This section starts with the Sun god descending from the sky in front of Satrajit. This is the story I have chosen to write my notes on because I enjoyed it and might want to recreate it. Satrajit asked for Syamantaka necklace from the Sun god and he indeed received it. This jewel pretty much kept away all bad things from Dwarka. Satrajit became worried the Krishna would end up taking the jewel so he gave it to his brother, Prasena. This gem brought happiness to a good man that possessed it but death to an evil man that possessed it. Prasena was not necessarily the nicest guy. Prasena eventually suffered a horrendous death by a lion. The lion took the jewel and also suffered death.
"Sun God" (Wikimedia Commons)
Bibliography:
"Shri Krishna of Dwarka and Other Stories" by C.A. Kincaid. Link.
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