Verse 38

³⁸the taking of the parijata tree and of the Sudharma hall from the home of the gods; the carrying off of Rukmini by Hari, crushing his enemies in the fight; ³⁹the yawning of Hara in the battle; the cutting off of Bana's arms; the killing of the lord of Pragjyotisa and the carrying away of the maidens; ⁴⁰the Caidya, Paundraka and Salva, and ill-minded Dantavakra; Sambara, Dvivida, Pitha, Mura, Pancajana and the rest: ⁴¹their greatness, and their killing; and the burning of Varanasi; and the taking down of the earth's burden, with the Pandavas made the occasion of it; ⁴²and the finishing of his own line under cover of a brahmin's curse; and the astonishing conversations of Uddhava and of Vasudeva,

⁴³in which the whole knowledge of the self was told, and what dharma is was settled; and after it the giving up of what must die, by the power of his own yoga; ⁴⁴the ways that mark the ages, and the ruin of men in the Kali age; the fourfold dissolving, and the threefold coming to be; ⁴⁵and the giving up of his body by the thoughtful royal sage Visnurata; the setting out of the branches; the true account of the sage Markandeya; and the ordering of the great Person as the sun, the self of the world.