अध्याय ११८
श्लोक 1
[[इति श्रीविष्णुपुराणे पञ्चमे ऽंशे सप्तत्रिंशो ऽध्यायः ]] अर्जुनो ऽपि तदान्विष्य कृष्णरामकलेवरे संस्कारं लम्भयाम् आस तथान्येषाम् अनुक्रमात्
[[iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe pañcame 'ṃśe saptatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ]] arjuno 'pi tadānviṣya kṛṣṇarāmakalevare saṃskāraṃ lambhayām āsa tathānyeṣām anukramāt
हिन्दी अर्थ
जो पुरुष भगवान् कृष्णके इस चरित्रको
English
upon his knee. Then there came a hunter na'nred Jara, whose arrow was tipped with a blade made of the iroit club, which had not been rediNjAíto powder ; and espy- ing from a distance the foot of Krisma, he mistook it fora part of a deer, and shooting his arrow, lodged k in the sole. Approaching his mark, he saw the four-armed king and falling at his feet, repeatedly besought his forgiveness, exclaming, " I have done this deed unknowingly, thinking I was aiming at a deer. Have pity on me who am con- sumed by my crime ; for thou art able to consume me." Thereupon Bhagaván said : " Thou needst not have the laast fear, hunter ; by my favour, thou shalt repair to the region of the celestials." As »000 as Krishna had said this, the celestial cararrived there, ascending which the huntes repaired tothe region of the celestials.