Verse 43

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The wheel, and the light that went in· Verses 43–47

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At that the Bhagavan stood up, held his own men back, and himself, in anger, took off with his razor-edged wheel the head of his enemy as he rushed at him. There was a great uproar of voices when Sisupala was killed. The kings who followed him ran off, wanting to keep their lives. A light rose out of the Caidya's body and went into Vasudeva, while every being there watched, like a meteor falling from the sky to the earth. With a mind inflamed by an enmity carried through three births, meditating on him, he came to be made of him; for what a man dwells on is the cause of what he becomes. The sole ruler gave a large fee to the priests and to those seated with them, honoured them all as the rule directs, and took the bath that closes the rite.