5 months agoNaraka was identified as a Yavana leader, not an Asura, in a speech by Kṛṣṇa in Mahābhārata, Sabhāparvan 13.13:Muraṃ ca Narakaṃ c'aiva śāsti yo Yavan'ādhipauaparyanta-balo rājā pratīcyāṃ Varuṇo yathāNaraka was slain by Kṛṣṇa to make the route to Prāgjyotiṣa favourable again, according a speech by Arjuna in Mahābhārata, Āraṇyakaparvan 13.26:sāditā Mauravāḥ pāśā Nisunda-Narakau hataukṛtaḥ kṣemaḥ punaḥ panthāḥ puraṃ Prāgjyotiṣaṃ prati
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Naraka was identified as a Yavana leader, not an Asura, in a speech by Kṛṣṇa in Mahābhārata, Sabhāparvan 13.13:Muraṃ ca Narakaṃ c'aiva śāsti yo Yavan'ādhipauaparyanta-balo rājā pratīcyāṃ Varuṇo yathāNaraka was slain by Kṛṣṇa to make the route to Prāgjyotiṣa favourable again, according a speech by Arjuna in Mahābhārata, Āraṇyakaparvan 13.26:sāditā Mauravāḥ pāśā Nisunda-Narakau hataukṛtaḥ kṣemaḥ punaḥ panthāḥ puraṃ Prāgjyotiṣaṃ prati