Arjuna conducts last rites to Sri Krishna

Arjuna went in search of Sri Krishna,along with Daarakudu. There he saw Sri Krishna ,lying under a tree,dead.He fainted seeing him dead.His assistants revived him by giving water and attending to him.They asked him if they had to take Sri krishnas body to Dwaaraka or bring the people from Dwaaraka to this area.But on calculation,Arjuna arrived as to the correct time when sea was going to immerse Dwaaraka. It was just the next day. They did have time neither to take the dead body to Dwaaraka nor bring the people of Dwaaraka to this place.It was almost evening by then. So,Arjuna decided to perform cremation and do last rites there itself.He decided not to tell fact to PEOPLE OF dWAARKA because their evacuation to safer place would be delayed.They searched for Balarama and found his dead body also.They cremated his body also and performed last rites. Arjuna ,then,went to Dwaaraka. He collected sixteen thousand wives,eight queens of Sri KRISHNA, REMAINING PEOPLE OF yADU,vRUSHTI,bHOJA AND Andhaka ,their chariots,elephants,horses,nad theri treasures and started for Indraparsdha.As soon as they came out of Dwaaraka,sun was just rising in the east. Immediately they saw sea engulfing entire Dwaaraka into its womb.Arjuna took those people to a place called Panchavatam. There they stayed that day.

Arjuna reaches Dwaaraka

Arjuna observed that Dwaaraka lost its charm since Sri Krishnas niryaana. He went to the kings palace along with daarakudu.Sixteen thousand wives of Sri Krishna came and wept,seeing Arjuna. Arjuna ,too,lost his composure and broke down.Even eight queens of Sri Krishna,starting from Rukmini and Sathya bhama ,too wept,lying on the ground.Arjuna regained himself and consoled all of them. He went to meet Vasudeva.As soon as he saw Arjuna,Vasudeva also broke down and wept.He hugged Arjuna and cried for a long time. Vasudeva told Arjuna like this. Arjuna!my people were valiant enough not only to win over men ,but also deities.But,unnecessarily,they fought amongst themselves and lost their lives.Saathyaki,Pradyumna,and Kruthavarma started this fight.Sri Krishna gave life to Pareekshiththu ,but now he kept quiet. He was impassionate.He felt that the death of yaadavas was inevitable. Vasudeva told that that from the bits of Musalam,wooden bits,entire yaadava dynasty came to an end.It was caused due to the curse of sages.Sri Krishna,alone ,saved the women and elephants and brought them to Dwaaraka. Arjuna asked him where did Sri Krishna had gone.To This Vasudeva replied that Sri Krishna consoled him. Andhaka,Vrushti dynasties have collapsed.I sent people to bring Arjuna. He would be coming here soon. There is no difference between myself and Arjuna. He would drfinitely help you.Please save your kith and kin and elephants with his help.In few days,sea is going to engulf this entire Dwaaraka.Before yaadavas fight among themselves,Balaranma went for penance. So,please give me permission to go for penance.You do as Arjuna tells you to do.Conduct last rites to the deceased Yaadavaas.So,Arjuna!save these yaadava women.Arjuna told him that he would take them to Indraprasdha.He directed the ministers to make arrangements for their travel .He asked Daarakudu that they should go and find Sri Krishna. Arjuna directed the ministers to call all the civilians.He told them that on the seventh day from that day,Dwaaraka is going to be immersed in the sea.Vajrudu is going to become the king of Vindra prasdham.You can be happy under his rule as before. So,be ready for the travel to Indraprasdha along with your family members.Aged people,children and women should be given top priority while shifting.Do not repent for what has already happened. Sri Krishnas grand son,Vajra devudu is there to rule you. Arjuna stayed that night in the Krishnas palace.That night,Vasudeva ,adopting yoganishta, left his body and went to heaven.Wives of VaSUdeva were ready to go for Sathi. Arjuna conducted the last rites of Vasudeva in a grand manner and his wives,Devaki,Rohini,Bhadra and Madira had gone for Sathi sahagamanam.

