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KRISHNA-THE DARLING OF GOKUL PRREEJ(SIfJr. THE SON OF "BlfIMANYU. · WAS i.lSTENI f/6 Wlffl RAPT RTTENTION TO THE $TORY OF illS FOItEFIfTHEI{S NlllllfII7ED BY SHUKAPEV.4 .

HAVE TOLl' ME ABOUT THE KINGS OF SOLAR ANP L.UNAR . NOW TELL ME , IN • THE SToR"t OF LORD WHO SAVeD ME

LISTEN, o PAREEKSHIT, THE STORY OF KRISHNA IS SUOi THAT J

THE NARRATOR AND THE ARE ALL BY IT.

THE MAHABHARATA

wAR . LONG. lONG IIGO, IN TifE tMY5 OF

THERE WIIS II K ING NAMED OF TIlE YIIPIIVR RRCE. WHORl/LED OV£/( THE KIN(jlJ{)M OF M A THlJRIi . VASUIJEVR HIS SON.

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NEWLY WEDS WERE ABOUT TO IN THEI R CHAifIOT. WHEN •• •

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"'"_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _-;1 HE BHA GA WAT Pt.'RANA

" ... RNP INSISTEP ON P!?IVINti THE ChARIOT HIMSELF.

FOLLOW/Nt; THeM. AT A liTTLE PIS7IINCE I WERE FOUR Ht.JNPREO CAPII/?lSONED ELEPHANT6.r:f~TEEN THOUSRNO HORSES , NUMEROUS C/fIU~/Ors CRRRYING THE GIFTS SE5TOWE"P ON THE BR/Pill PAIR BY PEVAKJ' FOND FATHER . TJ1,.t) HUNPRED BEfiUTIFtlLL't BE"DECKEO

MRIDS WERE IILSO IN THE RE TINUE .

6UOPE/'ILY , EVEN AS THE NOTES OF !IAN6 OlIT FROM THE IfERVENS .

MUSIC REACHEP A CRESCENDO, A VOICE

BEWARE, 'IOU FOOl.~ THE EIGHTH- BORN Of THIS VERY WOMAN WilL SL.AY 'YOU I,

THE CRUEL KIUtI/SA , IlSL!lZE WITH i9NtiE/? AND Fllltmr; PREW HIS swaNP.

I WILL KILL MER RIGHT AWAV !

IT DOES NOT

STOP KAMSA! 'fOU

BECOME YOU TO KILL PEVAf
ARE THE GL.ORy OF '10UR RACE . MIGHTY WARRIORS REL.ATE

YOUR OWN COUSIN AND THAT TOO ON HER WEDDING DAY.

STORIES of YOUR

VALOUR .

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AFlER All, whOEVER 15 BORN IS DES TINED TO DIE ONE DAY SPARE YOUR INNOCENT LITTLE COUSI N.

VRSUDEVA TRl ef) HI5 BEST TO P IS5lJ"IPE KIIMSIi WJ71f PRAISE ANP RellSON/Ny, BUT I N VI~/N_

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I MUST SAVE POOR DEVAI
KIIM511 KNEW HE COlIlP TRUS T

WORPS. I BELIEVE

SPARE DeVAICI:5 I BUT BE SURE 'YOUR PROMISE

lIN/> DEVRKl

' RLOUP HE $RIP YOU HAVE NO REA50t-J TO FEAR THIS DAMSEL. ACCORD· ING 10 THE CELESTIAl. VOICE. , IT IS HER SONS WHO POSE A TH REAT TO YOU . I PROMISE I WILL BRING EVER'Y CHilD TO YOU AS SOON AS IT IS BORN .

NETURN~P NOME. """",,.~ BY /WPONE KAMSA . HERE 15 M'V I(IRTIMAN AS I ED, I HAVE: BROU6HT HIM lO 'YOU.

OH! TAKE THIS LITTLE ONE AWAY. IT IS YOUR EIGHTH CHIl.D WH O 15

SUPPOSED TO

ME .

AS 'YOU SAY

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VIfSUDEIIA WAS NOT FUllY CONI/IHUD WHATEVER HE MA'V SA'!. I CANNOT Tllu~r I(IIMSA HE MA'V CH ANuE HIS MIND ANY liME .

KAM SA . TAt(E CARE . DEVAKI , VASUDEVA , NANDA,IN FACT, ALL THE INHABITANTS OF BRAJA ARE INCAIlNArrONS OF THE DEVAS . THEY HAVE

PESCENPEP TO .~:~;E;~" IT OF CRUEL 4

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I HAD BE WA~Y OF THE SONS Of OE.VAKI.

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_ __ __ ,T,HE 8H ...G .... W ... T PURAN;; A..._ .....,..".._ _ _

CAPTURE VASUDEVA AND DEVAKI. THROW THEM INTO PRISON, TI~HTL'f BOU ND IN IRON CHAINS.

kllMSII NOW SEGIIN ro REVEll' HINl5ELF IN H/.S TRUE COUHJRS HE pur HIS F"TN~ "~RItSEH" IN PIt/SON, ANO TrJOI( OVE'" THE kINGPOM . IIM ONG H IS FRI ENPS WERE THE WI CNEf) A$UlfII6 -

C/fIlNt/IM ,,:.:":::P::...._{

PROV. p TO 8E II .!ITIiON6 5UT CIlUEL .
IMP THE SUPPORT OF "ARASRNDHR~ THE EMPEROR WHO RUL.O FROM MAGRPHII . BEel/lISE OF 1119 OPPRESSIVE RUJ..E. HIS 51.18..JEcrS IJE6IIN TO nEE THE KI N600M TO 'AKE .!JHELTER IN 07NER PARTS 0, THE COUNTRY

TRINIfVARTA

W/IEN HE~ SEVENTH CNU O /NilS PU6, PEt/liNt 's kliPP/ NESS WIIS AIIIII N CLOUDE/) OVIIR II'f IIPf1IlEHEN.' ON$

OH! HOW CRUEL IS THE THAT AWAITS OUR (HILl' KAM5A WIL.L

SURELY KilL IT BIRTH

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K H I~H NA . T HE

DA RLIN G Of GOKUL

ALTHOUGH SHE WAS NOT AWARE OF IT, DEVAKI ' 5 SEVENTH CHILD WAS NONE OTHER THAN SHESHA , ON WH OM LORD VISHNU RECLINES . LORD VI~NU INSTRUCTED Y06.AMAYA · , TO TRANSFER THE BABY FROM DEVAK, TO ROtiINI,VASUDEVA'S "~ECONO wlI=e WHO WAS IN

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LArER , ON THE VERY DAY THAT LORD VISHNU WOULD BE AS THE EIGHTH SON OF OEVAkI. YOC.AMAVA WAS TO TAKE BIRTH A S 'VASHODA'S DAUCiHTER .

PEVNt'1 FOuNP H~I? RIIOIRNT BEIIUTY SHONE THRQU6H THE BIIRS OF THE ""ll LIKE THIIT O~ ~ CONCERLED IN ;,,'••••

'NEi.'·A71l

i'h :;;;~;;";;;";~''';;;;';;A;;;;;;;;o I Bu T ~""HAl CAN I 002 NtJTIeII) THE

611tA11ti14LOWON HtIIIItI" FIla . DE-VAK' NEVER l.()OI(ED LIKE THI S BEFORE SUREL"t 15 THE PRE S ENCE

IF , I(Hl UER NOW, I WI LL NEVER BE AB LE TO LIVE DO WN THE ';Tt GMA O F KILLI NG

I A WOMRN , MV OWN

(O l1SIN AND THAT roo WHEN SHE 15 WITH CHILD

VISHNU HIMSELF I I

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THE BHAC AWAr PUR ANA

lRS T THE IIUSPICIOUS DIIY P/iWNEP. THE ENTIRE lINIVEIlSE SEEMED TO CElEBIlATE THE EVENT.

LORD! YOU HAilE. TAkEN BIRTH IN OUR HOUSE: IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE EARTH. BUT THE CRUIiL ICAMSA WIL L HASTEN TO DESTROY YOU AS SOON AS HE- HEARS THE f\lEWS .

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I kNOW. LORD . THAT 'fOU WILL SE OUR .sAVJOUR . BUT DO NOT LET kANlSA SEE YOU IN nil s DIVINE FORM, I BESEeCH

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IN ThE TWINKliNG O~ AN EYE, THE BIlB Y RSSUAlfE() THE FORNI OFRN OIWIN~RY NEW - BORN.

KRISHNA THE DARLING OF GOK[~'~;~~~r;;~~~~f~~~ /fRO HE THIW

CHAINS AND HAVE FALLEN OFF! DEVAKI, GIVE THE

FE" ' ;;;;';

(HILD TO ME.

IH I' M.. M ..... "' .... 1 "' IR.... N.... ~~~~--~~~~

ON REIiCHING (iOKtll , HE ':Ot/ND

THE PEOP LE PEEP IN SLUMBER .

ON /?ERCHING NANPR:S HOt.I.SE, HE PlACEO HIS BOY BY THE SIDE OF YRSHOOII, IVIINM '0 WIFE; PIC/(EO UP flER NEW-BORN PAUtiHTER .

MY DEAR BROTHER , PLEASE ,5PARE THI S CHILD SURELY YOU WOULD

NOT I
FEMAlE~

ALLOW ME TO KEEP THIS LAST CHILD

OF MINE .

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~~:~F:~;:~~~~~~~:'~'~":'ltN'" K.4MSA wA5 U"It"IOVEO. HE

DARLING ()j. COKe II... /NiIlI NST II .sTONE &/RFI#CE 'THF " ANO MSHED HER

THt: BilBY BY itER TINY 1.Eti6 •• .

NO ORPINARY lUIlIY «J$I TOWMPS THI lIND MANIFE8T~P HEI1SEt F IllS lIN EI(JHT-AI1MED

THE 19 DESTINED TO DESTROY )IOU STI LL

LI VES ! DO NOT KILL OTHER INN OCE NT I N FANTS .

WR5 WONDER5TIU/CK ON rHIS PROCl!lllilATI ON IN 1'1 DRZE; DEVIIKI -'lND vASUPCIII'I .

/lilY OEAR SISTER , IN HAT A GREAT SINNER I HAVe BEEN TO lUll MY NEPHEWS . , REAlL'1 )'_ __ REGRET M Y ACTIONS

Bur HIS REPENTANCE WIfS .$hCRT- I..IVEO_ NE1(T MORltIlNa HE ClUtED FOR HIS MINISTIRS AND C/IONIES 10 REUITE THE EVENTS OF THE NIGHT.

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I LET VASUDEVA A ND DE VAKI GO SINCE TUE PI VINE SEING SA tD THAT THE O /'I E WHO

IS DESTINED TO IULl ,.., e IS BORN ELSE WHERE

kllM~ IIt;REEO . AOPRESS/Nti Ii RflI<.sHIiSI F'OOTRNII, IfE .$1110 -

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POOTANA , 60 TO EVERY VILLAGE AND CITY, AND KILL. ALL THE NEW - BORN BASIES .

KRISHN A I ti l: DARLING O F , ,()I\IIL

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RFTER FEW PI/IYS. LERVIJIIG GOkUL IN THE I11UV05 OF OTHER COWHEROS, NIWPII WENT TO MATHUR'" 10 MY HIS lUI/NiHIL DUES TO

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,t":~O~W.:FORTUNATE ARE TO GET AYOU .0"/ ALL THESE

• IT IS A PITY THAT WE SELDOM MEET. YOU AND YOU~ WIFE I LOOK AFTER ROHINI ,qND MY SON. I HOPE HE IS WelL ANP LOOKS UPON 'IOU AS HIS PARENTS .

SO MANY OF 'lOUR. SONS WERE KILLED BY KAMSA . EVEN YOuR' LITTLE DAUGHTER PID NOT SURVive . VeRILY, OuR LIFe IS GOVERNEP 8)1 DEST! N)I .

NOW THAT VOLI

PAID YOUR ANCNOU,,',;'yOU

DUES AND MET ME

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MUST NOT TARRY HEQE LONGeR . MANY OILAMITIES ARE lIl<EL.'1 TO DESCEND ON GOI
" WHI LE /tIRNP.II wAS THE WICkEO P{X)TR/vR HEReHED 60/(/./L IN THE FORM OF A BEflUTIFtI.= " _ --1 DAMSEl.. . -

"ON VR5IIPEVR!s ROVICE. NflNPR MflPE HI5 WilY HOME. .....,

WHY PID VASUDEVA SAY SUCH A THING , I WONDER · BiJ'T HIS WORPS CAN NEVER BE FALSE . MA'f GOD PROTECT US .

