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LONG, UU
BRIHAD/i
BEAUTJ

THE STORY OF HOW THE INVINCIBLE MAGA

EMPEROR WAS WNOi j*
 Jara sa n dh a w a s the em peror of A rya va rta (north
India) a t the tim e the Pandavas w e re ruling at
Indraprastha. M o st o f the kings o f N o rth India
a ckn o w le d g ed his suzerainty o u t of fear. M any of
those w h o did not, had been im prisoned by him. T o
establish th e suprem acy of the Pandavas it w a s
necessary to subdue Jarasandha.
Th o u g h Jara sa n dh a w a s considered invincible, he
had a vital fla w and Krishna k n e w this. Jara sa n dh a
w a s the split-personality, in a purely physical sense.
He w a s born split and it w a s the (black) magical
to u c h of a sorceress th a t joined the t w o halves to
com plete the man. Th is joint w a s a t once the source
of his strength and his w eakness.
M ig h ty m en of m yth o lo g y, be th ey of the East, or
of the W e s t, w e re a lw a y s characterised by a vital
fla w w h ic h in reverse, w o u ld turn ou t to be a vital
asset. K a m a 's Kavacha (arm our) and Achilles'
Heels are classic e xam p les.The secret of the heroes'
strength often remained locked in this dual nature
of their gifts. O n ly one w h o k n e w the secret could
vanquish them . Ja ra sa n d h a 's w e a k point w a s
k n o w n only to Krishna. H o w he brings a b o ut the
fall o f the m ig h ty and evil em peror is narrated in
this A m a r Chitra Katha, based on the B h a g a w a t
Purana and the M ahabharata.

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 KRISHNA AND JARASANDHA

LONG, LONS AG O , THE HANDSOME, WEALTHY AND POWERFUL KINS

BRIHADRATHA RULED OVP MAQADHA. HE WAS MARRIED TO THE
BEAUTIFUL TWIN DAUGHTERS OF THE K/NG OF KASHI.

THOUGH HE HAD TWO T ! LORD, THE ILLUSTRIOUS

QUEENS WHOM HE LO /S D i SAGE, CHANDAKAUSHIKA
EQUALLY AND WHO LOI/EDy HAS COME TO *
HIM IN 'R ETU R N , THE KfNS
HAD NO SONS. AS HE SAT
BROODING ABOUT THIS
| THE CITY,

ONE D4Y

I MUST S O TAXING MANY &FTS WITH HIM, B R /H A D R A TH A O KING OF

AND PAY MY WENT TO SEE THE 6A6E. LATER p " 1 KINGS, 'YOU |
HAVE PLEASED MB
WELL.ASK A BOON
I OP M E. I
 g m a r c K itra k a th a

0 RISHI, WHAT USE HAVE THE RISH I CLOSED HIS

1 FOR A BOON? I AM ABOUT EYES . SUDDENLY I
TO RENOUNCE THE KIN6DOM
AND 0 INTO THE FORESTS.
CURSED AS I AM, I HAVE J
NO SON.

LET Y O U R ^
f lyiFE EAT THIS
fANd OBTAIN A SON

AS BRIHADRATHA W ALKED 5 6 ^ W HN TH E Q U EEN S DELIVERED, THEY HAD

AWAY W/TH THE MANGO O N Li HALF A BABY EACH. y ^ SISTER. Njj

* I CANNOT IVE B ^ A L A s T I SHOULD ~\ \\Wv [ 1 SHOULD HAVE1

THE FRUIT 70 ONE h a v e l e t you e a t ! \\\\\ |LLET yotJ EAT A
AND MAKE THE WL th e w h o le m\ \ \ ITm r
'"A OTHER UNHAPPY. fru it. ^ L \ I''
v Q ) THEV SHALL
*>/ EACH HAVE
H HALF OF /T.

AM? THE KINS D/V/DED THE

MANGO BETW EEN HIS W IVES.
 KRISHNA & JARASANDHA

IT S TOO LATE 50 THE tM DM VES CARRIED THE TWO HALVES AND

NOW. WHAT SHALL THREW THEM INTO THE BACKYARD OF THE QUEENS
WE DQ WITH L E TS APARTMENT6. r p : ~ Wb Wy
\ T H E S E ? ^ ^ C A 6 T THEM
l/ OFF. WHAT
B H f e f c 1/ ELSE CAN
H p \ Y ^fr^ W E 00?

