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Krṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
cave and took away the jewel. Jāmbavān had been a great devotee of the Lord since the time of Lord Rāmacandra, so he did not take the valuable jewel as something he very much needed. He gave it to his young son to play with as a toy.
In the city, when Satrājit's younger brother Prasena did not return from the forest with the jewel, Satrājit became very upset. He did not know that his brother had been killed by a lion and that the lion had been killed by Jāmbavān. He was thinking instead that because Krṣṇa wanted that jewel and it had not been delivered to Him, Krṣṇa might have therefore taken the jewel away from Prasena by force and killed him. This idea grew into a rumor which was being spread by Satrājit in every part of Dvārakā.
The false rumor that Krṣṇa had killed Prasena and had taken away the jewel was spread everywhere like wildfire. Krṣṇa did not like to be defamed in that way, and therefore He decided that He would go to the forest and find the Syamantaka jewel, taking with Him some of the inhabitants of Dvārakā. Along with important men of Dvārakā, Krṣṇa went to search out Prasena, the brother of Satrājit, and He found him dead, killed by the lion. At the same time, Krṣṇa also found the lion which had been killed by Jāmbavān, who is generally called by the name Rkṣa. It was found that the lion had been killed by the hand of Rkṣa without the assistance of any weapon. Krṣṇa and the citizens of Dvārakā then found in the forest a great tunnel, said to be the path to Rkṣa's house. Krṣṇa knew that the inhabitants of Dvārakā would be afraid to enter the tunnel; therefore He asked them to remain outside, and He Himself entered the dark tunnel alone to find Rkṣa, Jāmbavān. After entering the tunnel, Krṣṇa saw that the very valuable jewel known as Syamantaka had been given to the son of Rkṣa as a toy, and in order to take the jewel from the child, He went there and stood before him. When the nurse who was taking care of Rkṣa's child saw Krṣṇa standing before her, she was afraid, thinking the valuable Syamantaka jewel might be taken away by Him. She began to cry loudly out of fear.
Hearing the nurse crying, Jāmbavān appeared on the scene in a very angry mood. Jāmbavān was actually a great devotee of Lord Krṣṇa, but because he was in an angry mood he could not recognize his master; he thought Him to be an ordinary man. This brings to mind the statement of the  Bhagavad-gītā  in which the Lord advises Arjuna to get free from anger, greed and lust in order to rise up to the spiritual platform. Lust, anger and greed run parallel in the heart and check one's progress on the spiritual path.
Not recognizing his master, Jāmbavān first challenged Him to fight. There was then a great fight between Krṣṇa and Jāmbavān in which they