Mahabharata Episode 15: The Killing of Jarasandha and The Rajasuya Sacrifice

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🗓️ 11 December 2014

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Bhima Slays Jarasandha

Jarasandha, the mighty King of Magadha, was feared by everybody, including the almighty Lord Krishna. Jarasandha planned to offer one hundred Kings as human sacrifice to his Lord. He had captured eighty-six of them and was in the process of capturing fourteen more to complete his mission. Krishna takes Bheema and Arjuna with him to Magadha to kill Jarasandha and release the captive kings.

After killing Jarasandha, the Pandava brothers begin their conquest of the land of Bharata to win the allegiance of the Kings. Soon all the Pandavas eliminate all obstacles for the Rajasuya sacrifice and begin to prepare for the great ceremony.

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0:00.0	The stories of Mohabharata.
0:25.0	In the last episode we heard how Krishna and Arjuna helped Agney cure himself of his anorexia by devouring the Kandova forest.
0:36.0	We also heard Maya build a grand palace of illusions for Judishira.
0:42.3	At the advice of Rishi Narada, Yiddishtira. At the advice of Rishin Narada, Yudishtira now plans to perform the Rajsuya
0:46.7	sacrifice, but Krishna warned him that King Jarasandha must be eliminated before he could contemplate any such thought. Yiddishtilla was curious to know more about Yara-Sanda.
1:14.0	He asked Krishna, who is this Jara-Sanda?
1:18.0	How could he terrorize you and still live on this earth?
1:22.0	Krishna said, let me tell you the story of Charasandha's birth.
1:29.0	In the kingdom of Magada, there lived a king named Briadrath. He had married the twin daughters of the
1:37.6	King of Kashi and promised he would always treat them as equals.
1:43.1	But the Queens failed to give him a son,
1:45.8	and the king was getting old.
1:49.3	One day, the great sage Chandakaush, came to visit King Briadrath.
1:55.2	The king treated him with due respect and the sage was pleased with his hospitality.
2:01.0	Chanda Kausik offered to give the king something in return.
2:05.0	The king told the sage of his wish to have a son.
2:09.0	The sage then gave the king a blessed mango fruit and said,
2:15.0	Go and give this fruit to your queen.
2:18.5	By God's grace, soon you will have a handsome son.
2:25.0	Staying true to his words, King Bihadratha cut the mango into two halves
2:29.0	and offered the pieces to his queens to eat.
2:38.8	But when the time arrived, each queen gave birth to half a child, as if the boy was split from head to toe in two equal parts. Each half had one eye, one arm, one foot, and a divided
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