-4 /fV HOURS LATER, THE &W 6HA&, im -M -M * HUMAN

JARA, WHO LIVED ON FLESH ANP SLOOP, FLESH i I SMELL HUMAN
CAME BY. r----------- ' D w A FLESH! r_ - A - >

WHAT? ONE 80Dy PENT

IN TWO. I LL JON THE
HALVES. IT WILL BE *
EASIER TO CARRY
ONE BUNDLE. r ^ H
 a m a r c h it r a k a th a

THE MOMENT SHE JOINED THE HEARING THE ROAR, THE K/N6, HIS QUEENS, THE
TWO PIECES, THE BAEV CAME 70 MIDWIVES t THE SERVANTS, ALL CAME RUNNING OUT.
LIFE AN D -------------------------------------------
ROARED.

ISNT THAT UAv

THE VIRTUOUS W
KING WHO LONGED
FOR A SON. I WILL
IVE HIM BACK
HIS CHILD. r - J t

WHEN THEY REACHED HER

0 KINS, I, JARA, HAVE
vSAVED YOUR SON FOR
XVOU. TAKE HIM.

T<500D LADY, SINCE

IT WAS YOU WHO PUT
HIM TOGETHER AND
MADE HIM COMPLETE,
>IE SHALL BE NAMED
JARASANDHA. S

<

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 KRISHNA & JARASANDHA

WHEN JARASANDHA HAD GROWN INTO A MIGHTY THE SAGE LOOKED ATT JARASANDHA
YOUNG LAD, THE RISHI CAME TO MAGADHA. AND m s PLEASED.
YOUR SON
m
SHALL BECOME THE
KIN OP KINGS. ALL
WHO STAND IN HIS
WAW WILL MEET WITH
DESTRUCTION. FOR
NO KIN SHALL

* THE SON OF USRASENA, KING OF MATHURA

 a m a r c h it r a k a th a
BUT KAM6A WAS AN EV/L KIN&. HE DEPOSED HIS BEFORE KRISHNA WAS BORN, IT
FATHER AND PERSECUTED HIS OWN SUBJECTS. HAD BEEN PROPHESIED THAT HE
WOULD KILL THE EVIL KAMSA.
WITH THE MIGHTY M
JARASANDHA A3 MY J . FATE AND THE GODS
FATHER-IN-LAW,! NEED CONSPIRED AGAINST
FEAR NONE. NONE, j r ^ M E AND FOILED MY
EXCEPT MY NEPHEW,f| ATTEMPTS 70
w< KRISHNA. DESTROY THE J
CHILD,

THEY SAY, HE IS LIVING B U T A T THE FATED HOUR,IT WAS KAMSA WHO

AMONG THE GOB4S* M ET WITH HIS END A T KRISHNA *S HANDS.
OF BRIN1DAVAN WITH HIS
BROTHER BALARAMA.^
I SHALL INVITE
HIM TO MATHURAtjEj jj
AND KILL H M ^ Jm H

U6RASENA WAS RESTORED TO

THE THRONE. WHILE ALL
MATHURA REJOICED
 KRISHNA & JARASANDHA

A FEW DAYS LATER, AS THEY STOOD SURVEY/N0

KRISHNAS ELDER THE SCENE, TWO CHAR/OTB
BROTHER, BALARAMA CAME SUDDENLY DESCENDED
TO'fj/M. | FROM THE HEAVENS,FULL OF
JARASANDHA AND DM NE WEAPONS.
HIS ALLIES HAVE
BESIEGED*
AS THEY RODE OUT, FOLLOWED
BV THEIR SMALL ARMV
I WILL DESTROY THEM ^
ALL EXCEPT JARASANDHA. J
WHEN HE COMES BACK 1
WITH MORE ALLIES.WE <n
SHALL DESTROY T H E M -^ H
"TV A .TOO. hi i^Br

THE TWO BROTHERS CONFRONTED THE VALIANT

JARASANDHA. KRISHNA BLEW HIS CONCH, DO MOT BRAS BUT
INV/TING THE KING TO BEGIN THE ATTACK. PROVE THEIR
' MI&HT IN
DO YOU REALLY WANT V ACTION.
TO FIGHT ? MY ARROWS,
M ILL SEND YOU TO /
m, HEAVEN... . ^ 2

WITHOUT ANOTHER WORD. JARASANDHA

AND H IS HUGE AR M i CHARGED.

