Babu Devkumar Smruti Ank

SR No.: 010080
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A N Upadhye, Others
Publisher: Jain Siddhant Bhavan Aara
Publication Year: 1951
Total Pages: 538
Language: Hindi
Classification: Smruti_Granth
File Size: 47 MB

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Heroes of the Jain Legends battle that ensued was thus primarily a battle between Jarāsandha and Krishna, in which Jarāsandha was killed, --not by one of the Pandavas but by Krishna himsell.
The Jaina account of the end of Krishna, the Yadavas and their metropolis is also different from what is narrated in the Vēdic Purānas, although scarcely less tragic. We prefer to describe the Jaina version by extensevely quoting from "Lord Arishtanômi."
“Every one was startled to hear from the Lord (Lord Arishtanēmi) that Dvaipāyana would destroy Dvärakı and Krishna was to die at the hands of Jarakumara (a son of Basudeva and step-brother of Krishna). Lest wine would be the cause of ruin of Dvārakā, Krishna stopped its drink in bis kingdom. At his order, the people of Dvāraka went out and poured all the wine they had, in a cave called Kádambail in the Kadamba forest near the Girinara mountain. Hearing of the dreadiul prediction of the Lord Němi. the sage Dvaipāyana left the city of the Yadavas and in order that he might not injure it in any way, immersed himself in profound contemplation in a distant lonely forest.
"And being a son of Basudeva, how shall I kill my own brother? This shall not be. Rather shili i take care that none can touch a hair in Krishna's head. Determined trus, Jirākumira roamed outside the limits of Dvirakio. armed to the teeth and ready to die for its safety.
"But the prophecy of Nēminātha was not to be false."
"One day, troubled hy the scorching rays of the Baisakha sun, a companion of the prince Sārba came near the Kādambari cave, while wandering in the forest. He was extremely thirsty and consequently drank the wine there to his heart's content. The immense quantity of wine,--that had been at Dväraka and poured out there, --became extremely delicious to taste on account of its being ke st confined within the stony cave in a cool forest; the seasonflowers of the forest fell into it and enhanced its sweet taste and smell quite a thousand fold. To please his Lord Sämba, that attendant of his, secretly brought some quantity of the wine for his master.
(To be Continued)