Lord Kalki Travels To Bhallatanagara Ruled By Sasidhvaja. A Great Battle Takes Place.

 

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Suta Gosvami said: After a short while, Lord Kalki, sword in Hand and riding upon His horse, arrived at the city of Bhallata, accompanied by His vast army.

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The king of Bhallata was a great mystic yogi who was aware that Kalki was an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Hari. Still, he came out of his city, along with his army, to fight with the Lord.

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This king, named Sasidhvaja, was actually a devotee of Lord Krishna, and he was constantly merged in transcendental ecstasy He was very intelligent, Handsome, wealthy, and very powerful.

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His chaste and devoted wife, Susanta, observed many religious vows in relation to Lord Hari. When she saw that her husband was about to right with Lord Kalki, she said: My dear husband, Kalki is the Supreme Lord and Supersoul of all living entities. How can you dare to strike and injure His body?

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King Sasidhvaja said- О goddess Susanta, in battle, there is no tault in injuring the body of an elderly person, or even one’s disciple. This principle has been ordamed by Brahma himself.

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If one comes out victorious in battle, he can enjoy his kingdom without any hindrance, and if he dies on the battlefield, he goes to enjoy celestial happiness in heaven. Therefore, for a kshatriya, both victory and defeat are auspicious.

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Susanta said: The enjoyment of a kingdom without hindrance, and the attainment of the heavenly planets may be accepted as the goal of life by those who are intoxicated by thoughts of sense gratification, but they are most insignificant for those who render service at the lotus feet of Lord Hari О lord, you are a servant and Lord Kalki is the master You have no desires for material enjoyment, and He is the bestower of the fruits of action. Considering this, how is it possible for you to fight with Him?

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King Sasidhvaja said: My dear goddess, both the Supreme Lord and His servants are transcendental to the dualities of material existence, such as happiness and distress. Material designations are mistakenly attributed to the Lord and His devotees because they appear in bodies resembling those of the material world. Therefore, fighting is simply another of our pastimes.

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Because the Supieme Lord appears in a human-like form, He displays anger, ambition, and other human qualities Therefore, why should He not display the desire for enjoyment?

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The Supreme Personality of Godhead is eternal, and full of knowledge and bliss. When He incarnates within this world, He remains as He is, even though He assumes a body similar to that of a human being. He and His servant’s birth, activities, and disappearance are transcendental, although to materialists they appear mundane.

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The object of service, the servant, and the service are creations of the Lord’s internal potency. A devotee’s realization that the living entities are simultaneously one with and different from the Supreme Lord awards him the three objectives of life.

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О goddess, it is for this reason that I am eager to fight with Lord Kalki. You should now worship the Lord of Lakshmi with great attention.

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Susanta said: О lord, I am very glad that you have such a wonderful service attitude toward Lord Hari. There is no other objective in this world or the next to Hari Lord Vishnu.

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Upon hearing Susanta speak in this way, and seeing her offer obeisance’s to the Lord, King Sasidhvaia remembered Lord Hari as tears came to his eyes. Indeed, he felt proud to be a devotee of Lord Vishnu.

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Thereafter, the king joyfully embraced his wife and then entered the battlefield while remembering Lord Hari and chanting His holy names, along with countless Vaishnava warriors.

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After entering the battlefield, King Sasidhvaja created great destruction in the ranks of the army of Lord Kalki. At this time, the powerful Sannadhas and Sayyakarnas picked up their weapons and fought along with their king.

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Sasidhvaja’s son, Shriman Suryakeru, was a great warrior and master bowman, and a devotee of Lord Hari He fought with kmg Maru of the Surra dvnasty.

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Suryaketu’s younger brother was named Brhatketu He wa< very Handsome, he had a voice like a cuckoo, and he was very expert at fighting with a club He fought with King Devapi.

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King Vishakhayupa, surrounded by many elephant warriors and brandishing celestial weapons, confronted King Sasidhvaja.

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In the midst of the dust raised by the hooves of the horses, the greatly powerful Gargya, a master bowman whose arms moved like the wind and who rode upon a red horse, engaged in fighting with the very expert bowman, Santa.

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The battle became very intense as all these powerful warriors fought with their tridents, clubs, arrows, anchors, spears, swords, maces, and axes.

