Eventually people knew that Dwarka was about to be destroyed and a figure came in the night.. the figure was said to be Yama who is the god of the underworld.
Krishna told everybody to perform devotions on the beach with wine to try to ignore and ward the evil off.
There was a woman who arrived and brought spirits who stole jewels from the women and weapons from the men. (omen)
Krishna's chakra (spirit) went to heaven, the end of the Yadavas (group of people) was coming up, and the asparas told people to come to heaven. (omen)
The people feasting on the beach with wine drank heavily and fights broke out. Everybody killed everybody (omen)
Krishna and his brother Balarama went to the jungle where they both died. The world serpent came out of Balarama's mouth and Krishna was shot by a hunter who mistook him for something else.. the arrow pierced his foot which was his weak point and the only place that could kill him. Krishna went to his heaven called Goloka.
Krishna seemed to know his fate so had one sent for Arjuna once he died. Arjuna arrived to find Vasudeva (Krishna's father), his 4 widows, Krishna, and Balarama all dead so he cremated them.
Arjuna then left and headed to Indraprastha and the city of Dwarka was taken by the sea (lost city of atlantis?)
Picture information : Death of Balarama, Krishna's brother
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913). Death of Krishna
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