Stories 8
Aditi's earrings and the killing of Naraka
Naraka of Pragjyotisha steals Aditi's earrings; Krishna kills him and returns them, and Aditi blesses Krishna and Satyabhama.
Atri in the burning pit
Atri, a seer honoured by the five tribes, is cast down into a narrow, burning pit by a hostile Dasyu.
Bhujyu, son of Tugra, saved at sea
Bhujyu is abandoned in the middle of the ocean.
Ghosha calls the Ashvins
Ghosha has grown old unmarried in her father's house.
Manu, the fish and the flood
A small fish comes into Manu's hands in his washing water.
The release of the elephant king
An elephant seized by a crocodile lifts a lotus and calls on Vishnu, who arrives on Garuda and frees both animal and captor with the discus.
Trita in the well
Trita calls on the gods from a well and is freed; later texts add the brothers who left him there.
Varuna's servant seizes Nanda
Nanda bathes in the Yamuna before dawn after an Ekadashi fast and is carried off to Varuna; Krishna goes to Varuna's court and brings him home.