Theft and recovery Syamantaka

satrajit , prasena symantaka mani

satrajit later presented prasen, brother, ruler of yadava province. prasen wore often, until once while hunting in forest while wearing it, attacked lion, killed him , fled jewel. couldn t away it, shortly after, attacked jambavant, described king of bears or gorillas according different scriptures, killed after fierce fight , took off bounty. jambavant loyal rama, , considered 1 of 7 immortals or chiranjeevi.

now there rumour lord krishna had eye on syamantaka jewel , when incident of prasen s mysterious disappearance became public, people accused krishna of murder , theft. in order prove innocence, krishna sought find out true culprit , recover jewel. followed on trail of deceased prasen, came spot corpses of prasen , horse still lay, along pieces of teeth , nails of lion. there followed footsteps of lion, led him spot of second struggle, corpse of lion lying. there, followed tracks of bear, led him entrance of jambavan s cave, latter s children playing priceless jewel. thereafter, engaged in furious, protracted combat jambavan 28 days, , jambavan gradually grew tired. strongest living entity @ time, wondered weakening him. jambavan realized had been sparring none other sri rama himself. jambavan, hot-headed pious nature, returned jewel krishna, later married jambavati, jambavan s daughter.