Niryaana of Sri Krishna and Balaraama

Sri Krishna was thinking that Gaandhaaris curse has been fullfilled. No one remained except himself and BALARAAMA.Sri Krishna ,with the help of Daarukudu and Babhrudu,went in search of Balarama.He saw Balarama under atree.Sri Krishna told Daarukudu to go to hasthinapura and tell PAndavas about the destruction of Yaadava dynasty and bring Arjuna fast.Sri Krishna told Balarama to stay there itself .He would go and see that all the women reach Dwaraka safely and come back to him.Sri Krishna turned towards Vasudevudu,the king and told him like this.Hey father!you have seen the destruction and elimination of entire Kourava dynasty. Now,you are seeing the collapse of yadava dynasty. Myself and BALARAMA HAVE DECIDED TO DO PENANCE. sO,YOU RULE THE COUNTRY AND LOOK AFTER THE CIVILIANS.Arjuna is going to come here in one or two days. He would help you and do things according to your bidding.Saying so,Sri Krishna saluted his father in due respect.Vasudevudu fainted hearing this news.Evry one was weeping these words of Sri Krishna.Sri Krishna pacified his father that Arjuna was about to come there very soon and took permission from him to return to Balarama. He told Balarama that he has taken his fathers permission and returned. From BAlaramas face,a great snake had come out and went along the sky and reached sea. Varuna, Vaasuki and Thakshakudu came along with great many snakes and welcomed this snake.Ananthudu accepted the aura of Balarama in him. As soon as Blarama left this world,Sri Krishna was quite confirmed that all his duties were complete on this earth.He came to the conclusion that time has neared for his departure from this earth.so,He concentrated all his senses and lied down on the ground in yoga nishta.Demon named Jara entered a forest man and made himfeel that Sri Krishna lying behind trees was a deer. the archer released his arrow pointing to the feet of Sri Krishna.Tip of the arrow was made of Musalamu.The archer came to take the deer but saw Sri KRISHNA lying down . He wept for his deed. but Sri Krishna consoled him and left this world. Sri Krishna went to swargam. Celestial rishis,siddhas,Rudras,vasuvus,maruththulu,came to welcome himand praised him.Brahma came and saluted at his feet and cahnted vedas.Daarakudu reached Hasthinapura and told pandavas what all happened at Dwaraka.He explained the curse of sages, destruction of yaadava dynasty, demise of Balarama and Sri Krishna.He told that Sri Krishna had sent him to bring Arjuna to help Vasudeva. Pandavas wept for these bad developments. Taking Dharmarajus permission,Arjuna accompanied Daarakudu to Dwaraka.

Yaadavaas kill one aanother

Sri Krishna was observing all these incidents.He undrestood that the curse of sages and that of Gaandhaari was about to materialise.Thirty six years were completed from the day Gaandhaari cursed him. Thirty seventh year has set in. If death was inevitable,he wanted to die in a pious and religious place.He was sure that Yaadava dynasty was going to rooted out.Festival had to be conducted near sea shore.So ,he told every one that they had to go the sea shore with religious bent of mind and pray there. That night,every one dreamed that grotesque dark skinned woman had entered their houses by force and dragged their women clutching at their hair.Demons had also entered and took away their weapons and money.Next day they all saw that the wheel given by Agni went into the sky from Dwaaraka.Similarly Sri KLrishnas Garuda dhvajam,Balaramas Thaala dhvajam,nad chariot having Horses named Saibya,Sugreeva,Valaahaka,and Megha pashpa also went along the path of the sky. Yaadavas were not affected by these bad omens.They alighted horses,elephants,chariots and started for the sea shore.Sri Krishna had no chariot of his. So,he alighted another chariot and went without any interest.Balarama clad himself normally and walked along with his friends.Udhdhavudu,minister of Sri Krishna told that he was going to do penance.Balarama also told that he too wanted to do penance. Sri Krishna saluted both of them and started on his journey.Balarama sent Uddhava in one direction and he went in another direction.Sri Krishna sat under a tree with disinterest.Yaadava women prayed Brahmins and the food which they should give to Brahmins was distributed to monkeys.TRhey drank fully and started behaving without any restrictions and inhibitions. Saathyaki killed Kruthavarma with the asthra which was made of the tip of Musalam.He killed Naagaka and Bhoja dynasty warriors also.Sri Krishna wanted to ward off Saathyaki from killing the warriors but in the mean time,Andhaka warriors surrounded Saathyaki.Because Sri Krishna knew every thing, he kept quiet and was silent. Pradyumna,son of Sri Krishna went to help Saathyaki.Before Sri Krishnas eyes only, Bhoja,Andha warriors killed among themselves.They quarreled and fought with each other with neither nor reason. Sri Krishna lost his composure and killed those warriors with Musalam bits,which became stout sticks.Like this,Yaadava,Vrushna,bHOJA AND aNDHAKA WARRIORS DIED OF mUSALAM ,AS PER THE CURSE OF SAGES.