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 KRISHNA & JARASANDHA
BUT KRISHNA DREW OUT HIS BOW AND L E T . THAT THE HELD WAS SOON STREWN
FLY HIS ARROWS IN SUCH QUICK SUCCESSION. WITH THE BODIES OF MEN, HORSES,
ELEPHANTS AND CHARIOTS, i--------------------

THE ALLIES AND THEIR ARMIES BE6AN TO FLEE.

MEANW HILE, SWJNQ/N6 HIS MACE, BALARAMA SEIZED JARASANDHA

WHO HAD TAKEN ON JARASANDHA *S OWN ARMY,
SOON DESTROYED IT AND f------------------------- f
 a m a r c h it r a k a th a

HE WAS ABOUT TO BIND HIM WITH ROPES, UTTERLY HUMILIATED, JARASANDHA

WHEN----- l-,. --.n n ------------------------------------------------- RETURNED TO &R/VRAJA,H/6 CAPITAL
s NO, SALARAMA. LET HIM
\ GO. LET US INFORM UGRA- I WILL NOT GIVE
- SENA OF OUR VICTORY AND. UP. I WILL GO SACK
PRESENT HIM WITH A -7 WITH NEW ARMIES
A r m our b o o t y . 1 AND TEACH THE
> 1 YADAVAS A -
LESSON. 1

JARASANDHA MADE SEVENTEEN ATTEMPTS TO AVENGE THE

DEATH OF HIS SON-IN-LAW AND HIS OWN SUCCESSIVE
HUMILIATIONS;AND SEVENTEEN TIMES DID KRISHNA DECIMATE
H/S ARMIES. SPARING HIM ALONE. |---------------------------- --------------

MEANWHILE, KALAYAVANA., THE INVINCIBLE, THE REMARK WAS ENOUGH TO BRING

WAS BRA66IN6 ABOUT HIS VALOUR KALAYAVANA WITH HIS BARBARIAN HORDES
TO SAGE NARADA. \ -------------------------------- ;---- TO MATHURA. i---------------------------------
---------- ------- -----------s 1 SO ARE THE YADAVA
I HAVE FOUGHT\ HEROES, KRISHNA AND
AND VANQUISHED ) BALARAMA, THE FORE-
MANY. I AM I MOST OF WARRIORS^^
WITHOUT A RIVALA0^ THE E<ARTH, i| p l
AMONG MEN. J f SURFACE.
 KRISHNA & JARASANDHA

AS HE STOOD OUTSIDE THE GATES OF THE CITY

CHALLENGING THE YAQAVAS

A M ESSENGER RAN U P TO KRISHNA AND THIS /S UNFORTUNATE r

BALARAMA. WHILE WE ARE BUSY
FI0HTINS THE YAVANA,
JARASANDHA IS JARASANDHA WILL KILL
MARCHIN TOWARDS /WHAT
THE CITY. HE SHOULD] OR IMPRISON OUR SHALL. WE
BE HERE IN A PEOPLE . DO? >
ID4V OR TWO.

WE WILL HAVE TO KRISHNA HAP BUT TO THINK ABOUT IT AND THE FORTRESS,
TRANSPORT THEM OP DWARAKA ROSE IN THE WESTERN SEA. |----- i-----------------
TO A SAFE PLACE
BEFORE JAR4SANDH/
v ARRIVES.
 a m o r c h it r a k a th a

USING HIS YOG/C POWER, KRISHNA TRANSPORTED

THE PEOPLE, THE CATTLE AND THE WEALTH
OF MATHURA TO DWARAKA, [--------------------------------

THEN, ALONQ WITH BALARAMA AND A SMALL W HILE BALARAMA AND THE ARMY
ARMY OF YADAVA6 WHO CHOSE TO STAY AND MADE STRAIGHT FOR THE YAVANA
\FI6HT* HE CAME OUT OF THE CITY OATES, UNARMED \ HORDES. .
AND ON FOOT.

