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When K a grew up a little, Kamsa organised a wrestling competition in palace. K a and Balar ma went there, too. Kamsa prepared two giant wrestlers, C ra and Mu ika and also kept an elephant in rut to trample them. But along with Balar ma, K. a killed the wrestlers and the elephant. Seeing his plans fail Kamsa became angry. He instructed his soldiers to kill Balaram and K a. Balar ma started killing Kamsa's soldiers and K a, pouncing angrily as a tiger, threw Kamsa from his throne to the ground and killing him, freed his subjects from his atrocities.
The Wrath of Jar samdha
After killing Kamsa king Samudravijaya released Ugrasena from the prison and made him the king of Mathur . Ugrasena conducted the wedding of his daughter Satyabh m in a grand way with K a. Angry with Kamsa's death, J vaya went to R jag ha saying that she would put an end to Balar ma and K. a and all the ten offspring. Reaching R jag ha, she narrated the whole account to her father Jar samdha. Jar samdha was very unhappy with his daughter's widowhood. He resolved to destroy the Y dava clan. He instructed his son, K lakum ra to attack the Y davas with a huge army and kill them all. K lakum ra took an oath, "I shall return only after killing the Y davas. If they enter the fire fearing me, I shall chase them there, too."
When the Y davas found out that K lakum ra was coming with his petty
y towards them, Samudravijaya and Ugrasena went towards the south-west sea with 18 crore Y davas. Later they camped on the valleys of the Vindhya Mountains. The deity of the Harivam a clan created a huge mountain with just one entrance on that pathway with her powers, and lit numerous burning pyres on it. When K lakum ra's army reached there chasing the Y davas, it became stunned seeing the burning pyres. Nearby was an old woman, weeping. When she was questioned she said the Y davas were running away fearing Jar samdha. When they learnt that K lakum ra was chasing them with a huge army, seeing no way of saving their lives, they lit these pyres and fell into them. Seeing my clan destroyed this way, I am also going to enter into the flames. Saying this, she jumped into the flames. Seeing this, K lakum ra told his brothers and other kings that he had taken an oath that he shall kill the Y davas even after they entered into the flames. "Hence I shall chase them
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