"5#£ FOVNO HER WIlY HONIE IINP BEHELD KRISHNA .

AH! THE DEADLY'HA " "Y.~ POISON THitT I

5MEARED ON MY BREASTS WILL SOON

TAKE EFFECT!

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IT W/IS HER LIFE THRT wRS IN PJlNGER . FOR THE INFflNT, KRISHNII~ SOON 8E611N TO 7NE VERY LIFE CWT OF HER .

5"e" 1

AIEEE!! LET

GO!

LEAVE

ME'

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KRISHNA-THE DARLING OF GOKUl

~:8"~T:S~T';/~L~L;';:S;;:~"'~tJ~"~'~I7;;o;~l ~ THE PETRIFIED

HIISTI! Y PlIl.L.EO HIM R,WRY:

Y~SHODA

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IINOIN TEP ,liND SATHED I
'HIM TO 5LEE . ,P;:' .

c

liN/) rOOK HIM TO YIISHODII .

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.. , WHEN NRNOA RND HIS IiETtiRNEP 10 GOKtiL • .suRPRISED TO SEE POOTIINR'5 HIDEOtIS SUPINE FORM .

HE wAS AU THE MORE lISTON/SHED WHEN HE HERRD TNllr IT wAS HIS KRI5HNR WHO HAO TORMENTED IINI> /(IUEP POOTIINII. HE PICKEiJ UP HIS (.ITT/.E,sON AND

KISSED

WHAT VASUDEVA PROPHESIEP HAS

COME TRUE . HOW AMAZIN~ !

Offior

kuthQ

ON HIS FOREHERD R6IIIN liNt> /16I11N .

THE BHAGAWAT PURANA

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TilE NOISE OF THE VESSELS THE GUESTS 70 THE SPOT.

SEE! THAT CA~T HAS OVERTURNED ON ITS

OWN!

o mo r l"hitr-a kutho

r -__________~____________~K~R=IS~H~N~Ac.; "THrE~OA~R=L=IN~G~O~F~GOK~=U=L__________~._~----------_, THE SMAll BOYS WHO WERE PlAYING NEARBY SRID_

DON 'T LISTEN

TO THEM . UTTLE BOYS ARE ALWAYS IMAGIN I NG

IT WAS TIff LITTLE KICKED THE

THINGS .

CAIlT.

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" HAP MEANWHILE TII!(EN THE

SAl'! AWRY /WD SOOTHED . PEOPLE WENT BRCI
II FEW PAYS ~'R~'~~~"~'~'i';SII~"~""~~"j"'~;"'~'T~T~'Nti ~:":':T:H .~~

KRISHNII IN itER tAP.

WP"fY! ME SUDDENLY FEELS 50 HEAIIY. I CAN HARDL.y 8E#lR HIS WElCiHT;,'_ /

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.. SHE PLIICEO HIM ON THE GROUND liND WAS SOON ENgROSSED I N HOUSEHOlD WO~R~K~ .

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.. KIi'ISI'INII WII5lfAPPlLY PL.AYIN6 ANPtiURGlING ON fil5 OWN. SUDDENLY-

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.. THE GENTLE ED I NTO 8t1CH WINO THIIT /T OFF.

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WRS TKIN/iVRRTII, ANOTHER EVIL IIStlRA FRIEND WHO IMP APPEARED IN THE GUISE OF II PESTROY KRISHNA.

WE ARE HONOURED BY 'tOUR VISIT, GARGACHARYA MAY I REQueST '!'OU TO CONDUCT THE NAMING CEREMONY OF OUR "TWO

BO'IS':'?"'?l~'=--;=;

THE BH AGA WA r PUR ANA EJlPt.lflliEPI AM THE IWYAL PRIEST Of TH~ YADAVA&. IF THE f4EINS C#- ~ PERFORM · IN& THE CEREMONY OF THE BOYS REACHES ICAMSA, HE WILL 8E SUSPICIOUS .

EVER SIN c e HE: HEARD THAT HIS SLA\'ER HAS BEEN BORN ELSE~HERE., ICAM6A HAS BEEN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR HIM . HE • WOULD SURELY HAVE 'fOUR SON kiLLED.

8/110 IN THAT CASE . ~_ WE WILL. PO .)' fl,fERYTHIN G oN THE QUIET. NOT

EIJEN MY NeAR ONES WILL KNOW OFIT .

THIS SON OF ROHINI , WILL 8E AI CHARMING soY. PLEASING PEOPLE WITH HI5 GOOD QUALITIES . HENCE HE SHOULD BE CALLEP RAMA . BECAUSE Of HIS PROWESS. HE WILL. SE CALLED 6JlLARAMA .•

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SON WILL BE CALLeP ~1 5HNA . BECAUSE: OF HIS COLOUR . HE WILL BRING PLfASlJRE AND PRO& Pe:RI TY 10 'YOU . TAKE GOOD CARE OF HIM .

IN If FEW WlEK4 IM:A'",," IINP KINMNII I.l!IIItNr 1D CRAWL . NOW TN6M W"8 NO

S7'tJPPINIS 1NE TWO lIO'M. TN" NOU", INJlNP6N.4l.L

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WHAT IS HE UP TO HOWl

1-;;-:-:-:--::-C-:_c:--:cc--:c_ _ _-:-:c-:c:':',RISHNA. oTHE DARLING OF GOKUL FRIGffTENEO CAlF RAN HELTER ROlflNI ~NO YRSlfOM C.otJLPNEVE/t BE SURE WIt/lT THE

SKELTER .

NIUHiHTY PIIIR wou/..D DO NEXT.

VES, I WilL! I HOPE THE)' HAVEN'T CAUGHT 110LP Of A DOG IN THE 6Tf~EET AS THEY DID ~~--,1 THE OTHER DAY . ./ OR TRIED

TO PIC,K UP A SWORD L.IKE

SOON Yf1(jHQOfl Wf1S BliCK, PR/I4(jINq THE TWO WITH HER . YOU WERE RraHT, IWHINI! r 'AU6HT THEM ,JUST IN riME , TRYING 10 peEP

INTO THE WELL ON TiPToE .

WHAT

KRISHNA AND 8Rl/iRRMR LEARNT flJ WilLI( liND RUN.

8HAGAWAT PURANA

EVERYPAY. THE NIWGHTY KRISHNA WOl/lP THINK OF NEW WA)s TO STERL gUTTER WHICIf WOI.JLD BE XEPT Ol/T OF HIS ItERCH.

JUST lET

HIM CDMTiioE'AY! MA VASHODA. kRISHNA HAS EATEN EARTH!

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lET

ME.

SEE. OPEN 'lOUR MOUTH WIDE .

r..,---------------c'c'c~c'-·._i . . 1 tlf IN kRISH}lR '5 MOUTH SHE COUlD 'HE SJ(V, TIfE EIIRTH~ lIND IN ENTIRE UNIVERSE .

DAR! I .... , 01

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IS IT MY EGO THAT MAKES ME THINK

~IICT.

LIKE

TH'S~

ME,GOD !

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THE BHAGAWAT PURANA

~----------------~ .•• TO II SA':E CORNER TO EAT STOLEN BUTTER IN PERCE .

RS ~ON 115 hE SIIW kRISHNA RRN RWRY . W_'~TH,:::-H~'~';-:-~_~

K HI~I I "'A

I HE OARU I\(; OF GOKUl

QUI TE OUT OF BREATH BY THE TrAIII: TO CATCH HOlD OF KIU4HNR.

SHE

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TODAY. J MUST PUNIS H )IOU . )IOU ARE BECOMING NAUGHTIER EVERy DAY !

I Wi lL YOU UP TO THE SAME. MORTAR .

WH'I!THJ $ ROPE 15 SIiORT BY JUST TWO FINGERS . ROtI INI ! GET

SOME ROPE!

OH DEAR! AGAI N

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SHORT TYJ NG THIS 15 AFOR LITTLE A KNOT.

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115 IF NEWAS

BUT SHE wAS IIII NJ TIiKEN. AS SOON lIS WAS TlIIlNEPBH ... C. ... ....... T

pt

HANA

t:INPINa THE

lAST 511£ AlfllNA6EP

FIRMLy.

""'HEN KRISHN.II rUGGED liT THE ROPE TO pULL HI MSELF- F ItEE, seTH THE TREES WERE

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::~~~~~~~~~::~~~~K~K:'~SH~N~A~T=lH '~~~~~~~"--oc---ccccc--o~c-~-c~ceo-, SH(.IKROEVA PAUSEO HERE PURINU HIS NRRRIfro 'ION TO /iXPLlUN KRISHNA .

PAREEKSHlr THE OIVINITY OF

OUT Of THE TWO FALLEN TREES SPRANG TWO SHIN ING BEING S . THEY FOLDEO THE IR HANDS BEFORE KRISHNA .

THEY WERE IN. FACT . NAL.AI
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lOllP CAASH 8 ROUGHT PEOPLE

fiUNNING TO THE SCENE

WHA T WA S THAT ?

ODD THI NGS ARE ALWAYS HAPPEN ING WHEN THIS BOY IS

AROUN D .

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IT WAS KRISHNA WHO MADE THE

TREES

WE SAW HIM DO 5O ~

FAlL~

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TOO ClIME THERE liND lINTIEP THE ROPE B INDING KIU5HNII . BUT SUCH PUNI5I1MENTS PIP NOr DETER LITTLE KRI6HNI1 FROM 1115 MI SCHIEVOUS wAYS .

a:;%~r:: ~~E,

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HIDING PEOPlE '5 THINGS WIIS ANOTHER FIHlOlIIi'ITE PRliNK OF- HIS. Bur, WHATEVER HE 010. THE PEOPLE OF (jOI(Ul. WOULD NEVEl? FAIl. TO BE ENCHIINTED liT THE SIGHT OF HIS BEIIUTlFUl. FlleE. ONE DIIY-

';!/:;:i~:% 1/RZ~;!; CiOPIKI15,

ALL MY HOUSEWORK. IS STILL TO BE DONE BUT THIS BeN 15 SUCH FUN TO WA'TCH '

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_' ~"~'~SH ~N~'A ~- THE DARLIN G 01- GOK UL

TI/IIIE KI?lSHNR RRN 0tJr. /IlL FE" THROI.JGH HIS TINY

WHAT IS THIS? MY BASKET 15 FI ED

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I CAN HARDL'f RECOGNIZE 'fOU UNDER ALL THAT MUD! qO AND HAVE A BATH. SEE HOW CLERN 'YOUR FRIENDS

ARE! QUlCKL'i . 'fOU HAVE NOT ERTEN S I N CE MORN ING ,

NilS BI.ISY TRY/NI!; 70

SEe THAT LITTLE DARLING OF NANDA."""T I

~ UTTl.E PRANKS,

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ADV~RS

WERE

MIRACULOUS ESCAPeS HE HAS HAD. FIRST THAT

/I MOItE SERIOllS MATTER . .. WIllE liND EI./>ERLY MIIN.

WICKED POOTANA • THE CART FALLING I THAT HORRIBLE WHIRL WIN~ PiCk ING HI M UP AND OASHING HIM DOWN . AND THOSE TWO TREES FALLING ~ nJANK GOO NO ONE WAS INJuRED.

SUCH CRLAMITIES HAVE BEGUN TO HAPPEN IN OUR aUIET GOKUL .

I FEEL 1l 19 TIME TO LEAVE THIS PLACE FOR THE WELFARE

OF OUR )'DUNG ONES.

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THE BHAGAWAT PURA NA

WE HAVE SEEN PROTECTED GOD'S MERCY SO FAR . BUT BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE HAPPENS, LET US ALL GO AWAY. THERE IS A WONDERFUL PLACE CALLED VRINPAVANA . IT HAS GRASSFIELt>S, PLENTY TREES AHD BE IPEAL FOR OUR CATTLE .

