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Curse by the sages

Untold story: Episode#86

Once, the great sages like Vishwamitra, Durvasa, Vashista and Narada went on pilgrimage and visited Dwarka to meet Vasudev Krishna a d his brother Balarama. Over a period of time, the Yadavas lost their sense of culture and discipline and were inclined to be uncouth and unrefined!

A group of  Yadavas boys decided to play pranks on the sages and test their supernatural powers. They dressed Samba (Son of Vasudev Krishna and Jambavati) as a woman; wound several robes around his belly to make him appear as a pregnant woman. They approached the sages and asked them to predict whether this lady would give birth to boy or a girl. The sages realised through their divine vision that the boys were mocking at them and cursed them saying the disguised boy will give birth to a lump of iron which will lead to the destruction of the entire Yadavas race. The Yadavas boys laughed until Samba's stomach became heavier and eventually Samba happened to deliver a huge block of iron.

The boys then panicked a d narrated the entire incident to King Ugrasena who advised them to grind the lump into fine powder and throw it in the sea. They followed his instructions but they could powder only part of the lump and unable to decide what to do with rest, they threw the ungrounded pieces into Prabhas sea. Thinking that Vasudev Krishna would not have inkling of the happenings, the boys settled down with peaceful minds! But Krishna had so designed the destiny that the powder that has strewn in the sea later grows into iron stalks of bamboo which would be later used for making iron maces. The unwritten history was predicted only by time and Krishna but none other was aware of it.

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