Reading Notes: Krishna and Jarasandha

This was a pretty cool story! I hope to be able to hear another variation of this story some time! So in the beginning of this story it starts off with Jarasandha being born. His birth is pretty strange. His father didn't have a son yet so he divided a mango to his 2 wife and they both gave birth to one half a boy. SO he took him to the forest because that is weird right?  Some rashasi finds Jara and tie him together to carry him but that just help him form together.

After a while he came back to his father to eventually rule his kingdom but his was afraid that since his birth prophecy came the one about his death coming from Krishna would to.

To continue forward Bhima and his brothers go to find Jara after he left to hide. They fought for 27 days in a row to defeat him until Krishna told Bhima that he was a person with 2 parts. Then Bhima ripped him in half.

I loved this story and I think I would just want to tell the story from Jara's point of view until his death by the hand of Bhima. Or change it to were he kills Krishna or Bhima.

"Krishna and Jarasandha":Source

Book Information: Found in Bizzell Library
Author: Anant Pai