[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.2706 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2706 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2706 - **Language:** English ### [c7.2706](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2706) (4) The Jarāsandha war. Asti and Prāpti, wives of Kaṁsa complained about the killing of their husband by Kṛṣṇa to their father Jarāsandha, King of Magadha. Jarāsandha, aided by such famous Kings as Śālva, Kaliṅga, Cedirāja, Dantavaktra and Śiśupāla besieged Mathurāpurī with a big army. Yādava leaders like Kṛṣṇa, Balabhadra, Uddhava, Akrūra and Kṛtavarman met the enemies in battle in which many kings got killed. Balabhadra met Jarāsandha in duel, but let him off on the request of Garuḍa. But, Jarāsandha, supported by Bāṇāsura and others besieged Mathurāpurī again and again. When Balabhadra attempted to kill Jarāsandha, a celestial voice declared that it was not possible for the former to kill Jarāsandha, and the war, therefore, ended for the time being. - [Previous: c7.2705](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2705) - [Next: c7.2707](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2707) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2706](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2706) · Pramāṇa