Babruvahana beheads Arjuna and invades Patala (Jaimini)

Variant

In Jaimini the son fights Arjuna with mongooses and a trip to the underworld.

In the Jaimini Ashvamedha version Arjuna kicks Babruvahana at their first meeting; Babruvahana beheads him, the goddess Jvala being behind it. Ulupi's first attempt to fetch the revival jewel fails through court intrigue, so Babruvahana invades the Naga underworld with an army of mongooses and seizes the amrita and the Sanjivani jewel, but Arjuna's head is stolen. Krishna retrieves it and revives Arjuna. In Jaimini Chitrangada is a Gandharva king's daughter and Ulupi raises the boy.

Who: Babruvahana, Arjuna, Ulupi, Chitrangada, Krishna

Bound to

Lakshmisa's Kannada Jaimini Bharata same-story-other-version

Places: Manipur (claimed), Kalinga, Patala

Where this comes from

regional-literary · Wikipedia: Babruvahana (summarising Jaiminiya Ashvamedha, ~12th c.)

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