Chapter
1:
The
Advent of Lord Krishna: Introduction
(35) Thus addressed
took he, who mischievous and sinful had degraded the
Bhoja-family, up a sword against his sister, grabbing her
by her hair with the intention to kill her.
Chapter
2:
Prayers
by the Demigods for Lord Krishna in the
Womb
(25) But Lord
Brahmâ, Lord S'iva arriving there with the sages,
Nârada and other godly personalities and their
followers all together with their transcendental prayers
pleased Him, the Blessing of All:
Chapter
3:
The
Birth of Lord Krishna
(12) Understanding
He was the Original Personality, offered he, with under
His influence his fears dispelled, thereafter prayers to
the child, falling down with folded hands, o son of
Bharata, enraptured as he was by His beauty that
illumined the place all around where He was born.
(50) Because of
Indra's constant showers was of the deep waters of
Yamarâja's younger sister, the Yamunâ, the
surface foaming of the forceful waves but the whirling,
agitated, fierce stream gave way just like the ocean had
before the Husband of Sîtâ [Lord
Râma, see 9.10:
13-15].
Chapter
4:
The
Atrocities of King Kamsa
(9) But it slipped
midair out of his hands and appeared the very instant in
the sky as Devî [Durgâ] the younger
sister of Vishnu, with all the eight weapons to her
mighty arms [see also 8.12:
40].
Chapter
5:
Krishna's Birth Ceremony and the Meeting of Nanda
Mahârâja and Vasudeva
(1-2) S'rî
S'uka said: 'Nanda overjoyed that a son had been born,
broad of mind invited the learned conversant with the
Veda, cleansed himself with a bath and dressed himself
up. To celebrate the birth [in jâtakarma
*]
had he the mantras chanted and arranged he as well for
the worship of the forefathers and demigods as
prescribed.
(15-16) To offer
his child the best prospects was that noble soul, Nanda,
being of the greatest mind towards them as well as
towards the storytellers, the reciters, the singers and
others who found their livelihood by their education, for
the purpose of satisfying Lord Vishnu of worship with
whatever they could wish for and use as for clothes,
ornaments and cows [see also 7.14:
17].
Chapter
6:
The
Killing of the Demoness Pûtanâ
(15-17) The
gopas and gopîs, who in their hearts,
ears and heads were already shocked by the loud
screaming, were terrified to see that massive body of
which the mouth had teeth as high as a plow, the nostrils
were like mountain caves, the breasts were as boulders,
the wild hair scattered looked like copper, the deep eye
sockets were like blind wells, the thighs were like river
banks with the limbs as bridges and the abdomen was as a
dried up lake.
