Scene 1 An apparition or phantom appears before Jarasandha, father-in-law of Kamsa, and tells him that both share the same asuric (demon-like) nature, Jarasandha, by nature, and he, by birth. Then the phantom narrates the past incidents. He says that he was Tirumilan, Kamsa's real father . Ugrasena was Kamsa's father only to the external world. Once Tirumilan had assumed the form of Ugrasena and dallied with Ugrasena's wife's Aryanari (Padmavathi in most texts). When Aryanari realizes the truth, she curses Tirumilan that a son born of Yadava will kill the asura race. Krishna has now taken birth with a vow to kill the asuras. And Jarasandha has taken a vow to kill Krishna. Therefore it was his duty to help Jarasandha in killing Krishna. Jarasandha scornfully tells Tirumilan that he could kill Krishna single-handedly without anybody's help and gratify his widowed daughters. Thirumilan says Krishna was not a mere cowherd; even as an infant he had killed Putana and
Sun TV Mahabharatham Translated Into English