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Sunday, June 20, 2021

Sahadeva

Pradyumna and Yadavas went to the Magadhi kingdom. Upon hearing of their arrival, King Jarasandha began to boil out of rage. Together with twenty-three akshauhinis, he came out of his capital Girivraja, ready for battle. At sight this large army, the Yadavas were afraid, but Pradyumna assured them of victory and blew into his shell Dakshinavarta. Samba was the first to lead his army, and in a short time the warriors of Jarasandha from the great confrontation launched into escape. Jarasandha tried to unite his army, but in this time Samba appeared before him, shooting arrows at him. When Jarasandha crashed his chariot, Samba climbed another chariot. When Samba burned down the chariot of Jarasandha, he sat on an elephant and made the elephant raise Samba and throw him seventy miles. At this time Gada entered into the battle and with a mighty blow of his fist killed the elephant of Jarasandha. Then Jarasandha took a heavy club and hit Gada with it. Seeing that Gada did not even budge, Jarasandha grabbed him and threw him into the sky for eight hundred miles. Having landed, Gada lifted Jarasandha and threw him on eight thousand miles high across the ridges of Mount Vindhya. Despite this, Jarasandha returned and continued the battle with Gada and Samba. With the blows of his fists, Jarasandha made them faint and lie on the ground for a while. Seeing this, Pradyumna, standing in his chariot, hurried to help them. Although Pradyumna fought heroically, Jarasandha continued to mercilessly kill the Yadava soldiers. Then Balarama appeared from Dvaraka and with His plow pinned the helpless Jarasandha. While the demigods rained flowers from the sky, celebrating the victory of Balarama, son of Jarasandha, Sahadeva, brought a worthy tribute to the Yadavas. After this Pradyumna and Yadavas continued conquer other lands. Hearing about the defeat of Jarasandha, many kings came to them and voluntarily offered a rich tribute.

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