The Killing of Satrajit and Satadhanva ll

both Krsna and Balarama, along with Satyabhama, the wife of Krsna,
immediately returned to Dvaraka and began to make plans to kill
Satadhanva and take away the jewel. Although he was a great outlaw in
the city, Satadhanva was still very much afraid of Krsna’s power, and thus
he became most afraid on Krsna’s arrival.

Understanding Krsna’s plan to kill him, he immediately went to take
shelter of Krtavarma. But on being approached by him, Krtavarma said,
“I shall never be able to offend Lord Krsna and Balarama because They
are not ordinary persons. They are the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Who can be saved from death if he has offended Balarama and Krsna? No
one can be saved from Their wrath.” Krtavarma further said that Kamsa,
although powerful and assisted by many demons, could not be saved from
the wrath of Krsna, and what to speak of Jarasandha, who had been
defeated by Krsna eighteen times and each time had to return from the
fighting in disappointment.

When Satadhanva was refused help by Krtavarma he went to Akrira
and implored him to help. Akrira also replied, “Both Balarama and Krsna
are Themselves the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and anyone who
knows Their unlimited strength would never dare to offend Them or fight
with Them.” He further informed Satadhanva, “Krsna and Balarama are so
powerful that simply by willing They are creating the whole cosmic
manifestation, maintaining it and dissolving it. Unfortunately, persons who
are bewildered by the illusory energy cannot understand the strength of
Krsna, although the whole cosmic manifestation is fully under His control.”
He cited, as an example, that Krsna, even at the age of seven years, had
lifted Govardhana Hill and had continued to hold up the mountain for
seven days, exactly as a child carries a small umbrella. Akrira plainly
informed Satadhanva that he would always offer his most respectful
obeisances to Krsna, the Supersoul of everything that is created and the
original cause of all causes. When Akrira also refused to give him shelter,
Satadhanva decided to deliver to the hands of Akriira the Syamantaka
jewel. Then, riding on a horse which could run at great speed and up to
four hundred miles at a stretch, he fled the city.

When Krsna and Balarama were informed of the flight of Satadhanva,
They mounted Their chariot, its flag marked by the picture of Garuda,
and followed immediately. Krsna was particularly angry with Satadhanva
and wanted to kill him because he had killed Satrajit, a superior person-
ality. Satrajit happened to be the father-in-law of Krsna, and it is the
injunction of the sdstras that anyone who has rebelled against a superior
person, or gurudruha, must be punished in proportion to the volume of
