Charudeshna

Unable to bear Shalva's invasion, the young Vrishni descendants — Charudeshna, Samba, and Pradyumna — emerge to fight. Samba overcomes the general Kshemavriddhi's maya and kills the daitya Vegavan with a club, while Pradyumna slays the danava Vivindhya with a divine weapon — forcing Shalva to return in Soubha to rally his shaken army.

Pradyumna, having been carried unconscious from the battlefield, imagines the scorn of every Vrishni hero — Gada, Baladeva, Satyaki, and the women of his clan — if he does not return. He tells Daruki that shame with ridicule is worse than death, and commands the chariot be turned back at once.

Shalva rises into the sky and rains down a storm of weapons on Krishna. As Krishna wards them off, a messenger arrives from Dvaraka with devastating news: Shalva has attacked the city and killed Shura's son. Then Krishna sees his own father falling from the sky — and for a moment, the greatest warrior of the age is shattered.