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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 11]
Rājasūya-yajña of Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira. When all the Vṛṣṇis were assembled during the time of Pravaśa-yajña, his glorious activities were narrated by Satyaki before Lord Baladeva. He was also present along with his father Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa during the Aśvamedha-yajña performed by Yudhiṣṭhira. He was presented before some  ṛṣis  falsely dressed as a pregnant woman by his brothers, and in fun he asked the  ṛṣis  what he was going to deliver. The  ṛṣis  replied that he would deliver a lump of iron, which would be the cause of fratricidal war in the family of Yadu. The next day, in the morning, Sāmba delivered a large lump of iron, which was entrusted with Ugrasena for necessary action. Actually later on there was the foretold fratricidal war, and Sāmba died in that war.
So all these sons of Lord Kṛṣṇa left their respective palaces and leaving aside all engagements, including lying down, sitting and dining, hastened towards their exalted father.
TEXT 18
वारणेन्द्रं पुरस्कृत्य ब्राह्मणैः ससुमङ्गलैः । 
  शङ्खतूर्यनिनादेन ब्रह्मघोषेण चादताः । 
  प्रत्युजग्मू रथैर्हृष्टाः प्रणयागतसाध्वसाः ॥१८॥
vāraṇendraṁ puraskṛtya  
 brāhmaṇaiḥ sa-sumaṅgalaiḥ  
 śaṅkha-tūrya-ninādena  
 brahma-ghoṣeṇa cādṛtāḥ  
 pratyujjagmū rathair hṛṣṭāḥ  
 praṇayāgata-sādhvasāḥ
vāraṇendram —elephants on the auspicious mission;  puraskṛtya —putting in the front;  brāhmaṇaiḥ —by the  brāhmaṇas ;  sa-sumaṅgalaiḥ —with all-auspicious signs;  śaṅkha —conchshell;  tūrya —bugle;  ninādena —by the sound of;  brahma-ghoṣeṇa —by chanting the hymns of the  Vedas ;  ca —and;  ādṛtāḥ —glorified;  prati —towards;  ujjagmū —proceeded hurriedly;  rathaiḥ —on the chariots;  hṛṣṭāḥ —in cheerfulness;  praṇayāgata —saturated with affection;  sādhvasāḥ —all-respectful.
TRANSLATION
They hastened toward the Lord on chariots with  brāhmaṇas  bearing flowers. Before them were elephants, emblems of good fortune. Conch-