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  More Pastimes of Lord Balarama After defeating the king Jarasandha several times, Krishna decided to move His family from the city of Mathura to an unconquerable fortress in the sea, known as Dwarka. After moving His family, Krishna and Balarama pretended to be afraid of Jarasandha and fled to mount Pravarsana. Jarasandha chased the Lords up said mountain, but unable to find them he set the mountain on fire. In order to avoid the fires, Lord Krishna and Balarama jumped some eighty-eight miles to the ground.(Krishna Book Vol. I, pg 348) In another instance Lord Balarama was challenged to play chess with a demoniac in-law of His, Rukmi. On the advice of the King of Kalinga, Rukmi challenged Lord Balarama to play chess for various wagers. Knowing that Lord Balarama, in this particular rasa, was not the most adept of chess players, the two sought this opportunity to make fun of Lord Krishna and Balarama. The first two games were played for 1,000 and 10,000 gold pieces re...

  A Thousand Names of Lord Balaraama Garga-samhita Canto 8: Chapter Thirteen From the Garga Samhita translation of Kushakratha dasa prabhu. Shri Balabhadra-sahasra-naama A Thousand Names of Lord Balaraama Text 1 duryodhana uvaaca balabhadrasya devasya praadvipaaka mahaa-mune naamnaam sahasram me bruhi guhyam deva-ganair api duryodhana uvaaca-Duryodhana said; balabhadrasya-of Lord Balaraama; devasya-Lord; praadvipaaka-O Pradvipaka; mahaa-great; mune-sage; naamnaam-of the names; sahasram-thousand; me-to me; bruhi-please tell; guhyam-secret; deva-ganaih-by the demigods; api-even. Duryodhana said: O great sage Praadvipaaka, please tell me the thousand names of Lord Balaraama, names kept secret from even the demigods. Text 2 shri-praadvipaaka uvaaca saadhu saadhu mahaa-raaja saadhu te vimalam yashah yat pricchase param idam gargoktam deva-durlabham shri-praadvipaaka uvaaca-Shri Pradvipaka said; saadhu-good; saadhu-good; mahaa-raaja-O king; saadhu-good; te-of you; vimalam-p...