FO""'.',';

WE WILL LEAVE FOR VRINDAWlNA AS SOON AS WE CAN. TELL EVERYONE

TO BE PREPARfD 10 LEAVE """",y

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: THE SUBDUER OF KALIYA VYIlSo'f, W,.qS TEJ.J.INfi PIiREEKSHIT. STONY OF KRISHNA .

'1E5 >THE ELDERS OF THE CLRN THOUGHT IT WAS WISER TO LEAVE GOKUL . KRISHNA , THE BELOVED SON OF THEIR LERDER ,

';;1:;::1 1

INVOLVED.~~~~l;A;~'

HAD BEEN MAN'J MISHAPS IN THEY ALL WENT 10 TO SETTLE THERE .

FOUNt> V!?INPIIVAN ro BE II BEIII.ITEOUS sPOT IN ~tlSH SURROUNDIN4B. MOUNT GOVAR(;IIf/lN t.OOMEt> liT Ii PISTRNCE, RNO THE RIVER YRMliNIi, WITH }76 (i,"" ~IISSY~~~::;j F~OWEP (jENT/.y P.II5T. ~

PURANA.:

ANI' KR/SHNII WERE PEJ./(iHTEO TO BE IN V!?INOIIVAN. IN 711EIR SWEET VOICES TilEY WOlli.O OFTEN PRRISE mE/I( NEW pi.llet.

THEY W I5HEP TO EXPLORE THE FOIIEST NO! YOU ARE TOO SMALL

10 GO TO THE

Ior-'\,"--r-;f""'~ FOREST.

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r.-c_ _ ___________~'~R='SM~'=''__'i THf. SUBDU£ROF KALIYA THEY PI.IIYEP THEIR Fi.t/TES RNP O,llNCEO TO THE RHYTHM OF THEIR

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... OR THEY WOUlD PRETENO

I _~TO~B~E:..:B~U~L:L~S~F~/G~H~T::"~'''~._-=-_.b"'''''

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ONE PIIY, KRISHNA liND HIS FHIENj;)tj WERE HEROINt; THEIR CIITTLE TOGETHER IUOHti TilE BliNKS OF THE ynMUNR. 5tJf)DENl.Y KRISHNA STOPPED TO STARE AT SOMETHING liE NIIO

BALARAMA! SEE THAT BlACK CAl.F! SUREL\' HE 15 HOT ONE

OURS .

YES, HE LOOkS A LITTLE

BHAG AW AT PURANA-2

r;;-. •-." -O-L-O-' -N-"'' -''-' -S- II 'N - ''- L - E-'' - S-F-' '- '-' ''- L-'

IN ONE IfRND, TIVIRJ..EO 111M RliOUND.

U

u T/TEN W17/T A TWI ST OF HI$ HE THREW THe (}ENlON CJU.F ON 'TO THE TOP OF A r--,.--r--' WOOO-APPJ..E TItEE.

THE PEMOIV RESIIINED IfIS TIUIE FoRM AS HE FELL TO HIB PERTH. CRlISHIN(j II NUMB ER. OF TREES UNOER HIS WEIGHT.

COM E, LET us DRIVE THe cows TO WARDS THE LRKE . THEY MUST BE THIRSTY

NOW .

o rnor

COWS

PER.CHEO BESIPE 111E WIITE!? wAS Ii CRANE . STRONG

THEIR

flND H(./GE. IT POUNCEP ON I PICKEp HIM

SUODENLy-

VP IN ITS SHRRP BEllI< .

.vr 118 ~ lIS KRISHNA

/llllCHEP PrJWN THE II1OU'fH

.7111 PEMON. 1116 CRSITvlf~ IWT lIN UNUllRABLE H~RT

_

HI. """OAT..•

u . .. AND

j..-----~-.;..,,--------'

r.o---------------------------, ~.~"~G~'W ~"~~ ~'2'~'~'--c_--c_------c_------------_, TItE CRANE WR5 NONE OTHER 8IU(IISL/RA. fl ':RIENP OF K/iMS/I . ENR.RaEI>~

He ,ATTRCKEP

KRISHNA

WITH HI5 SHARP BEI/K.

~.

'.

NOW KRISHNA SP~IIN6 tiP. GRABBEO TIfE CREATURE . ••

KRISHN"

TilEY HURRIECJ HOME TO RELIITE The IAlCIO~NT TO Tlfell? PARENTS . THE (iOPA5 AND (iOPII(RS GIITIfEREO T06ETI'IER 10 HERR THE

WE WERE 80 RELiEvED TO SEE. HIM SAFE!

ONCE A6AIN THIS BOY HAS ESCAPEP FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH .

6AR&ACHARYA WAS RlaHT. THIS BOY 15 INDEEP

GREAT .

• .. ANt> SPEND THE PAY 8PlJRTING IN THE FOREST ANt> FIELDS. THEY WOULD R/)ORN THEMSELVES WITH WILl? FlOWER8~

MESH Bl.OSSOMS liN/) PEIICfXJ( FEATHERS •••

COME! LET's SEE WHO CMJ fWN AND TOUCH KRISHNA FIRST .

r;;:----:"'-::-""c:-:c::_-_~c::_7=c:-;_c-'~·'~"~ HN~ A nu: ~1!DUEf( 01 KA! .'A

..• OR IMITATE TIfE BIRPS WilLI< fiNO DANCE.

U

W ITH

:::i~vItVS'o.<;;77H"'E;-:"~U"MV.(i~'''Eii.:-;r.~H~fl';Yl

WOUI..D SCRMPER liP THE TREES ,riND LEIIP FROM ONE BRIINCH TO ANOTHER .

SEE! I AM AS GRACEFUL AS A SWAN .

I AM A PEACOC.K. SEE MY DANCE .

BUT AMONG THEM 15 THAT 80'1 KRISHNA WHO KILLED MY SISTER PoOTANA ANO MY

BROTHER BAKASURA . HOW HAPPILY THEY ARE PLAY/NIS HERE} AS IF THEY ARE ,JUST

INNOCENT CHILDREN .

,

1'UR.o.N.... 2

l I KE R HUtiE MOUNTRIN

He

SPREMJ

KIMSEY" kEEPINa HIS CliVE-liKE MOUTH OPEN . HIS lOWER UP REST4D ON EIIRTH~

W/fli.E THE UPPER RElfCJfEP

10 THE ClOUDS. liKE R REP

WHEN lNE CDWHBtPS 8/lW THE CREIlTURE IN THEIR P111H. THEY WEltE AMAz/IP.

~/611ON

O~

II 110110. H/.5 roNGlI£ EMER6EP FROM WITHIN.

HA! HA! SEE HOW THE RAYS OF THE SUN ARE TURNI NG THE CLOUDS PINK .

... ' . "

........---.•..,.---"

---

HOW HOT THE WIND 15 ! THERE A

;;;;~ES:~~FI.E BY!

SEE THIS LONG RED-HUED ROAD . IT LOOKS LII(E THE TONGUE OF A SERPENT!

AND SUCH A STENCH roO!

SOME POOR CREATURES MUST HAVE 8E.EN BuRNT IN THE FIRE!

KRI SHNA l'H r.

SHOULD WE DARE TO ENTER HIS MOUTH? SUPPOSINq HE SWALLOWS

:,U80U~ R

OF

K A~.IY'"

IF HE DARES TO DO SO, OUR I{ RISHNA WILL. SLA'Y HIM LIKE HE DID

BAKASURA .

US~

IT CAN'T BE A SERPENT, LET'S GO! LET'S GO!

HOW COULD THIS THE'I FOR

(.fNAWIIRE OF TlfE PAN6ER.. THE BOYS THE MOUTH OF mE DEMON (iLEEFt/U y THEIR HIINPS.

1----- - - - ' ~M,t'~5:~T~A~Ki~E;O'HI I

I MUST SAVE THEM NOW.

"ONCE 1f'{61P£ IIGHIISI.IRII'S K/iI6HNII 8E6AN ro ~W .••

NRIoSHNII. THE

COWH~

liNt> THE CIIrrtE

6T4PP£D OIH I.INSCIIT'HED FROM THE DEIID NMON'.. MOVTH.

-_

..

omor

Of

liFTER SOME TIME, THE SKIN OF IU'HIISURR BECAME STIt:F /INC' PRY AND IT BECAME A FflV()(d
WHEN KR/5IfNR AND BflLARIIMfi WERE WERE IIL/..OWEP 1i;) GO t:lIRTHER FROM H,""E ,IN;"'i

THE DEEP FOREST }IV/Ttf THEIR COWS .

............... IIMON6 THEIR COWHERP 8(J8Al.fl IINO .!JHRIOIIMR. TilEY ~OU, BflLARAMA AND KRISHNA, ARE UNEQUALLED IN STRENGTH DO YOU KNOW THERE IS A pENSE FORE6T NEAR BY WI"'"" SEVERAL PALM TREES

LADEN WITH FRUIT 91

omor

~' hjfro

;"lltho

41

WITIt II L.IU"f{;N~ K~/SHNII IINP B/lt.RIMM/i

8PIMNCi liP. COME. SHOW l.4S THE

~

WAY.

..

omur

~-hi1ra

I..utho

r;fo:r~H' /I

r r {I <; 1'K[)( HI

. . liND TWIRI.EP HIM ROt/NO SO FI18T TItAT THE ASURR OlEO.

ur ,,/Il l Y.'"

u BIUARf.I""~ THEN FI.tlN4 PItENtlKRSt.lRII

UP RNO ItE t:Eli. ON THE TOP Ot: J9 PRLM TREE.

IT INRS Jf/ HOT, PRy SUMMER'S PAY ANO THE COWHERPS

WERE THIRSTY.

DON 'T DRINI< THE WATER FROM THAT POOL. IT 15 POISONED.

HIS VENOM 15

SO POWERFUL THAT EVEN THE-

PLANTS NEAR THE POND HAVE WILTED .

SU BDUER

or

KAIIV,",

I'UfYFUlLY HE BEGIIN 10 SPLRSIf RIJOUr III/ THE WIITER . kllt./y.ll. THE

APPERREO BEFO/ilE kRISHNA . WITH II HUll/PRE/)

IERPENT, HERR/:) THE SOilN/:).

ONE FORKE() TON(JIJES I.ASH/Na OUT OF HAS

SUDDEN/" Y EMERGING FROM ntE HUN~ED

fiNO ONE HERD5~ HE JAlII$ RN llJA/ESOME SIGHT

INOEED .

(lBtn' KRISHNA REMIUNED PNP GAZED AT HIM WITH A GeNTU SMILE ONHIS /..IPS .

I'THIS MADE KA/..IY,q ALt. ON I
BY NOW THE COWHERD BOYS BECflME'

,qlAIlNlEP. KRI5UNA 15 CAUGHT! KRISHNR IS CAUGHP

r;;WHo;;;;;-;;;;;:S:;';;;;:-;;ro~:;:;;~'~'~"~Hl';'lrH[ SUBDUER OF ~ALlYA

I'

WRS ABOUT TO ,JUMP IN7l) THE RIVER, BlIT THE (JCPINRS BIle/( FORCIBlY,

.. ThEY TRI EP TO CONSOlE HeR .

f-:":'=:::===;;'~;":::::-'::":--=-==;;==L DON'T WORRY ABOUT KRISHNR .

_____

REMEMBER HOW BRAVELY I
1'1£8J.EW o(lr SPNA'IS OF VENOM 11fRO(ltiH HIS

'.,,5 RED EYES GLAREP RT KAISHNII. FlAMES SHor OUT OF HIS M/INY MourHS.

"k/lI6NNII PI.AYFULLY J)()06ED EVER'I ATTACK 0' THE MIIPENT.

KIII./)'11 SEEMED TO HAVE TIRE/> A i.ITT16. SWIFT lEAP KRISHNII WII6 ON IfI6 HOOP.

"-C=-~~----~c-~~~~-c=' ~'~"~'~'1' ~~~~~~~~~~--~c-~-c~~~-c~=-~-, THE TOt;CI{ OF KRI SHNA 'S FEET. U BLOOP OOZE&> FROM HIS MOUTHS liN£' N0.57RII.S. THE HEROS WERE CRUS HEP . KAlIYI1 SOON lOST HIS ,sTK£N6TN.

"qN£' HE FEU IN II FAINT.

