After all the kings, honored and delighted, had returned to their own homes, the tale continues—one that destroys all sin for those who listen. The king, weighed down by sorrow, would often come to the threshold, his heart heavy. After recounting the events before him, the sage Tāraka spoke, and meanwhile, the wise minister Candrabhaṭṭa was present. I myself worshipped the goddess, the power of Viṣṇu, the all-creating one, and she graciously granted auspicious knowledge that dispels wrong understanding. Candrabhaṭṭa then described the conduct that removes sin, and, having said this, that pure-minded sage composed a noble work in the vernacular tongue. Upon hearing this, the king of the earth was instantly astonished. Proud with the strength of his divine horses, he spoke of them: four celestial steeds, able to move upon water, land, and through the air. The king, hearing these words, addressed the one skilled in speech. When the messenger arrived at Mahavati, he approached the king and spoke: “Your four horses are of divine form, radiant with auspicious brilliance. Summon them, O king; grant me wonder, abandon hesitation.” Hearing these dreadful words, the king, though fearful and anxious, joyfully gave his horses, saying, “Fulfill my command.” The recipient rejoiced, meditating upon the all-pervading auspiciousness. “Where our lives are established, there too, O Jina, yours reside,” he declared. Hearing these words, the powerful king Parimala responded by making a terrible oath in the presence of mighty warriors. His bed, reminiscent of his mother, was likened to the assembly of a Brahmin-slayer. Upon hearing this oath, Devaki, absorbed in sorrow, was deeply distressed. When the twenty-fifth year arrived, Krishna’s portion was devoted to yoga. They departed for Kanyakubja, governed by King Jayachandra. Indula swiftly went forth with ten thousand horsemen, and Krishna’s portion, mounted on Bindula, followed Devaki. They left the king’s village, which was endowed with all prosperity. Having bowed to the king with affection, they explained all their reasons. Jayachandra, the king, was described by Devasimha. Devasimha, hindered, went to Krishna’s portion. Swiftly, mounted on Bindula and surrounded by five hundred horses, he proceeded. The heroic Lakṣaṇa, mounted on the back of an elephant, saw him. An arrow, sent forth with a mantra of Viṣṇu, became fruitless. Bowing to those divine feet, adorned with the thunderbolt and other marks, Lakṣaṇa said, “I know you, O mighty-armed one, as the incarnation of Kṛṣṇa’s power. Who else but you, on earth, could render my arrow ineffective?” Having spoken thus, together they approached King Jayachandra. The king, wishing to test them, caused those two, deluded by illusion, to be examined. Then, the two heroes, filled with joy, seized them playfully. Seeing Kuvalayāpīḍa slain, the king was overcome with fear. When the arrow was purified, Lakṣaṇa, powerful by name, accompanied by seven lakhs of troops and warriors wielding palm-tree weapons, advanced. Alongside him came Rudravarmā, the king, bringer of fame to the Gauḍa lineage.