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standing nearby saw that the body of Jarasandha was now divided into
two halves, so that each half had one leg, one thigh, one testicle, one
breast, half a backbone, half a chest, one collarbone, one arm, one eye,
one ear, and half a face.

As soon as the news of Jarasandha’s death was announced, all the
citizens of Magadha began to cry, ‘‘Alas, alas,” while Lord Krsna and
Arjuna embraced Bhimasena to congratulate him. Although Jarasandha
was killed, neither Krsna nor the two Pandava brothers made a claim to
the throne. Their purpose in killing Jarasandha was to stop him from
creating a disturbance against the proper discharge of world peace. A
demon always creates disturbances, whereas a demigod always tries to
keep peace in the world. The mission of Lord Krsna is to give protection
to the righteous persons and to kill the demons who disturb a peaceful
situation. Therefore Lord Krsna immediately called for the son of Jara-
sandha, whose name was Sahadeva, and with due ritualistic ceremonies
He asked him to occupy the seat of his father and reign over the kingdom
peacefully. Lord Krsna is the master of the whole cosmic creation, and
He wants everyone to live peacefully and execute Krsna consciousness.
After installing Sahadeva on the throne, He released all the kings and
princes who had been imprisoned unnecessarily by Jarasandha.

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Volume, Seven-
teenth Chapter, of Krsna, “Liberation of King Jaradsandha.”
