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Chapter Thirty-Three:
"Grant me a boon," said Jarasandha. "Stay, Acharya, in your own house." Vasudeva showed him the infant, saying, "This is the enemy." [11]
Seeing the infant, Jarasandha was pleased and said to Vasudeva, "Marry your daughter to this boy." Vasudeva replied, "The enemy was captured by Kamsa, not by me." [12]
Jarasandha asked Kamsa about his lineage. Kamsa replied, "O King, my mother, Manjoudari, lives in Kaushambi and is a brewer." [13]
Hearing Kamsa's words, the king thought, "His appearance belies his claim of being the son of a brewer." [14]
Jarasandha then sent his men to Kaushambi to bring Manjoudari. She arrived with a casket and a seal bearing her name. [15]
The king questioned her about the infant's origin. She replied, "O Lord, I found him in the Yamuna river along with this casket." [16]
"O King, I felt compassion for this infant and raised him, even though I faced countless reproaches for doing so." [17]
"This child is naturally fierce and harsh-tongued. Though virtuous, he seems unfortunate. He would play with children, but only by slapping their heads. He would go to houses to buy liquor and harass the girls there by pulling their braids and tormenting them." [18-19]
"Fearing the censure of the people for his behavior, I abandoned him. He wanted to learn the art of warfare, so he became someone's disciple." [20]
"This casket is his mother, not me. I have no connection to his virtues or vices. Here is the casket," she said, showing the casket to the king. When the casket was opened, a seal bearing her name was found inside. King Jarasandha took it and read it. [21-22]
It read, "This is the son of Ugrasena and Padmavati. He was fierce even in the womb. He was abandoned because of his fierceness. May he live, and may his own actions protect him." [23]
Reading the seal, King Jarasandha realized that the infant was his nephew. He was overjoyed and gave his daughter, who was endowed with many virtues, to him. [24]