|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 278 – The legend of Lord Krishna -  129

Sa Vagyaya Thasya Gunan Grineethe Karau Cha  Sathkarmakarau Manashcha |Smarethvasntham Sthirajangameshu  Shrunvothi Thath PUnyakatha: Sa Karna: || Shirasthu  Thasyoabhayalinga Maname Thath Deva Yath Pashyathi Thadhdhi Chakshu: | Angani Vishnoratha Thajjananam  Padhodhakam Yani Bhajanthi Nithyam ||

Thus, Balarama undertook journey to various sacred places and took a dip in Sarayu, Kaushiki went to Pulakashrama, he undertook dip in Gandaki, Gomathi, Vipasha, Shona, Gaya and undertook a ritual bath.  He traveled to Sapthagodavari, Veni, Pamba, Bheemarathi, Srishailam and visited the shrine of Skandha, Venkatadhri, Kamakoshni, Puri, Kanchi, Kaveri, visited the Mahapunya Kshethra Srirangam, Rishabhadhri, Sethusamudhram, Thamraparnni, Malaya, Kulachalam, the shrine of Devi Durga/Kanya in Dhakshin, Kerala, Gokarna Shivakshethram, Vindhyachala, Dhandakaranya, Mahishmathipuri, and Prabhasakshethram, to perform atonement.  Balarama arrived in the Kurukshetra and witnessed a fierce battle between Kaurava and Pandava.  It was the eighteenth day of the great war of Kurukshetra, Bheema and Duryodhana were having a vicious fight.  Balarama intervened and requested them to stop the fight, but both of them did not pay attention. Duryodhana who was the disciple of Balarama did not even greet him with respect; Balarama was deeply dejected and left the Kurukshetra.

King Pareekshith speaks “ Oh! Mahatma, kindly narrate the valorous deeds of  Bhagavan Mukundha.  The glorious myths of Bhagavan Badharayana helps the intellect and mind get relieved from all the worries and grief. Who is contented in life? I believe whoever speaks the glorious myths of the supreme Lord, and elevate their souls and others to the supreme Lord, whose hands are willing to serve others relentlessly, whose mind that always contemplates upon the various glorious myths of the supreme Lord, whose ears that yearn to listen to the splendor of supreme Lord, whose head that bow before others with extreme humility, whose eyes that always look for the brighter side of the life, whose feet conduct journeys to sacred places of worship and conduct service to the devotees of Lord, such people are contented in life, therefore kindly narrate the legends of supreme Lord.”

Sutha Pauranika speaks to Shuka Shaunakadhis “  Oh! Sages,  Vishnuratha/Shuka Bhramam, in a moment contemplated upon the supreme Lord Vasudeva, and began to speak.”