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rage. Pulling the bow-string, he rained a shower of arrows at K. a. K a kept cutting his arrows mid-way. When Jar samdha saw that none of his weapons were affecting K a, he ultimately threw his effective weapon, the cakra. Seeing the cakra move towards K a, the Y dava army got worried. Many warriors used their effective heavenly weapons on the cakra but they all failed. The cakra kept moving towards rk a. Suddenly, the pivot of the cakra slightly hit K a's chest, and circumambulating him, stopped at the forefinger of his right hand. K a soon held the cakra in his right hand on the forefinger. Showers of scented water and flowers began to pour down on K. a and a heavenly voice said – “the ninth Vasudeva has emerged.” K a told Jar samdha, “Oh king of Magadha! Do you still see trickery in this?” The egotistic Jar samdha said, “Just try hurling that cakra of mine towards me.” K a then whirled the cakra towards Jar samdha and Jar samdha's head fell to the ground. The sky resounded with cries of cheer and victory of the Y davas. Ari anemi too stopped his chariot. All the kings fell at his feet and begged forgiveness. Ari anemi took them all to K a. K a embraced Ari anemi. As per Ari anemi's suggestion, K. a returned all their kingdoms to them. On Samudravijaya's suggestion, Jar samdha's son Sahadeva was given the kingdom of Magadha. At that time Samudravijaya was informed by three Vidy dharas that "Vasudeva, Pradyumna and mba had been engaging the Vidy dhara kings who had come to assist Jar samdha. Hearing the news of Jar samdha's death, all of them took refuge at Vasudeva's feet. All of them are now coming here.' In a while all of them reached there. The Y davas celebrated their success happily and then reached Dv rik. Samudravijaya tried to get Ari anemi married several times but wasn't successful.
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Once, wandering about, Ari anemi entered K a's armoury. There he saw an extremely bright cakra, a fearsome bow like the e an ga (serpent), goad, sword and a huge p mcajanya conch-shell. The prince became inquisitive seeing the conch. Seeing him reach for the conch the guard of the armourysaid, “Oh prince! Only rk a can lift and blow this conch. Let alone blowing it, an ordinary person cannot even lift it." The guard had not even completed his sentence when prince Ari anemi lifted the conch and, bringing it to his lips, blew it. The waves of the sea in Dv rik rose and hit each other at great speed. People's homes in
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