finally hurled the Vajra (thunder bolt) at Krishna. Krishna said to Garuda , he could use the Sudarshana and shatter the Vajra, but that would be showing disrespect to the Vajra.
Garuda then threw a feather at the Vajra. The weapon cut off the feather and went back to Indra. Indra also knew that once used, the Vajra would not be available for use for sometime.
Satyabhama said I know about you. You are proud, but were you able to stop Naraka from getting the earrings of Aditi? Indra was not able to do anything. Krishna had to kill Naraka and then return the earrings. The tree does not belong to you alone. The tree came from the cosmic ocean and everyone has a right to the tree. Why should you alone deck yourself with the flowers of the tree? I have come to take away the tree, so everyone on earth can enjoy it.
Indra and Krishna started fighting, showering various weapons on each other. Satyaki took the tree and placed it on Garuda. Garuda and Airavata, Indra's elephant, also were fighting each other. Defeated by Garuda, Airavata fell on the ground, unconscious.
Indra said Airavata fell as he was badly hurt by Garuda. The fight would now continue on land. Getting off Garuda, Krishna and Indra resumed their war. Indra finally hurled the Vajra (thunder bolt) at Krishna. Krishna said to Garuda , he could use the Sudarshana and shatter the Vajra, but that would be showing disrespect to the Vajra.
Garuda then threw a feather at the Vajra. The weapon cut off the feather and went back to Indra. Indra also knew that once used, the Vajra would not be available for use for sometime.
What's going on..never heard fight between Indra and Krishna.
ReplyDeleteThe tale of Krishna and Indra fighting over Parijata is there in Srimad Bhagwat in more details. Also, the addendum of Mahabharata by Vyasa has something called HariVamsa, which mentions this.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly, in this version of the Mahabharata, Satyabhama has a bigger importance than Rukmini.
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