. - ASSUMING HIS DIVINE FORM, KRISHNA THIS 13 THE YADAVA, JUST I

WALKED TOWARDS KALAYAVANA. AS NARADA DESCRIBED
HIM. I TOO SHALL DISMOUNT
AND ATTACK HIM,
UNARMED, r -^

# KRISHNA BEING AN INCARNATION O F lOffD VISHNU

KRISHNA & JARASANDHA
. AND BUSHED FORWARD. BUT JUST AS HE W 8
ABOUT TO SEIZE MM *
 chitra katha
AND HE BEGAN WALKING FASTER. ONLY TO GRAB THE EM PTY AIR.
FINDING KRISHNA ALMOST WITHIN HIS
GRASP, HE LURCHED FORWARD *

AFTER WALKING FOR M ILES, THEY CAME TO

THE MOUNTAIN CAVE OF SA6E MUCHUKUMPA.

GROPING /N THE DARK 7*

YAVANA FOLLOWED H^/SHNA.

SHOW
YOURSELF.
0 BRAVE
YAOAVAl.
 KRISHNA & JARASANDHA
GRADUALLY THE YAVANA G O T USED TO MISTAKING THE SLEEPING FIG UR E FOR
THE THE DARK. H E SAW A MAN S LEEP KRISHNA, HE KICKED IT . m.
ING IN A CORNER OF THE CAVE.
COME ON! ~
WAKE UP AND
. FI6HT! J
AH! THERE*
SO W E COWARD IS
ALSO A WEAKLING. HE
LEADS ME THIS
AND THEN BALLS, 1
EXHAUSTED. XW !

THE SLEEPING FIGURE SAT UP AND SLOWLY AS HE LOOKED AROUND FOR THE CULPRIT,
OPENED HI& EYES. HIS 3URN/NG GAZE FELL ON KALMAVANA.
 a m a r 1c h it r a k a th a
BALARAAAA , MEANWHILE WAS STRUGGLING WITH ALAS!THE YAQAVA
THE YAVANA 6 HORDES. HE HAD ALMOST O/VEN RETURNS ALONE.
UP HOPE, WHEN [----- ----------- ~i------------------------ OUR LORD IS A
k DEAD.
AH! KRISHNA!
KRISHNA HAS
.RETURNED! A

TOGETHER THE TWO BROTHERS SOON KILLED THE ENTIRE ARMY.

AS THEY WERE RETURNING TO DWARAkA LOOK! JARASANDHA!

WITH' THE TREASURES OF THE YAVANA3 v WITH MORE MEN ,
THAN
r I VE HADS
ENOUGH OF
FIGHTING, KRISHNA.
LET S FLEE TO
DWARAKA. y
KRISHNA & JARASANDHA
KRISHNA & JARASANDHA
 KRISHNA & JARASANDHA

MEANWHILE , AS THE FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN LATER, INHEN JARASANDHA LEARN T

BLAZED H/6H THAT THEY W ERE NOT DEAD

KAMSA S DEATH
HAS BEEN AVEN6ED!
HIS MURDERER HAS
BEEN BURNT ALIVE!
LET US RETURN SAME, I HAVE WON
A BATTLE AGAINST
THE HATED YADAVA!
I HAVE CHASED
HIS TRIBE OUT OF
 a m a r c h it r a k a th a

MEANW HILE, KRISHNA S COUSINS, 7H PANDAVAS,

HAD JU S T ACQUIRED THE KINGDOM OF IMDRAPRASTHA,
EVERYONE WAS ANXIOUS FOR 'IUDHI6HTHIRA TO
PERFORM THE RAJASUYA SACRIFICE, i------- rm t m
DO NOT DELA/.N S^<TO PERFORM ^
0 KIMS. PERFORM THE RAJASUYA 18 THE
THE SACRIFICE PRIVILEGE OF AN EM
AND BECOME PEROR. AND S0,J-4RA-
LORD OF THE SANDHA WILL HAVE TO
^ EARTH. / BE DEFEATED. LET ME
CONSULT KRISHNA y
ON THIS.

WHEN KRISHNA CAME AND 1UDHISHTHIRA ASKED HIM HIS OPINION

TO PERFORM
THE RAJASUVA
VOU WILL HAVE 70
KfLL JARASANDHA
AND RELEASE THE
KIN6S IMPRISONED
k BY HIM.

