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## The Fifty-Second Chapter: The Slaying of Jarasandha
**The Sound of Instruments**
The sound of instruments, like the roar of a turbulent sea, filled the air. Announcements of safety were made throughout the battlefield. (86)
Both the armies of the Pandavas and the Kauravas, their fear dispelled, stood ready, obeying the commands of Vasudeva, without a word being spoken. (87)
King Duryodhana, Drona, Dusshasana, and others, renounced the world and took Jain initiation under the guidance of Vidura. (88)
Karna, at the end of the battle, received the liberating Jain initiation from the Damvara Muni in the garden called Sudarshan. (89)
The place where Karna left his earrings, adorned with golden letters, is known as Karna-Suvarna by the people. (90)
Matali, asking, "May I serve my master?", went to Indra. The Yadavas, along with the other kings, returned to their camps. (91)
**Earthly Verses**
Seeing Jarasandha slain in battle by Madhusudana, the sun, like a compassionate being, wept profusely, his face turning red like the petals of the Japa flower. Then, desiring to offer water libations, he submerged himself in the ocean. (92)
Gotama Swami says: These creatures of the world, when good deeds arise, obtain wealth that can conquer even the mightiest men. But when good deeds decline, they suffer calamities. Therefore, O devotees, be steadfast in the opinion of the people, and perform pure austerities, the cause of liberation. (93)
Thus ends the fifty-second chapter of the Harivamsa, composed by Jinaseena Acharya, which is a part of the collection of the Arishta-Nema Purana, and narrates the slaying of Jarasandha. (52)