KALIYA '5 END SEEMED TO 8E NEAR . .lUST THeN HIS

WIVES AND CHILDf?EN WHO ALSO l.IVIN6 IN THAT ,POND,

~.::i~:;.1

ED BEFORE r
ao. THEIR

ENTREATIES MOVED KRISHNA'S TENDER HEART, AND HE DECIDED TO SPARE KALIYA HIS LIFE .

BHAGAWATPURANA2

':~~~~~~~~~"~1I~'5~"~W~'/I~~~~ ~

U

AS COMMANDED BY I
PERCE R~TURNW TO VRIN/)t4V/lN. EVEN IN rHE HOT SUMMER oAY.9, TNE WEATHER Pt.EIIS/INT TNERE, 6Ul'iROtlNPEtJ liS THE PlRC6 WRS WITH PENSE FORESTS /lND SPARkllN($ STREAMS. KRISHNR. BRUIRRMA RAID THEIR FRIENP$ Re.-.I.t..E/) IN THE 6ERVTIFU(.. Stllf!tOVNO/N(j$, WIfJESrUNQ IN THE t.USH GIMSS, D/WClN(j /lND PLR'WNQ HIDE RAID SEEK.

50

Qmar c hitro ...atha

"ONE PAY WHEN I
If6 CAi.i.Eo All THE BOYS.

PI.:AY A NEW GAME TODAY .

RIVP 8IU.RIYIMR CHOSE THE//? TeRMS RNO PtA yEO

""",<6 . WE W ON! OUR

GAME . NOIN

FOR THE

NE:u !SAME , YOUR TEAM MUS T CARRY OUR BOYS ON THEI R BRCK5 UP TO THflT TREE THERE .

''"L.-

~OOtED .

THERE '5 SOME. · T"'Na OOP ABOUT THIS NEW BOY! , WILL HAVE TO TRICK HIM AN£) FIND OUT.

WE WILL SPLIT INTO TWO TEAMS. WHO W/L!. BE THE LEADERS"?

COME! WE WILL

TEAM HAS WON THIS

HOWEIIER wRS NOT

THE CowlfERPtS W4RE /iANlIf . THE ONTO TH6

YOU AND B/H.ARAMA , OF COURSE .

WITH THE NEW

BHAGAWAT PURANA2

IN THE NEXT ROUNP. PItIILIIMBR BlIlIIRRNlII.

KRISHNA IS TOO 6TRON~ FOR ME. I WILL NOT BE A BL.£ TO PEFEAT HIM . LET ME TAKE THIS CHANCE ANO CAAA'Y 8ALARAMA AT u:AST.

OHH ! THIS LITTLE BOY IS 100 HEAVV . I C-A-N!.T CARR'Y HIM FURTHER .

•...

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TIlE FAIIf FORM OF ""IIIMN1H .sHONE RIIDIIINTl.Y ATOP THE PIIRI( 6«W OF PlMi.IIMBII~ IJI(I TNI RESPt.4ND$NT MOGW' IN'" DAR/( ClOUD.

, . . - - --1

NOW TlfE A.5URR BE(iRN TO Fl.Y I/PWRRPS.

WHAT'S THJsa I AM BEING CRRRIED UP

BY THIS UGLY

CREAl'URE .

~NIII I'ROV6P TRUE 7D IfIS NRIiIE. ONE IU.OW FROM HIS ~CH4D F"T WII8 ENOUIiH 70 utll6"l THI 1f4uItR'S NEilD .

,. DoWN HE COU.AASEP 10 THE EARTH. IN" HEAP.

THE ANXIOUS COWHE/?P5 WHO HAD BY NOW FOUOWEQ THE PIlI /? WERE HEl.IEVEP TO .sEE BRl.RRRMfl SAFE RNO souND. YOU WERE

REALLY COURAaEOUS

BALARAMA!

UCHII.PREN THIIT THEY WERE,THECOWHERPS,IUCW6WITH KRISHNII fiNO 811I.RRIiMR, SOON WENT BliCK TO THEIR Ft.l1r/ liND FROLIC .

LET'S PLAY HIDE A ND seEK NOW~

.. .. .' '

-

... -

~

-~

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o mar l"hitra I.uthe

....

cr.._ ~ _ .

BtlT TIIOV(jtf TItE·,. lOOl<EP Fa!? lONti_'

WE CRNNOT GO 6ACl( WITHOUT THEM . AND IT 15 GETTING QUITE LRTE.

BY THE TIME THEY ROVNDEP UP IUl TNEIIi CArrt£~ THE BOYS WERE Ex.rIiEMELY m~'.r"7"-----","""-I COMe RRMBHA! COME! THERE, ALL OF THEM ARE TOQETHER NO'W.

BHAGAWAr PURANA 2

WHEN THE COWHERDS OPENED THEIR EYE5 ~ THEY FOUND THEMSELVES IN THE SHADE OF THE TREE WHERE THEY HAD BEEN PLAYING EARLIER IN THE DAV.

THUS ENPIS THE /J£CONO ()Ir Tlfe TENTH CHIIPTEN OF THE

[KRISHNA-THE UPHOLDER OF GOVARDHANA I THE

WHEN -mE COWHERO BO)'S ~':W~N1,,'1Il HOME AND RELATED THE EXPLOITS OF KRISHNA AND

BAl ARAMA TO ,HE PEOPLE OF VRINPA vANA, TliEY

~

THEY STRuCK BEGAN WITH TO 8ELlEVE ;;::~__==~~~~~~::~~~~~WERE WONDER. TttAT TWO i'll/INc 8E'N~S /'-_~ HAD SEeN BORN IN THEIR MIDST.

KHAGAWAT

HEIIIfD THE SWEET FU/TE THEY WOUW

OM THAT KRISHNA! HOW ENCHANTIN6 HE IS WITH lHE PeACOCK FEATHeR IN HI9 CUf'!LS, 'ieuOW FLOWERS IN HI6 EARS, THE GOLl'EN CLOTH DRAPeD OVER +uS DARK FOf'!M , AND n-tE GARLAND OF FRAGRANT FLOWERS AROUND titS NECK.

KHI'.! 11'", _

II It· l 'I' IIUU)~ f( (J! (,( JV"'I
KRISHNA WAS "TRY,Nt:i TO TEST THE PEvOTION OF lliE GOPIKAS FOR ~IM, HE TEASED AND TAUNTED THEM, LAUGHED AT TtlEIR PLlGHT~ MADE Tl-IEM ACT LIKE PUPPETS AT +115";;::.,,_. ,, '1ET THE'1 WERE ANNO'1ED WITH HIM.

, BE ALL FULFILLED. NOW RETURN TO 'iOuR HOMES, DEAR MAIDENS, AND AWAIT Tl-IE MOONLIT NIGHTS OF

AUTUMN.

BH ....G .... W .... T PUR.... N.... -3

BEHOLD 'T1-tESE TREES. THE)' BEAR lliE SEVERE SUN, WE LAStllNG WIND AND RAIN, AND 'l'E.T PROTECT US. LEAVES AND FL.OVIIERS, BARK AND WOOD, SAP AND GUM, FUEL AND FRUITS. MAN'! ARe THE GIFTS Tl-IE TReES BESTOW ON US. SLE S SEP ARe THE PEOPl..e WHO GIVE GENERouSLi{ TO OTHERS LIKE THESE;

TREES.

~~~~~~:,~::O~"~F,~AJNA. T'HEML;LiiN"~1 THEM lliAT KRISHNA AND 8fhARAMA HAVE SENT AND THE'i WILL S<JREL'i GIVE 'IOU SOME FOOD.

VIIHAT HAPPENEP~

PIPN'T THE BRFlHMANAS GIVE '1'0£.1

AN"! FOOP1

001'1"" SEND US AwAV. COME TO "fOU, ABANDONING EVERVTtHN&. OUR FAMiliES MA"f NOT AccePT us NOW. '10U ARE OUR 01'11.)1 t-lOPE . ~E ~A"E

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BH ...G... W ... T PUR ... N... ·3

REST AS,S(jRED~ NO ONE WILL TALK ILL OF 'tOU . EVEN 1l1E C.ELEST.f\LS WILL ADN\IRe 'tOUR PEVOT10N . 'fOU M/W KEep M e IN 'to<.lR

FIE ON US! WE IGNORCP THE ReQUEST OF LORD KRISH""A HIMSELF. OF WHAT USE IS OLlR: KNOYlJLEDGE?

HAVE IN L.ORD HOW WE ARE TO HRVE

SUCH WIVES.

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HL I f'liOLD f-fo( 01

FAT.... eR, WI-1 AT CELEBRATION ARE 'IOU A LL BuS)' PREPf'lRIN'" 'FO R ~

THAT HAVE BeeN ,

r~~~;ii~~~;O,;U;R;j

COLLECTED FOR: INDR:A'S '1AJNA, LET THEM Be USE!) F OR THe SACRIFice.

(;O\''''I\~D~'~>A~'~'~~~~==~~~

...._ ....,."

LORD INDRA IS THE GOD OF THE RAIN CLOUDS. HE IS T~E ONe WHO SHOWERS THE LlFE:G,"1,..,5 RAIN ON us. WE PERFORM 'r'AJ"NF\S TO PLEASE HIM.

KHAGAWAT PURANA·3

~E CAN ASSUME AN'1 FORM. HE CAN VESTRO'l ANY ONE WHO 17ISRE6PECTS HIM. FOR THE WELFARE OF OUR CATTLE AND OURSEl.VES. LET US BoW BEFORE HIM .

BEHOL-P TH~ f\RR06ANC E OF THESE CO WHER DS . 1l1E'f ARE INTO)(.ICATEP WITH THEIR WEAL-Ttl.

ATTACK "TI-IErv'lt KIL.L. ll-IEIR CATTL.E! 1 WILL FO LLOW ...,OU WITH M'f ARMY OF EL.EPHANTS; WITH AIRF\\IATA L.~At>ING lHE WAY.

SUREL""~

INORA HAS CAUSED THIS UN-

BHIT A DEvA

~

RAIN AND HAILSTORM ~;:::;::;~~, 6EASONAL~ HEA~Y 8ecAuSE \filE DID NOT WORSHIP HIM.

~~;;;, .J'

UI<E HIM. I MUST HIS PRIDE FOR GOOD. I MUST

M'/

CI',,,;"1

PEO ~ E.

BHAGAWAT

~O

OUT, MY

PEAR FOLKS! Tl-tE 6TORM HAS BLOWN

OilER , THE FLOOD wATER 100 HAS ReCeDED.

O~

"THE DEEDS OF TtHS KRISHNA ARE I~DEED Y\l ONDEICFU L, LIKE AN ELEPHANT PLUCk i NG A LOTUS FLOWER, THIS

SEveN-yeAR-OLD LIFTED GOVARDHANA ANP HELD IT uP fOR SEVEN t>A~S,

HE WAS JuST ONE "'fEAR OLD VII\-IEN HE "rnR01""TLED "TtiE 'DEMoN "TRINAVARTA.

o rna r'

C.OVAHDHA"' ...

IS IT NOT A VIIONDER THAT AN EXTRAOROlNARi BOY LIKE HIM HAS BEEN BOR.N IN OUR Mlt)ST~

TELL US,

NANPA,VIIHV IS IT

ll-iAT 'lOuR DUSKY BOY IS SUCH A FAVOURITE OF THE ENTIRE VILLAGE ~

KH1SH, ,\ _llt l

I' HOLDLH 0 1 { ,O\' AHf> H A ,,\

KRISHNA! KR.ISHNA ! RESCUE

'J'OUR FATHER.

ACCEPT MY PRAYERS,O LORD. FORGIVE MY SERVANT FOR SEIZING "fOUR FATHER. YOU ARE A WITNESS TO ALL ACTION.

HOW RESPECTFULLY AND HUMBLy VARuNA APPROACHES KRI6I-1NA.

WILL HE EVER REVEAL TO uS HIS "TRUE SELF~

ornor

Su" THE

PEVOTION OF

1==,*~ ~

THE. GOPIKAS

""As

NOT D1VINE; IT wAS EARTHl)' LOVE.

o mor

~-hi t ra

, u tn n

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o VI LE SERPENT GO AwAY! PON'T 'fou KNOw I HAvE TAKEN SIRTH TO PUNISH THE WICKEP?

I AM 6A8Y

KRISHNA, AND 100 ARE THE CART.

PLL CRY AND O'IIERT(JRN 'fOU VIIl11-i MY FEET.

KRISt-lNA, WE LONG- TO SEE WE BESEECH TO COME B~CK TO US.

IF' APPEAR AND DiSAPPEAR FROM AMltlST )'OU, IT IS ONLY TO "TeST "{OUR PEVO"Tl0N. SEE HOW 'PEAR I BeCAME TO YOU WHEN I WENT AWAY \' I AM TOUCHED BY ""OUR AFFECTioN.

LORD

BORN

SIN FROM ESoTABLlSH HOW COULD

BEHAVE ll-IU S I THE ~OPIKAS .

a mo r , h ,lra kOlha

KRISHNA: VICTORY OVER KAMSA WAS ENGR.065EP IN Ll5TENfNG TO THE NlfliRIfTfON OF 5HUKIfPEVA .

ON !HE AU~PICIOU5 DAI{ 5HIVARA1Rl, KRISHNA, NANDA OTHER COWHERDS VI51TED AMBIKAVANA,A FORE~T NEAR 61{ •

., A RIVER, WHICH 15 SAID TO HAVE JOINED GANGA AND YAMUNA NEAR PRAYA~

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KRISHNA C/tME AND GFlVE II w~HTLE KICK 1[) THE PVTHON. WITH THE HIERE TOUCH OF HIS FOOT, THE PVTHON VIINISHEO .

.' ,•

NAMED OIIVASI WFl5 IN M'f CHARIOT,' SAW RISHI5 OF 1l1E. ANGIRA5 GROUP. PROUD Of M'1 WEAL.TH AND GOOD L.OOKS ,I LAUGHED AT SEEING THEIR UGLlf FACES.THEY CURseo (fiE:.

TO 6ECCIYIE A

..

r _ ___,-__,-,-_c-:-,-,,-:---'>
"SO MELOP/auS WAS 7ffEIR. MUSIC THAT KRISHNIl IINO 8f1LIJRI/MA TOO BEGAN 70 SING, FILLING- THE. HEARTS OF lHf!! eOPfl
S(..ENT OF 8LO:?SOMS. THE GOPII(AS BuRST INTO SONG.

BAlARAMA,5TA't HERE AND PROTECT THE GOPIMS.I WILL

FOLLOW HIM.

THEN, WI7/i 11 SINGLE STROKE OF HIS HIINl7. KRISHNA KNOC/(E{;J SHIINXHACHOtJPII's HEAP OFF.

THE 1HE COWS ARE 50 CHAR/r'I-

ED B'f rT5 MELOD'{ THAT 111EV REWlIN ROOTED TO iHE. GROUHO. PRICKING UP iHEIR EARS ,1HEV 51AHD S'TILL LIKE A PA1Nill'lG ON A wALL.

WITH THE PEACOCK FEATHER II'ITO Hr5 CURL.., LOCKS. 8EDECKED WITH FRESH TWIGS. KRISHNA LOOKS llKE SOME GREAT WRESTLER, AS HE. CALLS EACH OF Hrs COWS &'( THEIR NAMES.

TUC~ED

THE VER
r.:-,--,,-------c-:----'''''''""''= .:..; """""''''''' OW<SA /JIll{, WHEN KKISHNA AAS KETtlRNJNG FRO/t1 THE FOIiEST flS II HliGE WLL CONFRONTEf/ HIM.

tlI7 WAS THE ()fMON flRf$HTASURA IN THE FGWM OF II BULL. A5 HE STAMPEf) THE GKOUNO WITH HI5 ENORMOUS HO()VES EAfroi 7REIt1BLEO.

o FOOU5H ONE! LEAVE "'THESE COW5 AND COWHERDS ALONE. 1 AM HERE 1"0 CRuSH THE PRIDE OF WICKED CREATURE & LIKE "IOu.

CHALLENGEO THE fJEMON, J(RISlfNII $1000 ClH.ML'{, WITH HIS 1If<M AROUNO II FRIENO.7HE. ENRIIGEO CREII7l1RE LEAPT TOWARP!J I(RISHNII.

l117flCKEl7 THE ()EMON W/711 THE HORNS IIHO KILLEl) HIM.

Gfi7HEREl7 AROUNO KRISHNA IINO HIS PR/05E5. r--~

KRISHNA , WHO LIVES I

~