SINCE EVEN YOU

WERE /ALARMED BY
HIS MIGHT, HOW CAN
I EVER HOPE TO .
KILL HIM?
 KRISHNA & JARASANDHA

* THE SECOND OF THE FIVE PANDAVAS

THEY REACHED JAR A
SANDHA 36 PALACE AT
THE HOUR WHEN HE
ENTERTAINED
PET/770MS.
 KRISHNA & JARASANDHA

0 BRAHMANS, SEEK
WHATEVER YOU DESIRE.
AM PREPARED ' TO GIVE YOU
EVERYTHING, EVEN
MY HEAD.

THEN RANT ONE bu t how can I,

OF US A SINGLE : KINS OF KINGS,
COMBAT WITH LIFT A WEAPON
V you.
.
asaikjst A
b rah m a n ?^
J

WE ARE NO THIS, a r ju n a ;
BRAHMANS. THIS HIS YOUNGER
IS BHEEMA,SON BROTHER. AND I
.OF KUNTI > AM KRISHNA, THEIR
COUSIN AND YOUR
SWORN ENEMY. >

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JARASANDHA LAUGHED CONTEMPTUOUSLY* ..NOT WITH YOU,
KRISHNA. YOU ARE
' FOOLS J ^ . A COWARD. >.
IF YOU SEEK
COMBAT, I WILL
CERTAINLY FISHT.
BUT A

AS FOR
ARJUNA, HE IS TOO
YOUNS.HE IS NO
MATCH FOR ME.
BHEEMA ALONE 18 MY
v EQUAL. I LL TAKE
HIM ON. ^

JARASANDHA THREW A HU6E MACE TO BHEEMA

 KRISHNA & JARASANDHA

AND TOOK ANOTHER FOR HIMSELF. ONCE /MS/DE THE ARENA,THE TWO WARRIORS
BEGAN THEIR FIGHT.
( COME, LET US >
6 0 OUT OP THE C/TY
\ INTO THE I
V ARENA.
 KRISHNA & JARASANDHA

/7 LAST, ON THE TW ENTY-E/SHTH DAY, AS

BHEEMA )NAS ABOUT TO EN TER THE ARENA
KRISHNA, I REMAIN
UNDEFEATED, BUT
I CANNOT OVERTHROW.
^JARASANDHA IN A A
iW DUEL,

KRISHNA, WHO KNEW THE SECRET OF JARA- WITHOUT SAYING A WORD. KRISHNA
SANDHAS B/RTH, DECIDED THAT /T WAS VME
TO EN D THE B ATTLE.
FOR HAVING ENGAGED
JARASANDHA IN COMBAT
FOR TWENTY-SEVEN
DAYS,BHEEMA WILL
ACHIEVE ENOUGH
FAME . IT' S 77ME I
SHOWED HIM HOW TO
KILL THE
a m a r r h i t r a k a th a
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 a m a r c h it r a k a t h a

THEN PRESSING ONE FOOT O F THE H E TOO/C HOLD O F THE OTHER. . .

EV/L JARASANDHA W/TH ONE O F H/S

AND TEARING THE BODV O F THE

MIGHTY k'/NG IN TWO, FLUNG THE TWO
HALVES AWAY FROM EACH OTHER,

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GREAT WAS THE OUTCRY AMONG THE CITIZENS OF TYOU WILL HAVE TO
GIRIVRAJA WHEN THEY LEARNT THAT JARASANDHA, LIBERATE OUR ALUES 1
THEIR INVINCIBLE KING.HAD FALLEN. KRISHNA AND ACCEPT YUDH/SWTW/RA
WENT TO JARASANDHA S SON. r-------- AS VOUR EMPEROR. IF
YOU DO, WE WILL INSTALL,
LyOU ON YOUR FATHER S ^
THRONE.

AFTER INSTALLING HIM ON THE THRONE, KR/SHNA ,

AND THE TWO PANDAVAS RETURNED TO INDRAFRASTHA.]
YUDHISHTHIRA, JARASANDHA
HAS BEEN KILLED AND THE
IMPRISONED KINGS LIBERATED.
HIS SON ACCEPTS XDUR
SUPREMACY. YOU ARE NOW
KINGS .YOU MAY
PERFORM THERAJASUY4