Guest guest Posted June 1, 2000 Report Share Posted June 1, 2000 Once when the gandharva Citrasena was travelling with his wives in the aerial car the spittings of Citrasena fell upon the sage Galava who was doing his sandhya rites then. The sage complained about the incident to Sri Krsna who promised to bring to him the head of Citrasena before sunset. Sage Narada informed Citrasena of this vow of Krsna. The gandharva was taken aback and did not know what to do. But Sandhyavali and Ratnavali went and sought the help of Subhadra. They made a fire pit in front of her house and decided to end their lives along with Citrasena by jumping into the fire. While Citrasena was circling the fire-pit before jumping into it his wives wept loudly and hearing the noise Subhadra came out and saw what was happening. They then took from Subhadra a boon to the effect that they should be allowed to live with their husband. It was only after granting them the boon that Subhadra understood the whole situation. Subhadra was in a fix but Arjuna assured her that Citrasena would be protected at any cost. Arjuna very cleverly shielded all the arrows sent against the gandharva by Krsna and gradually the fight came to be one between Arjuna and Sri Krsna. Subhadra came between them and it was found difficult to continue the fight. Sri Krsna advised Citrasena to bow down and touch the feet of Galava. Citrasena obeyed and the issue was settled without harm to either of the parties. Puranic Enc pg. 187 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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