~~~1~

VRRJA,I5THI! .5QNQFPEVAKI WHILE BAlARAMA I~ ROHINI'S SON. IT WAS TO PROTECT THEM FROM 'fOfJ THAT VASUDEVA PLACED ThE TWO fJOIIS IN THE CARE OF HI5 FRIEND NANPA.All"THE ASU,qAS B'f 'IOU 10 Kill THEM BEEN KIllED SELVES.

"THROW VASUDEVA DEVAKI IN JAIL AGAIN, _ J/~ BOlJND IN FETTERS AND CHAIN&.

CARfFULl"l,

o BRAVE CHANURA AND MU$HTIKA .IN VRAJA THEI"E LIVE THE TWO 501'15 OF VA5UDEVA, KRISHNA FIND BoqLAAAMA. I AM TOLD THE'! ORDAINED TO KILL ME.

LET PREPARATIOl'l5 BE

STARTED FOR "THE CELE-

I';"-{

&RATION OF THE BOW SACRIFICE 01'1 THE EVE OF 1HE FULL MOON DAI.{. LEl SACRIFICES BE .MADE ,0 LORD SH1VA"TO ENSuRE OUR SUCCESS •

OHL"I I.{oo AMONG THE "IADAVAS HAVE MY WELFARE AT HEART .1115 TO IKXI I TURN FOR HELP JUST AS INDRA TURNS VISHNU.

,0

~~ VKT~Y~ Idr----~;;~~~::~-.~~ii~... GO TO VRAJA

WttERE THE lWO 501;5,,,

VA5UDEVA LIVE . 1AKE THIS

CHARIOT AND FElCH THEM HERE. RIGHT AWJW.

ONCE THEY ARE HERE,I Will HAve THEM KILLED 5..., THE ELEPHANt I(UVALA'1APEEDA. IF THE., ESCAPE ,M'I STRONG WilL SLAV THEM.

THEREAFTER I WilL

~ILL

VASUDEVA

AND THE OTHER VRISHNIS , MY OlD FATHER ,AND All MY ENEMIES.

Ml{ DEAR AKRURA, 'THE HELP O'F FRIENDS LIKE

JARASANDHA, Mil FA1HER-1N- LAW, AND THE A5URA5, I WILL CONQUER THE EAR"TH. HURRY UP AND FETCH KRISHNA AND BALARAMA . &UT lELl THEM THEY ARE INVITED HERE TO CElESIi!,lfTE THE BOW .9IICRIFICE AND 10 SEE ,HE SIGHTS OF

"THE erN OF """"URA.,/

INDEED 'tOU ACT THUS TO AVERT "'lOUR

OEA'TH. A MAN MUST BE. PREPARED FOR BOlH FAILURE AND SUCCESS . I WILL DO AS ,,{OU SAl(.

HUGE FORNI RESEMBLEP II MASS OF aouo IINP HIS MOlnff WI1S liKE THE HOLLOW OF Ii TREE.7HE VER'( EAfUH QUIIKEO uNDER HIS FEET. KRISH/YII 6RAvEl'{ CONFRONTEO HIM.

AWHILE. KESHI SELF UP ANO TRIED

IfRISHN/i GAZE() AT IfIM

RU6HEO AT KRlSHHII wm'! HIS ENORhfOU6 NIOUTH WIDE 0f>EN 115 IF HE WOtILO PEIKJiJR THE ENTIRS SK'{. SO FIIST WI1S HE 7HIIT IT IIPPEARLD /MfOSSl&f: 10 CATCH HIM. LET IIUJNE BRING HIM CONTROL . HE TRIEO Ttl KICI( f::!!!'!!!.~--~

kl
r;;-=-!=HCE:-:"COCUCcCHCa=F=CK= R,CSHCCNCR=~:::-HCR=NCO =CKCE=SH=,O~:-1 TEETH BEGAN TO FALl. . THEN KRISHNA'S ARM BEGAN TO SWELL INSIOE THE MOl/Ttf OF THE DEMON. LI1RGER ,qNO U~RGER 17 GREW, TIlL IT CHOKEO THE f)EMON'S THROAT.

OINS ,qF7£R X/LLING I<ESHI, KRISHNA )VAS PLII'IING WITH HIS FRIENOtJ ON A HILLTOP. LET's PlA'I HIDE AND SEEK. 'IOU FIVE WilL BE THE ,HIEVES- , SEVEN OF us. Will BE THE:. GUARDS WHilE IHESE lInLE BO'1'S WILL BE 1HE SHEEP.

70 PLA'! ,HE R)t.II/,( THE £ITTLE BO'(S WHO THE SHEEP.

K.t\JI., ~/\

"XESHI FELL TO THE 6ROUN[) THROWING UP HIS LEGS [JESPERAT£L'f IN Ill!? HE COLLlWSEO RNO HIS SWOLLEN FORm CUCUMBER.

THE NUMBER. OF PUI'IERS DWINDLE" TILL THERE WERE ONLY HIIO OFCQ{JRSE REfiLISEO THE TRlITH.

r WILL CATCH HIM THJS,"--ar}:o, TJME. HIS LITTLE GAME IS. OVER NOW.

---SOON liS VI./OMIISlJRfJ TRIEO TO TIIKE "wllY ANOTHER.. 'SHEEP ; KRISHNA POliNCEO ON LIKE II LION ATTACKING II WOLF.

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r::--:-""-::--:-:""==-'-:=-:-=:-:-=--r~':; RI"H:-'A IIJ(RI5HNA CIH.JGHT HIM ROU6tfL'f!W1? PINNED HIM IJOWN 70 THE rii?rx.JNO.

VICTORY 0\'1 RKA.""'" THE VEMON.KRISHNA WEHT FOI?TH TO

r ~.E,;KiivG .WiHERE HIS COMPIINIONS HIJO BEEN Hff)OEN. I'

THE ROC/( lIT THE EN7RRNCE, I(RISHN~ FREEO INS/Of:.

HOW 00 'IOU SPEND

"lOUR DRI{5 IN THE CRUEL RUt.E .oF KAMSA? HI5 SU&JECTS

ARE- LIKE iHE SHEEP REARED BY A SUTCHER. 50 WE WilL NOT DARE ASK WHETHER, "IOU ARE

HAPPY .

omor

50 WHEN HARADA TOtO KAM.5A

ABOuT THE TRUTH OF 'lOUR BIRTH, HE SENT ME HERE. iO FETCH I.(OU ON THE PRETEn OF INVI"TING '10U TO A WI/:ESil..lNG MAiCH.

~e5.' DID : LET u5 PREPARE. TO LEAVE FOR MATHUR/I. 1 WILL TEL L OtJR PEOPlE TO GAiHER THE GIFT& FOR KAMSA.

IlN() BllLIIIM MIl SPEP /114'11'( ON CHAR/07.ON THE WR't, THE'( STOPPEO YAMUNA .

l(E~, iHERE

"THE'll ARE,

S lnlNG COMFORTA&l'l IN T HE CHAR IOT. PID J IMAGIN E TH AT THE"! WERE INolDE "THE WATER?

6 1IAG....W ...T PURAN ...

OH! THERE /5 THE LORD SHESHA'" HIMSELF. NESTLING IN HIS COILS I~ KRISHNA, WEARING HIS 'fELLOW GRRMEtfT DECORATED WITH Je-WELS .

THING E"'1"RAORDlHIlR'f, UNCLE? \>.IH.., FIRE 'IOU LOOI(IHG &0 WONDERSTRUCI< <:

o

LORD, fiLL "THE

WOND£RFUL THINGS, OF THE EARTH,SKI{ OR OCEAN ARE PRESENT IN '/OU. WHAT ELSE IS LEFT FOR ME ,0 6eE AFTER I HAve BEHELD WJU ·

• THE SERPENT ON WHICH VISHNU Re STS

WG¥WS 1II
""'0

100

EVEN THE HAve BIG GAlES EM80~E.O

WITH GOLD.

'100 ILL-MANI'iEREP FOOLS! RUN AWffl_I./OlJ WHO LIVE IN FURE51& AND MOUNTAINS,HOW CAN /.IOU 1HiNK. OF DREebtNG IN SUCH FINE C.LOTHES? IF THE KING'S OFFICERS SEE ARROGAHT PEOPte LIKE "IOU, THE'I WilL "TAKE "IOU PRI50NER AND KILL 'IOU.

