Muchukunda
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Muchukunda was a great sage who kills Kalayavana, the great Yavana warrior king in the Indian epic Mahābhārata.
Kalayavan was a great Yavana warrior king in the Indian epic Mahābhārata. He is undefeated and unmatched in battle due to a boon, but he is also merciless and cruel.
He learns that Krishna is the only person who can defeat him in battle and accepting this challenge sets out to invade Krishna's kingdom. When the two armies face each other in battle Krishna dismounts from his chariot and starts to walk away,followed by Kalayavan. After a long time Krishna, followed by Kalayavan enters a dark cave. This cave is inhabited by a sage Muchukunda who has been medidating there was generations.
The person, on whom the gaze of the sage falls is doomed to instantaneous death. Kalayavan in a fit of anger and unable to see in the dark attacks the Muchukunda mistaking him to be Krishna. The sage opens his eyes and his gaze falls on Kalayavan who is immedaitely burnt to death.
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