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Learning about the well from his attendant he took many of his friends to the K dambar cave and all of them got lost in intoxication.
The liquor that had been thrown on the K dambar cave reached the cliffs and ponds below and with the flowers falling into the ponds, the water turned into delicious liquor. The Y dava princes became drunk on the intoxicant they consumed. Roaming about here and there they spotted Dvaip yana deep in meditation. The drunken Y davas thought it is this Dvaip yana who will become the cause for the destruction of our Dv rik , so let us finish him here and at once all of them pounced on him, and half killing him, ran away. When rk a learnt of this incident he got angry with the Y davas and sad at once; taking Balar ma with him, he went to Dvaip yana and begged for forgiveness on behalf of the Y davas. Dvaip yana's anger did not subside. He said – “The Y davas almost killed me beating me up with cruelty, hence I have resolved to kill them, but I shall not do anything to you two brothers.”
Dvaip yana died and became the god Agnikum ra and reached Dv rik to burn it to ashes. But Dy rik had become a land of penance. People were engrossed in different kinds of austerities. Dvaip yana continuously tried to burn Dv rik for eleven years, but did not get a suitable opportunity on account of the religious practice of the people there. Because of Dvaip yana's failed attempts the people of Dv rik started thinking his influence has waned, hence it is not necessary to give trouble to the body anymore. So people started indulging in liquor and eating flesh, etc that is, falling from righteousness turned to bad deeds and consequences. Agnikum ra got his chance and at once started a rain of fire over Dv rik . Intense flames started spreading all over Dv rik . Within moments Dv rik was almost finished. rk a and Balar ma tried to take Vasudeva, Rohi and Devak in a chariot but the chariot would not move from its place. Dvaip yana said – “
K a, I told you then that leaving you two brothers, nobody will be saved. The whole Dv rik burnt and K. a and Balar ma couldn't do anything, just wrung their hands and saw the destruction and after it was all over, left that place.
Facing several ordeals on the way, through constant effort and struggle, they finally reached Kau mb. Dying of thirst, K a asked brother Balar ma to bring him some water and K. a rested under the shade of a tree. Wearing a yellow robe, he was lying down with his right foot over
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