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[Antakrid Dasha]
Vasudeva was the son of Vasudeva, hence Vasudeva was the brother of Krishna. His mother was Dharini. Prince Satyaneme and Dridhaneme, both these princes were the sons of Vasudeva Krishna's uncle. Pradyumna Kumar and Shambhu Kumar, both these were the sons of Vasudeva Krishna. Prince Aniruddha was the grandson of Vasudeva Krishna. All the princes became sadhus at the feet of Lord Arishtanemi.
Queen Padmavati, Gauri, Gandhari, Lakshmana, Susima, Jambavati, Satyabhama, Rukmini, these eight were the queens of Maharaja Krishna. Mulasri and Muladatta, both these were the queens of Krishna Maharaja's son Shambhu Kumar. All of them became Jain sadhvis after being initiated at the feet of Lord Arishtanemi. 1
According to the present sutra, Vasudeva Krishna had an announcement made by his servants in all the provinces of Dwarka city. The announcement said that Dwarka city would be burnt down by the sage Dvaipayan one day, therefore, whoever wants to do their welfare by being initiated at the feet of Lord Arishtanemi, they have the permission of Maharaja Krishna. If anyone is worried about those left behind, they should leave them behind, Maharaja Krishna will take care of all the arrangements for those left behind himself. In addition, the announcement also said that whoever wants to become a sadhu and do their welfare, all the arrangements for their initiation ceremony will be made by Maharaja Shri Krishna. This announcement was made not once, but three times.
From this discussion, it becomes clear that Krishna Vasudeva, who has been described as going to hell, has also been given the highest respect by being described as going to moksha after becoming a Tirthankara.
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Dvaipayan Rishi, who was tormented by the intoxicated Yadava princes, had decided that if my penance bears any fruit, I will burn Dwarka city to ashes. According to the decision, Dvaipayan Rishi became the Agni Kumar jati deva. On the other hand, he was remembering the old enmity and was looking for an opportunity to burn Dwarka, but he had no control over the effect of the daily Ayambil penance. He was unsuccessful in burning Dwarka city, but he did not give up his efforts, his efforts continued for twelve years. After twelve years, some people of Dwarka started thinking - years have passed while doing penance, what can Agni Kumar do to us? In addition, some people were also thinking that all the people of Dwarka are doing Ayambil, if we don't do it, what difference does it make? Understand the matter of time, one day came in Dwarka when no one did penance. Due to personal selfishness, everyone turned away from the crisis-removing Achamla penance. What better opportunity could there be for Agni Kumar Dvaipayan Rishi. He set fire to Dwarka. There were terrible sounds all around, a strong storm started, houses collapsed due to the earthquake, fire engulfed all of Dwarka. Vasudeva Krishna made many attempts to extinguish the fire, but the karma was so intense that the water poured on the fire was acting like oil. Water extinguishes fire, but as water was poured into it, the fire flared up even more. The fierce flames of the fire seemed to be trying to burn even the sky. Krishna Vasudeva, Balarama, all were disappointed, they watched Dwarka burn, they could not save it.
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After Dwarka was burnt down, Krishna Vasudeva and Balarama started preparing to leave from there. The sutrakar has expressed this point with the word "Suraggidivayanakovnidddhaae".