328 Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

of His mission as an incarnation and how to tackle the present situation
before Him. His mission was to diminish the overburdened population of
the whole world; therefore He took the opportunity of facing so many
men, chariots, elephants, and horses. The military strength of Jarasandha
had appeared before Him, and He decided to kill the entire force of
Jarasandha so that they would not be able to go back and again reorgan-
ize their military strength.

While Lord Krsna was thinking in that way, two military chariots,
fully equipped with drivers, weapons, flags and other implements, arrived
for Him from outer space. Krsna saw the two chariots present before
Him, and immediately addressed His attendant brother, Balarama, who is
also known as Sankarsana: ‘My dear elder brother, You are the best
among the Aryans, You are the Lord of the universe, and specifically,
You are the protector of the Yadu dynasty. The members of the Yadu
dynasty sense great danger before the soldiers of Jarasandha, and they are
very much aggrieved. Just to give them protection, Your chariot is also
here, filled with military weapons. I request You to sit down on Your
chariot and kill all these soldiers, the entire military strength of the
enemy. Naturally, both of Us have descended on this earth just to
annihilate such unnecessary bellicose forces and to give protection to the
pious devotees. So we have the opportunity to fulfill Our mission. Please
let Us execute it.” Thus Krsna and Balarama, the descendants of the
Gadaha King, Dasgarha, decided to annihilate the thirteen military com-
panies of Jarasandha.

Krsna went upon the chariot on which Daruka was the driver and with
a small army, and to the blowing of conchshells, He came out of the city
of Mathura. Curiously enough, although the other party was equipped
with greater military strength, just after hearing the vibration of Krsna’s
conchshell, their hearts were shakened. When Jarasandha saw both
Balarama and Krsna, he was a little bit compassionate, because both Krsna
and Balarama happened to be related to him as grandsons. He specifically
addressed Krsna as Purusadhama, meaning the lowest among men.
Actually Krsna is known in all Vedic literatures as Purusottama, the
highest among men. Jarasandha had no intention of addressing Krsna as
Purusottama, but great scholars have determined the true meaning of the
word purusadhama to be “one who makes all other personalities go
downward.” Actually no one can be equal to or greater than the Supreme
Personality of Godhead.

Jarasandha said, “It will be a great dishonor for me to fight with boys
like Krsna and Balarama.” Because Krsna had killed Karnsa, Jarasandha
