Krishna frees the imprisoned kings and departs Girivraja
After the killing, Krishna yokes Jarasandha's divine chariot, frees the imprisoned kings, and departs Girivraja with Bhima and Arjuna. The chariot, made invincible by the presence of Garuda on its flagstaff, thunders out of the city.
Krishna had Jarasandha’s chariot, complete with its pennants, yoked. He asked the two Pandava brothers, Bhima and Arjuna, to ascend it. Then he set Jarasandha’s imprisoned relatives free.
Freed from their great fear, the kings and lords of the earth presented many gems to Krishna, who was worthy of bearing them. Unhurt, armed with weapons, and having vanquished his enemy, Krishna mounted the divine chariot and left Girivraja with the kings.
With the two brothers as warriors and with Krishna himself as the charioteer, the chariot seemed incapable of being conquered. It glittered like molten gold and was garlanded with nets of small bells. It thundered like rain-bearing clouds and was always victorious in battle. It was the chariot on which Shakra (Indra) and Vishnu had once fought a battle caused by the demon Taraka, and on which Shakra had killed ninety-nine demons.
When Krishna ascended it, divine horses with the speed of the wind were yoked to it. On the supreme chariot was a divine flagstaff, beautiful and radiant like Indra’s weapons, visible from a distance of one yojana. Krishna thought of Garuda, the eagle who eats serpents, and he immediately arrived. Garuda sat on the flagstaff, together with many other blazing beings that roared loudly. His energy was like the midday sun.
Achyuta (Krishna), the tiger among men, left on that divine chariot with the two Pandavas, the sound like that of thunder. The chariot had passed down through kings: King Vasu obtained it from Vasava (Indra), Brihadratha from Vasu, and Jarasandha from his father Brihadratha. Now it was Krishna’s. The mighty-armed and illustrious Pundarikaksha (Krishna) came out from Girivraja and stopped on the level ground outside the city.