Samayantaka jewel

The story of Syamantaka appears in the Vishnu Purana and the Bhagavata Purana. The jewel originally belonged to the God of the Sun, Surya, who wore it around his neck. It was said that whichever land possessed this jewel would never encounter any calamities such as droughts, floods, earthquakes or famines, and would always be full of prosperity and plenitude. Wherever the jewel remained, it would produce for the keeper approximately 170 pounds (77 kg) of gold every day.

One day, Satrajita, king of a Yadava province under the Yadav kingdom, and a devotee of Surya Dev, the solar deity, was walking along the sea shore, praying ardently, when the god himself appeared before him.

Seeing the god in an indistinct and fiery shape, Satrajita asked him to appear in a less blinding form, so that he could see him clearly. For this, the sun god took the Syamantaka jewel off his neck, and Satrajita saw his real form while he was also mesmerized by the jewel.

Having offered his adorations, the sun god offered him a boon, and he asked for the jewel.

When Satrajita later returned to Dvaraka with the jewel, people mistook him for the sun god, such was his dazzling glory.

After finding out about the Samayantak jewel's effects and the prosperity it could bring to the Yadav kingdom, Krishna asked him to present the jewel to Ugrasena, the supreme leader of the Yadavas, but Satrajita did not comply.

Satrajita later presented the gem to Prasena, his brother, who was also the ruler of a Yadava province under the Yadav kingdom.

Prasena often wore it around his neck whenever he went out, until once while hunting in the forest while wearing it, he was attacked by a lion, which killed him and fled with the jewel.

But the lion could not get away with it, for shortly afterwards, it was attacked by Jambavant, the king of the bears, also mentioned in Ramayan, who killed it after a fierce fight and took the Samayantak jewel with him as his trophy.

Jambavant was also one of the eight immortals, or the Chiranjivi who has managed to live through the yugas.

Now people were obviously unaware of what happened in the forest and started guessing what might have happened on their own.

Before long, there was a rumour that Krishna also had his eye on the Syamantaka jewel. So when the incident of Prasena's mysterious disappearance became public, the people accused Krishna of murder and theft.

In order to prove his innocence, Krishna had no choice as he sought to find out the true culprit and recover the jewel.

As he followed on the trail of the deceased Prasena, he came to the spot where the corpses of Prasena and his horse still lay, along with pieces of teeth and nails of a lion.

From there he followed the footsteps of the lion, which led him to the spot of the second fight, where the corpse of the lion was lying.

From there, he followed the tracks of a bear, which finally led him to the entrance of Jambavant's cave, where the latter's children were playing with the priceless Samayantak jewel.

Thereafter, he engaged in a furious, protracted combat with Jambavant for 28 days, and Jambavant gradually grew tired.

As he was the strongest living entity at that time, someone who has managed to survive the Satyug, he wondered who could be his opponent that managed to almost defeat him.

It was then that Jambavant realised that he had been sparring with none other than Rama himself. (Since both Rama and Krishna were Lord Vishnu's avatar.)

Jambavant, who was hot-headed, but pious by nature, returned the jewel to Krishna on his own accord and also granted him the hand of his daughter in marriage, called Jambavati.

Meanwhile, Krishna's companions, having waited twelve days for Krishna to come out of the cave, returned to Dwaraka, despondent.

All of Krishna's friends and family members became extremely sorrowful and began regularly worshipping Goddess Lakshmi to assure his safe return.

But while they performed this worship, Krishna finally returned back to Dwaraka and entered the city in the company of his new wife.

He summoned Satrajita to the royal assembly, and, after recounting to him the entire story of the Syamantaka jewel's recovery, returned it to him.

Satrajita accepted the jewel, but with great shame and remorse. He went back to his home, and there he decided to offer Krishna not only the jewel, but also his daughter, Satyabhama, so as to atone for the offense he had committed by doubting him.

Krishna accepted the hand of Satrajita's daughter, Satyabhama, who was endowed with all divine qualities. But he refused to accept the jewel, returning it back to King Satrajita.

A few months later, Krishna and Balarama were off to Hastinapura after finding out that the Pandavas had been burnt to their deaths in a fire accident in Varnavrat.

Kritavarma, Akrura, and Shatadhanva, three Yadav generals who had wished to wed Satyabhama themselves, conspired to make use of Krishna's absence from Dwaraka as an opportunity to steal the gem as revenge.

Shatadhanva, one night, entered the house of Satrajita and killed him in his sleep, taking off with the jewel.

And if Aryan was not wrong then this is the exact situation he is facing right now.

To be honest, Aryan had no interest in this Samayantak jewel. But he was very interested in the guy named Shatadhanva.

As for the reason, of course it's for the sin of greed.

Over time, Aryan has come to understand that if he knowingly commits a sin with the intention of getting the ability then it won't be recognized by the system at all.

That's why it didn't work out even after he conquered a couple of kingdoms and stole their treasury.

The only reason his sin of sloth and sin of lust were recognized by the system was because he did it unintentionally.

After realizing this fact, Aryan finally realized that what he was thinking was a big or loophole was not one at all. That's why he had given up on that option has been looking for sinners by killing whom he can get the abilities of the remaining three sins.

Unfortunately he has had no success till now but after hearing about the incident of the Samayantak jewel's theft, Aryan had a feeling that it might be the opportunity that he was looking for.

Aryan understood the significance of this moment. It could be the opportunity to confront Shatadhanva and potentially acquire the ability associated with the sin of greed.

With this in mind, he decided to aid Krishna and Balarama in this matter.

"Uhh, although I know that it's your personal matter and I as an outsider should probably not get involved but still I would like to help you guys. "

Aryan said hesitantly.

But almost instantly, Balram who was already in a bad mood raised his hand to reject his offer.

"There is no need for that Udra naresh. Like you said, this is our Yadav's internal matter and it's best if it is handled by ourselves. "

"On the contrary Dau, I think we should let Udra naresh help us out. After all, the more people there are, the greater are the chances of finding Shatadhanva. "

Krishna suggested with a smile while taking a deep look at Aryan, trying to figure out his intentions.