End of Jarasandh

End of Jarasandh

 Brihadratha was the king of Magadha. He had a huge army. The sting of his valor played everywhere. He was married to two daughters of the King of Kashi and had a rumor that he would not side with either of them.

 Brihadrath had no children. He went into the forest with his two wives entrusting the weight of his kingdom to his ministers. There he narrated his agony to Kaushik Rishi. The sage took pity on him and he gave him a mango and said that take it, your wish will be fulfilled. Brihadrath cut two equal pieces of that mango and gave one piece each to both wives. Shortly thereafter, both his wives became pregnant. After some time both of them gave birth to half a child. Each child had an eye, an ear, an arm, a foot. Suffering from sadness, these two parts of the body were wrapped in cloth and thrown out.

 A man-devilish demon named Zara passed through that region. He opened the clothes and looked at them. During the investigation of the demon, somehow the two parts of the body joined together and a beautiful live child appeared. The demon did not wish to kill that child. He disguised himself as a beautiful woman, saying that he gave the child to the king. "This is your son." The king was pleased to find him. He gave the child to his wives for upbringing. This boy became famous as Jarasandha.

 When it was decided to kill Jarasandha, Krishna said, "Hans, Dimbhak, Kansa and other friends of Jarasandha are no more. Hence, this time is best suited to kill Jarasandha. It is useless to carry a war with Jarasandha by taking soldiers. He should be prepared to do a solo war. "

 According to the code of conduct of those days, any Kshatriya had to accept the challenge of single or duel warfare with or without weapons. The end of this war was in the death of one side. Krishna and the Pandavas used this tradition to kill Jarasandha. Krishna, Bhima and Arjuna entered the palace of Jarasandha unarmed. Jarasandha welcomed him with respect, seeing his form and ethos. Bhima and Arjuna did not say anything in response to the reception. They were avoiding lying.

 Instead of him, Shri Krishna said, "These two are in silent fast these days. They can only speak after half-night. "

 Jarasandha gave him proper hospitality and then returned to his palace. Jarasandha came to talk to his guests at midnight. Jarasandha was suspicious of his conduct. He saw that they had marks on their hands and looked Kshatriya even from the appearance.

 When Jarasandha asked him to tell the truth, Shri Krishna replied, "We are your enemies and want to fight with you." You can choose any of us for war. I am Krishna and both of these are Pandava brothers Arjuna and Bhima. On finding out who they are, Jarasandha said, "I would like to fight with Bhima. Bhima is famous for his physical strength. It is also good to lose to the best man, so I will fight with Bhima. "

 Since Bhima was unarmed, Jarasandha also accepted to fight with him unarmed. Bhima and Jarasandha were almost equal in strength. They continued fighting for thirteen days without resting and drinking without eating anything. Krishna and Arjuna watched this war sometimes with worry and sometimes with hope. Signs of fatigue appeared in Jarasandha on the fourteenth day. Krishna indicated to Bhima that the time had come to kill Jarasandha. Bhima picked up Jarasandha and swung him around on the ground dozens of times and took his feet in hand and ripped his body in two. Still Bhima started laughing in happiness.

 But Bhima was shocked to see that the two parts of Jarasandha joined together and he started fighting again. Bhima could not understand what to do now. When he looked at Krishna, he found that he was breaking a straw in two and throwing those parts in opposite directions. Bhima understood the sign of Krishna. After this, when he caught Jarasandha and made two pieces of it this time, he threw both the pieces far in the opposite direction. This is how Jarasandha came to an end. After the end of Jarasandha, these people freed the kings held by Jarasandha and then returned to Indraprastha.

 After the death of Jarasandha, the Pandavas performed Rajsuya Yagna with great pomp. The four Pandavas wandered in different parts of the country and subjugated the kings and received valuable gifts. Most of the kings surrendered happily, those who resisted were defeated and recovered. On this occasion, all the kings of the country appeared and accepted Yudhishthira as Raja Rajeshwar or Emperor.