Mousala parvamu...curse of sages

Vaisampaayana maharshi was telling the story Bharatham to Janamejaya king.Dharmaraju ruled the country for thirty five years after Kurukshethra war.After that he saw bad omens.He received information that all yaadavas fought among themselves and got killed except for Sree Krishna and BALARAM.He told this information to his brothers.Vaisampaayana maharshi explained this to Janamejaya king. One day,Kanva maharshi,Naarada and Viswamithra had gone to Dwaraka to visit Sree Krishna.Sons of Yaadavas dressed Saambudu like a pregnant woman and took him to these sages. They saluted them and asked which child,whether girl or boy was going to be borne to that woman.Sambudu was son of Sri Krishna.Sages understood that they were making fun of sages. They got angry and cursed like this.that man was going to give birth to musalam which is going to be detrimental to the entire yaadava dynasty.Our words are not a joke! except Sri Krishna and Balaram,entire yaadava dynasty is going to bedestroyed by the musalam.Musalam is a stout stick.It is also called as rokali.Balarama is going to immerse himself in the ocean and leave his body.While Sree Krishna would lie down, a demon named Jara ,would slowly engulf him.Sages thought it would not be right to meet Sri Krishna and so returned back to their abodes without meeting Sri Krishna.Sri Krishna came to know about this affair later. Sri Krishna knew what all was going to happen in future but he was not interested in reverting back .He told his people that it was Gods act and they should not think it was the fault of his fellow men.Next Day, Sambudu gave birth to Musalamu.Vasudevudu was aghast to know this. He powdered Musalamu and sprinkled it in to the sea.They could not understand that no one can alleviate sages curse.Yaadavaas were afraid of Gaandhaaris curse also.So many bad omens appeared in Dwaraka. All the yaadavas and Brahmins were troubled for no known reason.

Dhrutharashtra and others die in the forest fire

Dhrutharashtra told Dharma raju that he wanted continue with his penance and requested Dharmaraju to return to Hasthinapura and rule the country.Dharmaraju could not deny the wish of his father.Dhrutharashtra hugged Dharmaraju and blessed him. He MADE Bheema happy with his talk.Dhrutharashtra praised Arjuna and hugged him and hugged him. He blessed Nakula and Sahadeva.Pandavas saluted the elders and took their blessings.Gaandhaari also blessed them.Droupadi and others saluted the elders and took their blessings. All of them returned to Hasthinapura.As usual, they ruled the country effectively. One day, Narada came to visit them.Dharmaraju asked him what all the places he went and news from those places.Narada started telling them about Dhrutharashtra. Dharmaraja!you went there and stayed for few days with Dhrutharashtra and others.One day, when they went to bathe in river Ganga and returned,fire of the forest engulfed them.Because Dhrutharashtra and others were observing fasting and doing penance,they were weak and could not run away from those intense fires.Dhrutharashtra advised Sanjaya to save himself from the fire. Sanjaya was bent on saving all of them,but Dhrutharashtra convinced him that he could not save everyone and made him agree to save himself.Gandhari,Kunthi and Dhrutharashtra sat facing East and went into penance.Dhrutha arshtyra adopted Yoga . Sanjaya went to Himalayas and saved himself of the forest fire.The intense fire engulfed all the three of them and Narada saw their dead bodies. Hearing this news,Dharmaraju hugged his brothers and wept for a long time. Even civilians wept learning about the news of Death of Dhrutharashtra ,Gaandhaari and Droupadi.We are all here and our father had to die like a common man in the fire and our mother Gaandhaari followed her husband. Even Droupadi met similar death like a destitute.Narada consoled him. Dhrutharashtra died in the fire which came out from his Aathma ie soul. Kunthee devi served her sister and brother in law as if they were her father in law and mother in law.They are all good souls. You ahve to perform last rites to them.Dharmaraju went to the banks of Ganga along with his brothers and wives and performed last rites to Dhrutharashtra and others in a pompous way.He gave heavy donations to Brahmins.Narada stayed with Dharma raju for all the twelve days and performed the procedures correctly. After that Dharma raju ruled his country impartially.