WHEN THE W~t»1ER.Nl/fN sPOl<E SO RUOELV, KRISHNA 5UIPPECJ HIM ON HIS FffCE.

THE WASHERMAAPS ASSISTANTS FLED IN Mltit1T WHEN rHEIR MIISUIf. FEU DOWN.

HE RE, SALARAMA "TAKE "THE;$E.

';"~'~Hl:-"'" THE'! WENT FI LITTLE uTHE OIlR/( KRISHNI! IINO THE FIUR. BIUJIRIM1A U){)/<£O r;;;;WENTH.-';;-;;;;;;7JiLm;U;-;;",,;;;;;-:TM~ CAME lJPON FI TAILOR.. HE FITTEO I.IKE II PINR OF ELEPHI1NTS, ONE 8L1iCI( fiNO THE 0,"",.1 It~FljiL~OIi~R~"'~E~N~T~S~O ;N ~ I'(RISlfNf1 FINO WHITE ,DECORATED FOfI?.q FES71VIU•. XRISIfNfl A MOST BECOMING Fn,'H,QH THE TNLOR. AND VlCTOR\ OVl-_R KA.'1SA

~;"::~~;::'!!:WI7H

WNO

KRISHNfl imP IMLlUitllNJA THE TWO 8RoTHE~ I..ERVES .

o

LORD, I AM

,""'OLI";;;

BLESSED VISIT OF,

o 5EAUTIFULONE , WHO

ARE tfOIJ ? FOR WHOM RRE. tfOU CARINING rHI5 SAN DAL- PASTE?

BUT NONE. 15 MORE. WORTH"/

OF eEING I'IHOIHTED B"/ lliESE. OINTo¥ENT.5 THAN THE. TWO OF 6::::::~ '1OU.ACCEPT"Hla. )

I WILL

come,

BUT OHLII AFTER M'I TA5K IS OVER,.

hRI'-lf\/\

~ICTOR\

0\1 R Iv\.\I.......

LIIST THEY REIJCHED THE ~/TE OF THE. SRCRIFICE. .0/'1 ENTEf<JNG, BOw. RESPLENDENT WeE fl !i'II1NBOW,IT whS $TtJDOED WITH EXPENSIVE cJE'IItIELS.SEIIERflt. OOhRl>S WERE S7flNDfNG flROUNO,PROTECTING IT. IGNORING 7HEIR RUICHEO FOR. THE mIGHT'! BOW.

"AT .5(JN5ET, THE8 RE.7URNEf) TO THEIR. CAMp, WHERE THEIR CRKT!3 Hill;) ~E£N KEPT. AFTER. WASHING UP 111'10 ERTINt; A MEAL OF OEUCRClES 111/10£ OF MILl<., SLEPT PEACEFUllY·

,WHEN I(AM511 HERRO THIIT KR/SHNII 111'10 81UIIRIIHlII HIIP NOT Of(l Y BROKEN THE SOW, BUT AlSO KILLED HI!' O(/IIRO!j WITH EliSE/ HE w llS WO/?RIEO. HE SPENT II SLEEPLESS N/GH7 11M/PST SEVEIi'IIL ILL ONIVS.

WHENHEL~~K~E;O~/~H~~~~~~~~~----------j

THE FESTIVAL OF WRESTt.JffG MI/TCHES. THE PUiCE. WIIS WELL PECOR/ITE D WITH GARlANOS, BAN"'ERS liNt? BUNTING. /tfELOOI0l.J5 MU61C WAS BEING PlIWEP IN THE. MCJ<.tjIUX/NO .

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s;K~Ki'S~";N~'lVKTORYOVERKAMSA I'r.:M;"!~"G~~!,~,,"",.,~ IIRRI VEO IJT

I

ELEPHANT KUV/UllVllnEOIl ~,~:",.~ 1HE ENTRliNCE. IN A l.DUD

CAN"r yO() HEAR? MAKE WAY OR I WILL SEND 'fOU AND 'l()UR. ELEPHANT TO VOUR

DEAlH .

•

7(JSI(S ON HIS SffOULOER.,I(I?ISH""~ EN7EREO THE IJREI'f~. P£OP/..E OF hlfl'THlIRIIBEGFlN

nil/ONe THEMSELVES.

"""'--

HE 1$ THE ... ~ ONE WHO KIL LED \ POOTANA. I

ALSO TRIN/W AR.1A , HE I S I<ESHI A N D ' ,H E Ot-lE WHO DHENU KA. I CONQUERED

I
HAH ! 1.100 AND BALARRMA ARE N&ITHER CHILDREN NOR CfOUNGSTERS . WHI.( , ONLI.( MOMeNTS A60 40U PLAI.(FULLI( KILLED THE MIGHTY ELEPHANT KUVALA'(APEEDA. COMS KRISHNA ,iRI.( "(OUR MIGHT

~

ME,WHILE 8I\.LARAMA FIGHTS mu SHTIKA . i i i i i ;• •

KRISIINA VICTORY OVER KAMSA

WERE lJ!STUR8EO 115

LET US GO AWAY. I CAN', BEAR

I.IES.THESE POOR I.lOUNG 80'15 !EJNG PITTED AGAIH5T

TO SEE THI5.

E}l.PERT WRE5TlERs.

NOW CHANlJ/lA MIJIS 8E6INNING TO RB6IlST HIS CHALLENGE 7D KRISHNA. IN FRtiSTRATIONJ HS ~~7!!"'''''i KRISHNA ON THE CHEST WITH HIS CUiNCHElJ

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omor , hifra Io..Llthn

ON~LV;"'~"i"" ~"'~fK~A~';8UTJ~';L~SO ;~;;~

#fIr/EIINWHfLE MANRGEO 0E$'ER1IJNO I(lLL NOT S HRLII, WHO CRME TO BIJLIIRllhlR FI6ffT HIM .HIl{) WIT/f R .sW/$'T VKICK. KRISHHR BEHERDED RHO TORE THE BOO/( OF 105I1RLII, mE TWO OTIfER WRE51L ERS WHO CRME FONWARD.

COULl> NOT BEllI?. TO AMRJES DRIIIE 1HESE TWO SONS OF vASUDEVA OUT OF TO WN . CAPTuRE NANDA . TAKE AWAY ALL THe. BELONGI NGS Of THf; C01VHERDS. KILL VASUDEVA. KILL L6RASENA 100 .

11

a m a r l"h ;1r a ku tha

IIfll.,IIi'lA \'!CTORY O\,~R li,A.\hA

HIfO 616/17 WHO IlUIHED lIT 'J'D T1#U e~H6E . _.

'TWERfAF1E fit, KRI5HHA /tHD SALARAMA HURRIED TO THE PRISON TO FREE vAstJDEVA RHO DeVAKI. THOUGH FILLED WITH tJO.., 10 SEE. KRISHNA,

HI:' PARENT$. FOUND IT DIFFICUL'T TO ACcePT "THE LORD A~ "THEIR OWN SON .

ornor , hifrQ kulho

KRISHNA: THE LORD OF DWARAKA CONTINUEJ/ HIS NARRATION OF THE EXPLO"5 OF VOUNG KRISHNA TO PAREEKSHIT.

AFTER KILLING KAMSA, KRJ5HNA AND eALARAMA WENT TO MEET

VASVDEYA AMO

I AND

SOlVED RE5PEC.TFULLY THEM. THINKING OF THEIR

)

AS THE LORDS OF THE W~:;:;'I

"::~~VA~SU~D~'~YA AND DEYA"'J 'THAT 'THE4 WERE 'THEIR

~

~'-T....J

DEAR FATHER, DEAR MO'THER WE ARE THE SON& IfOU WERE SO ANXIOU& TO MEET. BUT ALAS, WE HA D SEEN SEPARATE.D

FROM YOLl IN OUR IN FANtV AND SOVHOOO.

WE FEEL WE HAVE LIVED IN VAIN SINCE. WE HAVE. NOT SEEN SERYE VOU. THAT CRUEL KAM5A TREATED
•

ILI.USORY POWER

112

HIS PARENTS, WEHT TO HIS GRANOFATHER WHO HAP SEEN KEPT IN

KIlM5A.

CRUEL KlfWy OF HIS FLEE TO THE NEI6H8(}(JRIN(J KINGlJOMS. KRIStINA WELCOMEf} THEM BReit; /lNfJ SETTLE{) THEM IN 7HEII? OWN HOME£; . . NOT ONL"i ARE WE BACK HOMe. BUT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN ENOUGH WEALTH TO &TART LIFE oveR AGAIN.

,NOW \5 KILLED WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO A SAFE AND <JOI.(F(JL LIFE UNDER KRI&HNA'S

PROTEClIOH.

113

r_---,_________~-~KRlStI' ... NOW I WilL TELL 'fOU

iHE GIWATRJ MANTRA IN 40UR EAR.

TIlIo 1 ORO Of DV.ARAKA

~'~'X~R;./~SH::N~h~h:N=P~.. ~(~R~~~M~n~TH~.~N~S~.=T~au~T~-------~ FOR THE.. ASHRflMA OF SAGE. SflN{)IP!lNI IN IWIlN7I '!

omar

114

CRIlFT8.

'0

ME MV 5OH,WH O WA5 DROWNED PRA6HASA.

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FOIlKl OF A I1UMAN, THE OCEAN AI'P6AREO NFIJIl£ KRISHNA . I(KISlfNA AP()RE!J6EO

THE GO() OF THE OCUW o 1<1/'16 OF THE oaAN9, RETURN TO Us. THE 50N OF OUR ~RU. WHOM 'IOU HAD SWEPT AWAY FROM THI S VERy S POT •

o LORD, IT WAS NOT I WHO TOOK HIM AWAV. THERE. 15 MIGHTt( ASURA CALLED PANCHA,JANA WHO "~'.lIL5 ,'.! IN M"I WATERS IN iHE GUISE Of A CON CH-SHELl.1 WAS HE WHO TOOK THE BOV AWN-f.

WELCOME TO NW KINGPOM.O KRI&HNA AND 8111l1RAMA. WHAT CAN I DO FOR t(OU ?

BHAGAWAT I'IJRANA - 5

8IUIU(flMI1 WENT BlICK TO THE BOI{.

NO , 1I0U HAVE.

OONE RLL 'fOU CAN. GO NOW TO "'OUR OWN HOME5. MA"! YOUR

KNOWLE DGE REMAIN E.VER FRESH.

o PAREEKSH IT, UDDHAvA WAS A DEAR FR1EHD Of SHRI KI?I5HNA,AND A RE5PECTE.D MINI&TER TOO. ONE DA'! KRISHNA BADE HIM TO GO TO VRINOAVANA.

THE LORD Of OWARAKA

WHEN UOlJlfllVII REIICHEO VRINOIIVflNII 17 w llS GRRZING IN THE WOOlJS. THE {/UST R/USEO

HilI? BEEN FEP II IIIIMPTIIOUS MEAL DOES KRI SHNA REMEMBER U5 AT ALL ? C70E& HE MISS HIS PARENTS AND HIS FRIEN DS? OH! IF HE. WOU LD ONL"I COME. ONCE 10 MEeT ~U~5~.t,~~~ WE DO 50 LOHG TO BEHOLD HIS BEAIITIFUL FACE AND HIS ENDEARING SMILE. ~

1~~~~~~~~~~

, SOON 7EIIRS 8EGIIN 70 TRICKLE {JOWN N!JNCWS FACE. 'IRSHOOIi 700 8E6IIN 70 CRY. (JP{)HAVA SAIOWE M155 HIM

SO MUCH< ':~:~~::0;~NA

THING IN V I 'REMINDS U5 OF - THE RIV E.R5,iHE MOUNTAINS , THE c.oW5, THE COW HER(75 .

a'WEE D, '(ou BOTH ARE THE UJCKIE5T OF PEOPLE TO HAVE SUCH

lOVE AND DEVOTION TOW"''';' KRISHNA. HE WILL SOON BE WI T H '(Ou.

LOOK AT 1'HAT STRANGER. HE 15 8UILT AND DReSSED LIKE OUR BELOVE D KRISHNA.)

