Verse 1

¹Now hear another wonderful deed of Krsna, king, who wears a human body in play: how the lord of Saubha was killed. ²Salva, the friend of Sisupala, had come to Rukmini's wedding, and the Yadus beat him in the fighting there, and Jarasandha and the rest along with him. ³Salva made a vow while all the rulers of the earth listened: I will make the earth a place with no Yadus in it. Watch my manhood. ⁴Having vowed this, the foolish king worshipped the god Pasupati, the master, swallowing one fistful of dust a day. ⁵At the end of a year the revered husband of Uma, who is quickly satisfied, offered Salva his choice of a boon, since he had come for refuge.

⁶He chose a vehicle that gods, antigods and men, gandharvas, serpents and raksasas could not break, that went wherever he wished, and that would frighten the Vrsnis. ⁷So be it, said the lord of the mountain; and Maya, who conquers the cities of enemies, built a city and gave it to Salva: Saubha, made of iron. ⁸Having got that vehicle, which went where he wished, a home of darkness and hard to come at, Salva went to Dvaravati, remembering the enmity the Vrsnis had made.