Chandakoushika

Yudhishthira asks how Jarasandha became so formidable that even Krishna has not destroyed him. Krishna recounts the king’s origin: born as two separate half-bodies from two queens, discarded, and then fused into one powerful, whole child by a rakshasi (demoness) named Jara.

The great ascetic Chandakoushika returns to Magadha, and King Brihadratha offers him everything — even his son and kingdom. The rishi, seeing the future, delivers a chilling prophecy: the infant Jarasandha will become an unconquerable force, a king before whom all others will fall.