Arjuna, witnessing the grief of a Brahmin whose five-year-old son had died, was deeply moved by compassion. He assured the Brahmin, promising safety and boldly vowed, “I will bring your son back to life.” The Brahmin, comforted by Arjuna’s words, was filled with joy and hope. Arjuna then invoked many powerful, life-restoring weapons over the child, striving with all his might to revive him. Yet, despite his efforts, life did not return. Realizing he had failed to fulfill his vow, Arjuna was overcome with sorrow and contemplated ending his own life. At that moment, Krishna, aware of all that had transpired, emerged from his inner chambers. He comforted the Brahmin, declaring, “I will give you all your sons.” After reassuring him, Krishna mounted Garuda along with Arjuna, and together they journeyed to the Vaishnava world. There, they beheld Nārāyaṇa seated with the goddess in a radiant jeweled pavilion. Krishna and Arjuna bowed reverently before him. Nārāyaṇa embraced them both and asked, “For what purpose have you come?” Krishna replied, “Lord, grant me the sons of the Vedic Brahmin.” Nārāyaṇa graciously gave Krishna the Brahmin’s sons, restored to their youthful age. Overjoyed, Krishna placed the children upon Garuda’s shoulder, and, with Arjuna, returned to Dvārakā, praised by the hosts of gods. Krishna delivered the six five-year-old sons to the Brahmin, who was overwhelmed with happiness and blessed Krishna, wishing him prosperity. Arjuna, having fulfilled his vow, bowed to Krishna and returned to his own city, ruled by Yudhiṣṭhira. From Krishna’s sixteen thousand wives, ten thousand sons were born; their sons and grandsons were countless. A verse proclaims: “Eight hundred sons, and also ten thousand, were born; Pradyumna, son of Rukmiṇī, was the foremost among them.” By these countless Yādavas, the earth became filled. Yet, perceiving the earth’s burden, Krishna resolved to destroy the Yādavas under the pretext of a sage’s curse. One day, all the young men went to play by the Narmadā river. There, seeing the great sage Kaṇva engaged in austerities, they made Sāmba, Jāmbavatī’s son, take the form of a woman by magic, tying an iron club in his belly. They approached the sage, bowed, and asked, “Tell us, will this one bear a boy or a girl?” The sage, perceiving their mischief and angered, pronounced, “All of you will be destroyed by this very club.” Disturbed and fearful, they hurried to Krishna and reported the sage’s words. Krishna ordered the iron club to be ground into powder and cast into the water. From these powdered seeds, great reeds, hard as thunderbolts, sprang up. A fish swallowed the remaining piece of the club, the size of a little finger; a hunter later caught the fish, took the iron piece, and fashioned an arrowhead from it. Once, all the Yadavas—Rāma, Krishna, Pradyumna, and others—drank the Varuṇī liquor sent by Indra and became intoxicated. They insulted each other, uttering harsh words, and soon fought among themselves, leading to their destruction. Krishna, weary from battle, lay beneath the shade of a wish-fulfilling tree, while a hunter, armed with bow and arrows, assumed the role of protector nearby. Thus, all the Yadavas abandoned their lives, each attaining their respective divine realms. After destroying everything with the club, the one god alone remained, surrounded by many troops, sleeping under the shade of a great tree. He contemplated his own self—Vāsudeva—arranged in fourfold battle formation, knees to the ground, preparing to abandon his human body. At that moment, a hunter, driven by the power of time, saw Hari’s lotus foot, marked with symbols—the discus, thunderbolt, banner, and goad—radiant and red, and pierced it. Realizing he had wounded Śrī Krishna, the hunter was seized by fear and trembling, bowed with joined hands, pleading, “Let all my offenses be forgiven.” Śrī Krishna, seeing the hunter’s distress, raised him with hands full of nectar, saying, “You have not committed an offense,” and comforted him, easing his great fear. Then, Krishna granted him the Vaishnava world, the eternal realm attained by yogis, composed of all the Upanishads. At that very moment, Krishna abandoned his human form. Together with all his sons and wives, he assumed a radiant Vaishnava form, composed of the five Upanishads, entered a divine vehicle, and journeyed to the golden realm of Vāsudeva, surrounded by celestial nymphs, shining like a thousand suns. At that time, Dāruka mounted the chariot and approached Viṣṇu. Krishna sent word, “Bring Arjuna, who is like myself, here as before.” Dāruka mounted a chariot swift as the mind and arrived at Arjuna’s side. Arjuna, with the queens, mounted the chariot, performed the marriage rites, bowed, and asked with joined hands, “What shall I do?” Krishna said, “O Pārtha, I will go to my own world. You go to Dvāravatī, bring my eight wives—Rukmiṇī and others—who are there, and send them to my body.” Arjuna, together with Dāruka, entered the city. Meanwhile, the gods, stationed in celestial vehicles in the sky, witnessed Krishna’s ascent to heaven, praised him with the sages, and showered him with flowers. Krishna, abandoning his human body—the cause of the world’s maintenance and destruction, the indwelling knower of all fields, the object of yogic meditation, free from affliction, and the essence of Vāsudeva—mounted Garuḍa. Praised by the great sages, he departed for his divine realm.