Vyaasa maharshi shows all the deceased warriors to Dhrutharashtra and others

Dhrutharashtra replied Vyaasa maharshi that it was not difficult for them to adjust to the life in the woods.Dharmaraju was looking after him and Gaandhaari very nicely. Dhrutharashtra was having affection for Dharmaraju and his brothers.Kunthee devi was looking after their welfare in the woods in a satisfying manner.They could achieve knowledge and calm and composed mind with Vyaasas blessings.Droupadi saluted the great sage and he blessed her. Vyaasa asked Dhrutharashtra that he would fulfill their desires if at all they had any with his power of penance. Dhrutharashtra told Vyaasa that his son,Duryodhana was cruel and was the root cause of the entire destruction of Kourava dynasty. He wanted Vyaasa to tell and explain what happened to all of them after their death in the war. Gaandhaari ,then,told Vyaasa that since their death in the war,Dhrutharashtras one and only desire was too see all his children in flesh and blood. So,hey great sage1if youcan show them ,in whatever place they might be,we would all be happy.Vyaasa maharshi accepted to show all of them to these people. He went to the banks of Ganga and took all of them along with him.All the sages also accompanied them .Civillians ,who accompanied Dharmaraju and his family to Dhrutharashtra,also went along with them.Next day morning, Vyaasa promised to show all the dead warriors to them. That whole night,no one could sleep properly. Next day morning, he went into the Ganga waters and called every one to come there. As soon as he called them,from the river Duryodhana and all his brothers,their sons, Abhimanyuand other grand sons of Pandu raju, KARNA,Bahlikudu,other kourava warriors,Virata and Drupada kings,Sakuni and his sons,theirrelations, Bheeshma and Drona ...all came one by one. They were all clad in celestial clothes, their bodies were glowing and with aura,.They all came with their families. Vyaasa gave sepcial sight to Dhrutharashtra to see his children and relatives.Gaandhaari also removed the cloth ,she usually ties across her eyes to see her children.All those deceased warriors ,who were coming from the river Ganga,were happy and talking with each other. There was no enmity among themselves.They were not proud. They were clean minded. They spent that entire day happily with their grand parents,teachers,mothers,grand mothers,fathers,brothers,brothers in law,and sons in law.Next day ,they started to go in to the river.Then ,Vyaasa maharshi told that who ever wanted to do sathi sahagamana with their husbands could do so.widows of the deceased warriors took permission from Dhrutharashtra and Gaandhaari and did sahagamana by going into the river with their husbands.They all went to devalokam. Vyaasa then advised Dhrutharashtra like this.Dhrutharashtra!you have seen your dead sons and their families and their children.So,do not pine for them from now on wards. You advise Dharma raju to return back to HASTHINAPURA AND RULE THE COUNTRY. DHARAMA RAJU TOOK PERMISSION FROM THEM AND WENT TO Hasthinapura along with his brothers.