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~~~~r~~~~;~;clli'.'~'~tl'o"

ni t" LOR oor

I)\.~ ARAKA

LEJ:jRJ./T THAT lIP/JHIWI1 W,9S AN Elt/ISSAR!! THEV QlJICKLV TOOK HIM IfSltJE.

OH! YOt.J HAVE COME WITH A ME55AGE. FROM 'lOUR LORD. BUT HE MUST HAVE SENT '{au TO COMFORT HIS PARENTe. FOR 'THERE IS NOTHING ELSE HERE WORTHWHilE FOR HIM TO REMEMBER .

/ !U.•..•

•

ONll( THE PARENTAL BOND ENDURES, ALL OTHER RELATIONSHIPS ARE. WEAK AND SHORT LIYED. CITIZEN5 ABANDON A KING WHO BECOMES WEAK. STUDENTS FOR.5/H<E

~~~~1HEIR TEACHER WHEN THEIR ~

STUDIES ARE OVER. WH'1,EVEN BIRDS FLY AWAC! FROM WHEN 115 FRUITS

GOPlKA6 WERE 50 THRILLE/;> lIT THE KRISHNA'S MESSENGER THAT THEY "TELL US HOW OUR KRISHNA 15<' DOES HE EVEN MENTION Us.? WIJ-L WE EVER HAVE 'THE FORTUNE OF SEEING HIM AGAIN ~

/(tJOOHIWl1 WRS MOVEO 81.( THE {)EVOTION OF THE I«?MEN. lJOU ARE FORTUNA7e TO 8E 50 CLOSE TO LORD KRISHNA . 'fOUR: I CAH SERVE. A5 AH IH5PIRIHG E.XAMPLE FOR LEARNED SAGES. THA"T IS WH'(' KRI5HNA HAS SENT ME HERE WITH A ME.SSAGE.

1HEN RELA1EO 1HE OF KRISHNIi 70 1HE WOMEN.

YOU CAN NEVER REALL~ BE: SEPARATED FROM ME FOR t AM EVERIfWHERE.1 PERVADE THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE IN DIFFERENT

'_O;R;M' TI';',',;".M. 1HE CREATOR, :<; AND DE5TR04ER . THE. E1ERNAL >O<JL,

ENGROSSED ARE THE OOPIKA5 IN 'fOU, THAT ,HEI( SEE I.fOU EVER,(WHERE,IH ALL O~eCT5 AND BEING£>. PEOPLE IN VRINDAVANA PINE

TO HAVE A GLIMPSE OF


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JU5" ,1'\5 FILL RIVER&, UlTIMAiEl'l REACH THE OCEAN AFiER MEANDERING 01'1 THEIR COURSE, f)O ALSO VARIOUS fORms OJ! WORSHIP CULMINATE 11'1 THE DESIRE "0 A'TTRIN ME. SEPARA'IQN FROM ME WILL MAKE YOUR LOVE MORE INTENSE. BU-r I CAN NEVER FOR5AKE '(OU. 8f ASSURED.

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~

HII/) BV

, TOLD SAI RAN ("lHRI THAI I WOULD VI SIT HER HOUSE AFlER /'Ill.( MISSION

,~ I'
TO 8B BEIIU7IFtillV AClORNEJ) WITH FLOWeRS, STRINGS n-t£ LORDOff)',, 'ARAKA

LORD KR I" ,N,O ? AT MY DOORSTEP.

HERE WA& OVER. COME LEI'S 60 NOW.

DEAR XRISH NA, SlAV HERE. WITH ME FOR A FEW DA'I5. I CANN OT BE AR TO 'IOU GO HOW·

... TH E. HU NCHe:ACK

o mar l'hit ra l ll tha

L.IITER ONEP/ft!1E illS/TEO AI(RURA WITH 81UAKAMA IINO UPOHI1I1I1.

IiKRuRA RflN FOR..WARO TO WELCOMe THEM. WELCOME! I AM FORTUNATE TO HAVE 'IOU

THEREFORE I AM At-IXlOU& ASOUT'THE PANOAVA&.I WO<JL"I LIKE 10 ENSURE. ,HEIR HF\PPINE5S.

I I

LORDOHlWARAKA

THAT VILE 5HAKUNI 15 ALSO A BAD INFLUENCE ON THE OLD KING . 0

1

',.

'"

,

0

,,

AND MANNER5,'THE PANDAvAS ARE FAR. SUPERIOR. TO THE KAURAVA BROTHERS.

I,

DUR."fODHANA AND HIS 8ROTHERS ARE FOREVER PLOTTING 10 HARM ,HE PANDAVA5. THE"f EVSN TRIEO TO .....l!!o.~POI 50N THEM.

"

Ii 1

KII,o,r .!\I'.... T 1'1 RA'>'"

~~~~ o AKRURA ,I KNOW 'IOU MEAN WELl.. BUT M~ HeART I:; ALREAD'!' 50 fHASE.D TOWARO.o; "''1 &ONS, 1HAT W)UR GOOD COUNSE L HAS NO EFFECT. I HEAR THAT GOD HIMSELF HAS BEEN INCARNA,eo IN THE 'fROMP. V'fNA$TIf FOR RIDDIHG ,HE WORLD OF EVIL. LET HI S WILL BE DONE.

MI!;/:IHWHI LE, TWO QUEENS ASTI AND Pk'APTI, WEWl BACK TO THEIR FATHER'S HOUsE AF1ER THE DEATH OF THEIR HUSBAHD. THE'f JOLD "THEIR FATHER,JARASAHDHA. THE KING Of mAGADHA, HOW

RE1tJRNE{) TO frlhTHtJRA ANO REPOR.TEO NOW "THAT I HAVE ObSERVED HIS BEHAVIOUR MI(SELF, THERe 1$ NO (;t)UBT "THAl DHRJ1ARASHTRA FAVOURS THE KAwc:AVAe AI'IO THE

PANvAVA&

ARE NOT FAIRLV.

SO, FATHER,AFTER KILLING THE /'I'I16HT'f WRE &'LER5 KRISHNA KILLED OOR DEAR HU5BAND.

" ' :"''''" HAP 8EEH KILLED.

LET "'1( ARM'f

PRePARE FOR WAR. I WILL NOT Reel TILL I WIPE OiIT THE e t-l TIRE RAce OF ,HE
hRI-"II:-'\ 1111

I'

liN ARMV OF ? 3 OF M117HlIRA. THE CAPI7Al OF 7HE SIGH7.

PERHAPS , IT 15 THAT JARIISAHDHA HA5 COLLECTep TIllS LARGE ARlfI'1 AHD BROUGHT THEM TO f'fI'I DOOR,. I CAN DESTRoY THEM ALL

AT c;:lHCE AHD lIGHTEH SUR.PEI'! OF EVIL

BUl I WILL HOT KILL tlAR.ASANDHA 'fET. LeT HIM COLLECT MORE OF HIS MEN 10 RlTACK ME.I CAN KILL THEM TOO AND FULFIL THE PURPOSE OF M'1 IHCARHATION.

FROM THE EAR.JH.

2 1,,70 ELEPHAN1 :;', 21 8 70 CtiARIO"T5 , 6?oI0 OWIIL R'f fi NO

'"

NOT ONL<{ THE CHARIOT5, EVEN 'tOUR FAVOURITE WEAPON S "HE PLOUGH AN D THE PE5,.lE ARE HERE.

o

KRISHNA,'1t:1U ARE.

A MERE LAD. I FEEL

I'!;~!,,\ EMBARRASSED TO ~

FJGHT WITH 'IOU ALONE.

BAlARAMA , IF "IOU BELIEVE THAT DEATH ON "THE BAHlEFIELD WILL Et-ISURE «ou A PLACE IN HEAVEN,COME FIGKT WITH ME.

JUST A5 CLOUDS COVERING THE SUN OR SMOKE ENVELOPING II FIRE 'ANNaT DO 50 FOR LONG,SO ALSO THE ENORMOUS ARM"'! OF JARASANDHA COULD NOT SURROOND SALARAMA KRISHNA FOR LONG •

•

W/iTCHING THE SCENE FROM 7HEIR BllLCONIES fiNO

I

II '( II.

OH!lHE CHARI010F KRISHNA WI1H itie. PeNNANT OF GARuDA HA5 DISAPPEARED.

lHE FLAG OF PALM A10P 6AlARAMA'~

CHARIOT Ie. NOl' SEEN EI1HER.

129

THE LOfIDOf OWARAKA

r-----------------------------., ~~w~"~~ ~OF ;,~~'~~~;v"'~;u~~~),W~~~~"l I
KRISH NA TOOK Pl1'l ON ME AND LET ME GO. WHAT A DI~­ HONOUR rr 15 FOR ME.

HIS LIFE.

~

~Pt~;~~~~~~~~~~~"~"~>~!r-A

1t8lJT SOME OF THE KINGS WHO tfl10 ALONG WITH HIM OISStlAOEO HIM .

ow

IT wAS GOO'S WIll THAT LORD OF rMARAKA 'K)U FACE OEFEA"T 1HIS "'TIME.

BUT 'tOU CAN 5URELH WIN "'THE HEX" TIMe. DON'T ,HINK OF REi/RING TO THE FORE5T.

/lRMV HAP BEEN IINNIHILItTW, XIlISHNII's /lIlMI( H.f9~ /UM05T /lNO 8V THE CITIZENS OF /WrTHfIPA.

)

HAl) P/CEOICTEI).,jfU?A5IIHI)H~ 6/lTHEREI) OF e3 IIKSlfAlIHINJ5 "NO ATTnCKEO

THEY SAt{ THE 4ADAVA5 ARE A5 MIGHT'( AS I AM. Lf;l M E 00 AND CONFRONT lliEM .

133

KIII'>II""

I BOTH OF U,,5"lAi\R~E"V;'N~;;'5

oN l NOW WI::

NAVE TO FACE. TWO ENEMIESo, JARA5A NDHA AN D KAU\'fAVANA.

WE MUS"T HAVE. AN INVINCIBLE FORTRESS BUILT WHERE NO ENE/YIV CAN ENTER. ONLI{ AF"TER PLACING OUR PEOPLE INS1DE 5(JCH A WILL WE FIGH"l KALAYAVAHA.

REPELLING K fORCES AH D JARA5A NDHA AL50 ATTA CKS, HE MAl.( OVERPOW ER, OUR PEOPLE.

CONSUL1ING 8fiLfiRfif"J1A,I
omor (, nitro "utha

BHAGAWAT PURANA -

s

WITH HIS CWINE KITH /lNI) KIN TO

HIS

THe NEW/' 'f CRe87elJ

clrY.

WHO WAS STATIONED ()()TSIOE THE Gf1TE,8cHEU? THE f1PPROI1CHING FIGtJRE. SUREL"I 1HJS MUS1

BE KRI S HNA. HE FI15 THE DESCRlP1JON NARADA GAVE ME OF I(RI&HNA.

BUT HE IS APPROACHING ME UNARMED. I TOO MU&T' PUT AWAY (t1 V WeAPONS.

II, 1')KI,"lli.'.... ~.~r.\

"BUT WHEN KIIUNRVIINA CliME NEIIR, KRISHNA 7IJRNEV AwAY liNt> BEGAN 70 RuN.

700 BEOAN 70 FOUOw HIM A7 II /?IJPIO

I
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NO HEEO IWO RRN OH 1Ii.L

~-C__~fl~H~n~'~~~O~E=-Cfl"~~~.~::~...

C-__

PON'" RUN AWA'1 FROM '"THE 6A1TLEFIELD! !IOU ARE A DE.SCENDANT OF '"THE BRAVE """AV.5./

Offiur

~·hj l ra

lut h Cl

omQr ('" nitro kuthn

137

MN FOOL DI5TURB5 'iOUR SLEEP, HE WILL BE REDUcED TO A5HES THE IH5TANT 'IOU AT HIM.

I

,{OU MU&T

BE NARA4ANA,51NCE t{OUR. RADIANCE Ie:.. LIGHTING UP THIS

DARK CAVE.

