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In the Harivamsha Purana,
Upon hearing that Jarasandha was approaching, the Yadavas, filled with great enthusiasm, prepared to fight.
Seeing a small distance between the two armies, the goddesses who resided in the land of Bharata, due to the workings of time and fate, manifested their divine power and created numerous pyres. They showed the enemy that the Yadavas were engulfed in flames.
Jarasandha, whose body was enveloped in a multitude of flames, saw the burning army with its four divisions.
His path blocked by the flames, Jarasandha halted his army and, assuming the form of an old woman, asked a weeping goddess, "O elder, whose vast encampment is burning so fiercely? And why are you weeping here? Tell me everything."
Her eyes filled with tears, her throat choked with grief, the old woman, despite her sorrow, managed to speak, "O valiant king, I will tell you what I have seen. For it is a common saying that one who expresses their grief to a great man is freed from even the greatest sorrow."
"There is a king named Jarasandha in the city of Rajagriha. He is a man of truth and justice, ruling the earth to the edge of the sea. It seems that his flames of prowess, fueled by the deceit of the great fire, burn even in the ocean to pacify his enemies."
"The Yadavas, burdened by their own sins and with hearts filled with fear, fled from Jarasandha. Finding no refuge anywhere in the world, they entered the fire, seeking the ultimate refuge of death, becoming free from their sins by burning in the flames."
"I am a servant, descended from the lineage of those kings. My life was dear to me, so I could not burn with them. But I weep in sorrow for the untimely death of my master."