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Jaambvaan was a bear who along with his army, helped Raam while He invaded Raavan. He was a good counselor.

In Krishn's time, a celebrated gem called "Syamantak" was given to Satrajit by Soorya Dev. This gem had a characteristic that it protected the wearer when he was and ruin the wearer when he was wicked. Fearing from Krishn, that He would take it from him, he gave that gem to his brother Prasen. Prasen was not a good person so a lion killed him and took the gem from him. Jaambvaan killed that lion and took the gem out of his mouth.

When Prasen was killed by the lion, nobody knew about his killing so he was considered disappeared. Krishn was suspected that He might have killed him for the sake of the gem. To clear this blame Krishn traced the footsteps of Prasen and found out that Prasen was killed by a lion; and the lion was killed by a bear - Jaambvaan. Krishn came up to that cave where that bear lived with his daughter Jaambvatee.

A fight took place between Krishn and Jaambvaan. After waiting for about a week, Krishn's people went back to their homes and performed His last rites. On the 21st day of the fight, Jaambvaan surrendered to Krishn, handed over the gem, and married his daughter to Krishn.

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