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Mahabharata Episode 16: The Death of Sishupala

The Stories of Mahabharata

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Shishupala's Inflammatory Words Stirred Up the Dissident Kings

Shishupala was born with three eyes, four arms and braids like a donkey. His parents were scared and thought of abandoning him but then a voice from the oven said, O King, rear up the child for his time of death is yet to come. The man on whose lap Shishupala would lose his two extra arms and his third eye would be his killer. But nothing happened. Then one day, Krishna and Balarama came to visit their aunt, the Queen of Chetty. And right then, Shishupla's two extra arms dropped off and his thirdEye vanished from his forehead.

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