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## Chapter Forty
The Yadavas, Kauravas, and Bhojas, along with their subjects and ministers, had entered the fire. ||40|| But I, unfortunate one, am still alive, my body a vessel of sorrow, my heart filled with grief for their loss. I am like a creature possessed, gasping for breath. ||41|| Hearing the old woman's words, Jarasandha was astonished and believed her, thinking the lineage of the Andhakas and Vrishnis was destroyed. ||42|| He returned to his place and, with his relatives, performed the water offering for the deceased, feeling as if he had fulfilled his duty. ||43|| The Yadavas, following their own desires, went to the shore of the ocean, where the air was fragrant with the scent of cardamom vines. ||44|| They settled in distant lands near the western ocean, each king, subject, and minister finding their appropriate place. ||45||
**Shārdūlavikridita**
Jarasandha, cruel and enraged, followed the Yadavas relentlessly, determined to destroy them and die himself. But the path was blocked by flames, and he was forced to turn back. The Jains say that the auspicious rise of both of them is worth hearing. ||46||
Thus ends the fortieth chapter of the Harivamsha Purana, composed by Jinasena Acharya, which is part of the collection of the Arishta-nemi Purana, and describes the departure of the Harivamsha and Yadavas. ||40||