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This story is from Mahaabhaarat. Raajaa Brihadrath was the king of Chedi Desh. His capital was Raajgeer. Brihadrath was married to two princesses of Kaashee kingdom and he promised to love them equally. He got old but he didn't have any child. One day he heard that the descendent of Gautam Rishi, Chand Kaushik had come in his kingdom. So he went there to greet him. He requested to him - "Mahaaraaj, I have no child yet, please give me a child." Chand Kaushik got pity on him, picked up a mango fruit from the tree and gave it to Raajaa to feed his queen. Brihadrath came back with the mango fruit. Since Raajaa loved his both queens equally, so he divided the mango in halves and gave one half to each of his wives. His both wives got pregnant.

When the time came, his both queen gave birth to a half child [as they ate half fruit]. Thus Jaraasandh was born in two pieces. His mothers got frightened seeing those half child pieces and they threw their halves outside the palace. There those pieces were picked up by a Raakshasee named Jaraa who was wandering in search for food. As she picked them up for eating purpose, she just started playing with those pieces and by chance both pieces got joined and came to life. She got very surprised to see this. Her heart filled with love and she brought the child home and brought him up affectionately as her own child and that is how he got his name Jaraasandh (Jaraa = Raakshasee's name, Sandh = joining, means who was joined by Jaraa). Jaraasandh was the King of Magadh Desh. He was a very mighty King. Krishn told Yudhishthir since he was not one but two that was why even Yam Raaj could not harm him.

In this story also a fruit was obtained to get a child.