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Krishna traveled from Dwaraka to see Dharmaputra perform the Rajasooya yaga. Dharmaputra performed Krishna’s agra pooja. Sisupala degraded Krishna because he could not stand the honors being bestowed upon him. Krishna cut off Sisupala’s head and let go of Chakrayudha. According to the legend, Sisupala’s body gave way to a brilliant light that united with Krishna. Krishna therefore granted moksha to the one who had been cursing him nonstop.
Another widely recognized tale is that of Jarasandha Vadha. Arjuna invited Jarasandha to a wrestling match. However, Jarasandha urged Bhima to battle with him instead of engaging Arjuna in combat because he believed Arjuna lacked the same strength as him. Unknown to Jarasandha, Sri Krishna offered Bhima a hint that he would only be able to kill Jarasandha if he split him into two and threw the cut portions far apart as the conflict dragged on and even Bhima was growing exhausted. Of Bhima’s actions, Jarasandha was murdered. Following his demise, Krishna freed the prisoners held by Jarasandha and brought them to Dwaraka as well.
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It’s common knowledge that Krishna murdered Kamsa. The two wives of Kamsa, Asthi and Prasthi, rushed straight to their father, Jarasandha, and lamented their lot in life, claiming that Krishna had bereaved them. In a rage, Jarasandha quickly raised a sizable army and advanced against Mathura. As the troops approached, Sri Krishna and Balarama used their almighty strength to commandeer two chariots loaded with weaponry. Balarama and Krishna mounted the chariots and engaged the army of Jarasandha in battle, ultimately vanquishing it. When Krishna intervened to stop Balarama from killing Jarasandha, he informed him that the other evil asuras would hide underground and evade their destruction once Jarasandha was dead. They won’t be able to purge such negative aspects from society as a result. So that Jarasandha could reconstitute the demonic forces, he counseled Balarama to release Jarasandha! Jarasandha repeatedly assaulted Mathura, as Krishna had predicted, but each time Krishna and Balarama overcame him.
Meanwhile, a monarch by the name of Gargeya resided somewhere else in the Mathura neighborhood. He didn’t have any children. He used to be teased and called “bedi,” or a person without children, by the yadhavas.
The monarch became irate and resolved to carry out intense penance to have a son who would eradicate the Yadhava race. He prayed to Shiva, the Lord. The rishi was said to have survived solely on crushed and powdered iron fragments during his intense penance! Pasupathinatha blessed him eventually. The monarch gave birth to a boy. He went by Kaalayavanan. He was physically fit.
After giving him the kingdom, Gargeya left to perform tapas in the forests. Kaalayavanan eventually found out from Narada about his father’s humiliation at the hands of Yadhavas.
He therefore launched an army invasion of Mathura in an attempt to exact revenge on the Yadhavas. Krishna was aware that Kaalayavanan would decimate the Yadhava army, making it simpler for Jarasandha, their longtime foe, to seize Mathura in the future. Thus, Sri Krishna asked the Ocean King to provide him with a landmass of twelve yojanas in width. The Lord of the Ocean granted the request. The Lord asked Visvakarma to build a settlement on the reclaimed land. Visvakarma constructed a massive temple that included imposing roadways, tanks, and turrets. The location was considered the gateway to heaven, or entrance, since it was so breathtakingly beautiful. As a result, Dwaraka became the name of the location. Sri Krishna used his maya powers to bring all of the men and the cattle from Mathura here. Therefore, Lord Krishna brought the inhabitants of Mathura to Dwaraka to protect them from the enemy’s onslaught.
Later, when Krishna and Balarama were the only people in Mathura, Kaalayavanan invaded, as was to be expected. Krishna and Balarama frequently acted like humans because they saw their avatars as regular people rather than as manifestations of god. This explains the legend that Krishna and Balarama fled to their hills when Kaalayavanan besieged Mathura.
Kaalayavanan pursued them after laughing at what he saw. Krishna vanished after going inside a cave. Kaalayavanan trailed him as he entered the cave. However, Musukundan was taking a break in that cave to recuperate from the stress of fighting alongside the devas in the Devasura war when the asuras were vanquished. Kaalayavanan, who was arrogant, booted Musukundan. A strange boon befell the sleeping Musukundan: whoever awakens him from his sleep will be reduced to ashes. Musukundan’s eyes thus opened upon seeing Kaalayavanan, who had been reduced to ashes, when Kaalayavanan kicked him awake.
After seeing Krishna, Musukundan prayed to him to get moksha. Krishna promised him that his wish would come true in the future. It is said that this Musukundan visited Badarikasramam and afterward received a blessing from Narayana as payment for his intense penance.