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The battlefield became a collage of flags, poles, emblems, clubs, umbrellas, camaras, and dust raised by the hoofs of the horses.

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The demigods observed this fierce battle from their positions behind the clouds The Gandharvas hovered over the battlefield, singing in sweet voices.

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Indeed, a huge crowd gathered to witness the battle. Because of the deafening noise created by the blowing of conch shells, beating of drums, challenges of the warriors, cries of the elephants, neighing of horses, and clash of weapons, no one could hear what their companions were saying Everyone engaged in fighting with their equals. Soon, the battle came to resemble a great fight between the demigods and demons, thus giving Yamaraja many candidates for punishment.

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Numerous soldiers belonging to the armies of both Lord Kalki and Sasidhvaja lost their arms, legs, and heads in that great battle.

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Some injured soldiers ran here and there, screaming with pain, others made grotesque sounds, while still others lay soaked with blood. Some wounded soldiers fell onto other warriors, and others were crushed under the legs of horses and elephants, and the wheels of chariots.

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In that great battle, may tens of millions of great warriors lost their lives, so that the battlefield became a river of blood Although certainly a ghastly sight, ghosts, hobgoblins, jackals, demons, and foxes were very happy to see that river.

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The crowns floating in that river of blood appeared like swans, the slain elephants looked like its banks, the chariots were boats, the severed Hands and legs were fish, and the innumerable swords looked like so much golden sand on the shore.

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In this way, the entire battlefield wore the appearance of a mightv river.

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The strongly-built Suryaketu, who looked like a second YamarSja, covered King Maru with showers of arrows. In retaliation, Maru released ten wonderful arrows that injured Suryaketu.

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Being pierced by Maru’s arrows, Suryaketu became enraged and countered by killing the king’s horses, one by one. He then broke King Maru’s chariot to pieces, smashing it with his club. Due to being struck by one of the blows, King Maru lost his balance and fell to the ground unconscious.

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King Maru’s loyal charioteer quickly came and placed him on another chariot. Meanwhile, the powerful Brhatketu dazed Devapi with his incessant stream of arrows.

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As thick fog covers the sun, Devapi, who had been greatly afflicted by Brhatketu’s arrows, picked up his bow and countered his adversary’s arrows with his own.

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King Devapi then employed his wonderful golden arrows to break Brhatketu’s tridents and other weapons into pieces. Brhatketu, who had also became inflamed with rage, picked up his bow and showered more arrows upon his adversary.

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Brhatketu then released golden arrows having iron tips and vultures’ feathers, piercing Devapi all over his body.

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Devapi countered with his sharp arrows and managed to break Brhatketu’s celebrated bow. Finding no other means, Brhatketu unsheathed his sword and charged at Devapi in a final attempt to kill him.

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That great warrior, Brhatketu, was able to kill Devapi’s horses and chariot driver as the fierce battle continued. Devapi then threw down his bow and gave his enemy a powerful blow wirh his fist. Brhatketu was stunned and so Devapi grabbed him and began squeezing his neck as it was held between his arm and chest. As a result of this, the twenty-four-year- old Brhatketu fell down unconscious onto the battlefield, as if dead.

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Upon seeing his brother as if bereft of life, Suryaketu brought his fist down onto Devapi’s head. As a result of that terrible blow, which appeared like the striking of a thunderbolt, Devapi also fell down unconscious. At this, Suryaketu mercilessly attacked Devapi’s soldiers, causing them to scatter.

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At about that time, King Sasidhvaja happened to see Lord Kalki roaming the battlefield The Lord’s eyes were like lotus petals, His complexion was very dark, and His effulgence was as bright as the sun He appeared to be the shelter of the universe. He was dressed in yellow garments and His arms extended to His knees. On His head was placed a transcendental crown.

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Lord Kalki’s body appeared even more brilliant due to the reflections of His jeweled ornaments. The Lord presented a very pleasing sight for everyone. Indeed, His darsana destroyed the contamination within everyone’s heart. All the kings, headed by Vishakhayupa, surrounded the Lord, and Dharma and Satya-yuga personified were seen worshiping Him.

Thus ends the translation of the twenty-second chapter of Shri Kalki Purana.

 

CHAPTER TWENTY THREE

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