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jumping into the fire.' Saying this, with a naked sword in his hand, he jumped into the fire and turned into ashes. Jar samdha's army returned to R jag ha wringing its hands in despair.
Building Dv rik City
When the Y davas found out that K lakum ra had entered the flames and that Jar samdha's army had returned to R jag ha city, they moved towards the sea-coast happily. They settled on the Raivata Mountain in Saur ra region. There, Satyabh m have birth to two sons, Bh nu and Bh mara. K a observed a three-day fast and meditated upon the deity, Susthita, of the salt ocean. On the third day, in the night time, the Susthita god appeared and giving rk a the p mcajanya conch and Balar ma the conch named sugho a, gems and clothes, asked the reason for being invoked. rk a said, 'Please return now the Dv rik city of the earlier arddhacakris you have enveloped within your expanse.' The god immediately pulled back the sea-water from there. Instructed by Devendra, Vai rava a created overnight a Dv rik city 12 yojanas long and 9 yojanas wide, with huge palaces filled with limitless wealth, beautiful tanks-wells, streams and gardens and wide roads. Seeing an auspicious time, the Y davas entered Dv rik city and began to live there and enjoying the great prosperity.
War with Jar samdha
Fearing Jar samdha's anger, when the Y davas were moving towards Dv rik , at that time child Ari anemi was barely four-and-a-half years old. He was being brought up in Dy rik . The Y davas, too, while in Dv rik , gradually expanded their kingdom and the glory of their wealth and prosperity soon was being sung far and wide. When Jar samdha found out about the increasing fame of the Y davas, he sent one of his messengers to Dv rik and said 'the deceitful tactics you people employed to kill my son K lakum ra shall be certainly avenged by Jar samdha. You cannot save yourself on land, or the netherworld from the oath he has taken to destroy the Y davas.' The Y dava heroes were filled with unbound anger hearing the message, but Samudravijaya calmed them down with a gesture of his hands and told the messenger that whatever happened was on account of a divine power, not the
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