I HAVE APPEARED ON EARTH IN VASUDEVA'S HOUSE.. I AM "THEREFORE CAUEP VAASUDEVA .1HAT WA6 I
I HAve COUNTLES6 NAME5.IT MA'i BE. POS51SlE TO COUNT THE PARTICLES OF OU&T ON

EARTH . AND

M"/ NAMES

KILLED BI{ 'iOUR GLANCE. 400 HAVE LONG BEEN NIl( DEVOTEE., CAME HERe 10 GIVE 40U m'i

6LE55INGS .

r

MUCHUKUNOA WAS OVERWHELMED WITH DEVOTION AND LOVE. HE SOWED RE5PE

LORD

AND HI5 BLE$SIHG5.

KRISHNA: THE ENCIIAN"J'ER

10 hlllr/1()RII /1£ OECINJIITEO THE ENTIRE

AS THE O)(EN LItPEH Wf1H THE

TREII5lJRE WERE BEING LEO R~"'-

/it.., LORD ! ,JARA5A"'PHA 15 APPROACHING MA1HURA AGAIN. FOR THE EIGHTEEH1H liME! HIS ARM'f HAS REACHED THE CITI( GAlES.

"ON XRISHNIJ'S 61{)[)JHG ~ THe. CllltJfWII SOl{)IERS TOOK flU THE PI?EClOliS 7l') 7HE PEFEII7EO I#/?HIY. TAKE ALL THEIR TREA5URE AND JEWElS. >lET THEM BE BROUGHT TO DWARAKA.

SEVENTEEN 71ME5 cJlfRASlfNPHA fIIIO IITTIICXEP MliTHtJIlII fINO ~VENTEEN 11h1$5 K/lI5/1H11IWP 8/lLIlRAM/I HAD oRlllEN /tIM KRJ3I1HR

BHAGAWAT PURANA · 6

r--------:;------"..., OF COURSE. I KHOW "IOU A~ HOi. &tiT PRETEND A'tH WIW.lET U5

It

WHEN ,JIlRA6FlNOI1I1 /lHD HIS

HE (£/{ItO NOT BELIEVE WHIIT HA ! HA! HA! LOOK Frr THEM

RUH.

RUH!THEVARE SCARED OF ME.

"111.. 7HOUf;H mE"! ~ ON FOOT, KRISHNA IINP Bl!I..~RllNlIl

LE.T'S fOLLOW THEM. QUICK!

HIIO II GOOf) LEIID.

HURR"I! WE MU5T CATCH

UP WITH THE.M . THE'i ARE NOT EVEN ARMED. WE CAN FINI SH "THEM OFF EASILY.

14 1

K RISHNA T H E EN(~c~"~n:~'~;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FI.IIN1E5 5
• THE TWO

SE.T fiRE TO "THE MOUNTAIN FROM ALL SIDES . DO N'T LET THEM eSCAPE ALIVE.

MADE .., /JIIRJNG

\'E5. THE

.5MOKE AND FIRe.

"..,,...-, WILL Give us COVER.

JARASAHDHA

AND HI& MEN ARE LOOKING FOR

8RoTItEK~

us.

0t4 Ttt f SlOPES . LET'S RUN!

AT LAST! KRISHNA AND 8AlARAM~

HAVE

&fEN &URNT TO DEATH IN THAT FIRE . l CJ\H NOW

00 BACK TO

MAGADHA IN PEAce. .

A

RUKM1Nt HAS SEAUT't', IHTELLIGENCE AHD GRACE .5tlE. WILL SE THE

HAf) FIVE BROTHER.SIl()KM I ~ KU IChIAR.II7ItA, ~uKMfl8IlHlI , RIIKM/lKESlfA IfNO ~KMAMALI. WE SHOULD LOOK fOR A SUITA8LE GROOM FOR RUKMINI .

RUICM1NI

WILL 8E MARRIED 10M"I

FRIEND

NO , NEVER! I SHALL NOT ALLOW HER TO MARRI( KRISHNA .

MARR"I SHtSHuPALA! THA' PRINCE OF CHEPt! t CANNOT THINK OF

'- '''0"

,,!

Kfll,";HNfI THE ENCHANn::U

WAS PLUNGEO fN GLOOM

{(SHE THOUGHT OF II 8/?'11HliflN .

SENT FOR. liN Ol.1:) '1R(JSTED

WHA1" SHOULD I DO? I FEEl. 50 CONFUe.ED.

RESPECT.

HE

o KRISHNA . WITH

"lOUR

HAHD50ME LOOK&. NO&LE NATURE. AND WlSDOM , 'IOu RRE TRUL't utl MATCHED.

144

'-== ===11

r

...----------nc:::x=::::cJ I HAV E CHOSEN '1Ou FOR WI HU&6AND. HONOUR ME 61( COMING HERE

BflACAWAT PUR ... N... ,

M~ BROTHER RUKMI HAS ARRAHGEO MY MARRIA GE

Tlt~')~~;;;;~~:;~ ~~:;,~

WITH VER~ SHISHUPALA,!5tIT IDEA OF BEIHG ANYONE ELSE'S WIFE IS UNTHINMBLE.

I\tlD ACCEPTIHG ME A5 "lOUR WIFE .

I ~GGE&T 'THAf 400 COMe 10 VIDAR8HA

,HE DA\f BEFORE THE WEDDING AHD TAKE ME AWAV FORCI&L't ~

IT 19 W5TOftlAfW FOR "THE BRIDE-TO-SE TO V15J1 THE. "TEMPLE OF PARVAIi CUTeIDe. ,HE TOWN A PA'I &EFVRE iHE

aREMONI.(J~Ic~~~_

WEDDING "THAT~ wH~Re YOU WILL 8E ABLE ,0 MEET ME.

i TQO H'AVE m'f HEAR:!

L051

10 RUKMINI. 50

ReST A55uRED, I WILL SUREL'Ii RE5CUE HER FROM M'1 OPPONENTS·

THE HuAA
PRePARf TO LEAVE.

FOR VIVAR&HA. WE HAVE TO RfACH &EFOR~

NIGH'lFALL. PA
AFTE.R

IN NEW '«X.I LOOK 50 &EAUlrFUL. LET ME TIE lHI& AU5PICIOU& THREAD ON YOtJR

___W_"'.'~T~·__-~~ f~

Wl7H k KJ5HNA IINC THE VENERABLE, ;8AA~~H~"'~ 'Nj"'~::::::~ NIGHT.

CHARIOT, OIIRtll(.q plU)~ FIIST IN

7Hi

II'f A LIfRGE PEClJRATE[) t:.tf~RJOTS, EUPffIlNT!J, tfOI(SES AND SOLDIERS, 7tfE GROOM3 PIIRTY RE/lCIfE() IWN()JNIIPUR/1.

IF "THRT KRJe.HMA PROVES AN O&S"TJI(LE iO iHIS MARRIAGE , WE ARE. PRef')qRED

10 FIGHl HIM.

HE 'AOH'i HAVE /lCHAI"'i AGAINST OUR COMSINED

FORCes.

WELCOMEO THEM WITH DUE. HONOlJR IINO

IIPPOINTEO P,I/£ljCES.

HE HUIiRIEf)LY GIITHEREO HIS ,,~v liND SET OUT FOR. J(UNOJHIlPUKA, HI S HER/{7 WIIS FJlLEP WJTH CONaRJ{. ALL 1HESE KING5 ARE PREPARED FOR &AliLE AND J(RIs.HNA HAS 60NE

l'lLONE!

I kNOW 15HOt1LD NO; WORRy. KRISHNA

1'3 MeRlO THAN A hlA1CH FOR AU. OF lH ... .

BUT iHERE'S SOUND TO SE A BIG FIGHT fIND I MUSi Sf BY KRleHNA'&

SIDE.

omac

1i1'I1:,lISA ( HE ENCHANTER

~~~= "..""",,0. J AI'I'I WAlliNG

FOR LORD KRJ5HNA , 8UT EVEN "THE VENERABLE BRAHMIN H115 NOT . VEl' REiURNE D.

PERHA~

LORD

KRI~NA

DID NOT FIND ME WORTH't' OF HI,., .

"""

-r.

il1E lWO VADAVA CAN I E.veR

HoPE TO Rf PAl( 'It:itI FOR WHAI '100

6ROTHERS ARE HERE!

Pl!RHAP5 10 WIlN655 RuKMINI"S WEDDING,

HAve DONE FOR ME, I CAN ONL\{ 80W TO i{OU •

Ofl\ur

. ""

IIHA(;AWAT I'tJHANA 6

1f15 1I/lhI'{ IfAO KRlSHNA.7HE'f

'v we ARE HONOU RE D B't' '1OUR pRJ3.5ENCe ON TH I!:> OCC A &IO N .

OUR PRINCESS IWKMINI WOULD MAI'.! "HIM AN IDeAl. WIFE .

lET'S HOPE AND

PItA.., THAT KRISHNA 'TAKe, IWKMINI'& HAHD IN M/'IItRIAGE.

"

GROUP OF StXOIER.S, ktlKhllNi MIIOE HER W.IiIV TO

OF GOOOE5S PIIRVlHI .

• SEEMEO LOST IN TNOU(jHT 11!!J SHE WALKEO "lON6 WITH !fER /lTTENOIWTS /lNO RELATIVES.

WILL HE COME ~ PARE I HOpe ~

150

THE RJTIJIIlS.

---,

BHAGAWAT l'URANA . (,

IWI{NIINI

THE

6O(J()~s.s.

sNEers.

OF THE

MIrTH

J<JNGS IISSEIHBl.EO IN 7HE

tJlfE EMERGEP F1lM

m~

, THE ENCHANTER

II UON 7AI SHIlIlE FROM 1H~ S(lRROuNPING Kl(JtJHNII $PEP ..9W..9\1' WITH IlUI<MINI.

dllllllSflNPHII IfHIJ "THE

QTH~R.

THE SHOCI< OF THE QUICK Fie ON US ! WE YIlEIU: LEFT 1"I00DIHG OUR sows WHIL.E 1lfA,. COWHERD WOUNDED OUR PRIDE AND WEN"T AWAY WITH RUKMIHI.

KINGS

""C~

OF EV~NTS. COM E ,

POH 'fOUR., ARMOUR..

."._ ___--,-_--,-.,--___,-:--,.,--.,-----;,.:'"::.:.="::;"\\I. .T PUR...."IA

6

THE SOLOJ~R3 OF 8RUIRIIM~'s IIIf.N1V VIWIfNTl If RESPON06P TO T/'fE RT7IfCI< •

DON'T

'E AFRAID ,

WORPS, 1H~ f(R17AVR IIRMV CHIEFS liKE GAOA /lNPMUMMA IWNIHIJ.MS1 TlfEIAF0E6.

o 6EAUTIFUL ONe! JU&T WA1CH HOW '/OURARM'f

$OON TItE PATH Wl9S STREWN WITH FIILL6H ELEPHIWTS liND SROI(JSN 'HllmOTS.

DE&TROV& THE

51GJ1T OF 5OMI/Nfl OF

llARI/S/lNOI1I1

~o

7H~/R 501.01£15 H/SAllIES FLEO.

(()(It O NOT GET OVER. THE

MC7 THflT HIS 8RJPE -TO-~ HRO BEEN /(IONflPPEO . HE WflS $T1i!ICJ(EN WITH

SOl?kt)W /tNt> SHOC)(.

",,"c....._-I

GET OVER, '«)UR. GRIEF, CANNOT AlWIWf!.> HAVE 'lVHRT we:

o SHietlUPRLR. we ~&H

FOR.

LOOK AT ME! SEVENTeEN TIMES WAS I DEFEATEf) IN BATTLE BIf KRJSHNA,L05tNG 23 AI(5HAUHtI'HSo TIME. 6tH. FINALL'f. IN M'I EIGHTEENTH AlTEMPT, I

sua:,,",,,,,1

•.

OF KRISHNA J R/JKMI IU..oNE.

OF THEm WITH EltSE. RUJ(M"S NO IJO(lNOS.

K~I::.llNA

r;:;;:;~o.l;NIff.;;';;NNcP','R;;:U;;<;;"';'I~"~U;,,,,;;Pptei'D~iXJ;;;;W~N;l FROM HIS CHIIRIOT IINO CHIfRGEO /iT I
,~""'r"'''''~~:/

l .....".,cV"
!JU1 /
0 lORD OF 1llE. UNIVi!R,Se, '100

ARlO 'HE. POWERFUL SUT l.{OU ARE 8ENE.VOLENT

l' OOE~ NOT "IOU iO KILL. M'f ~HE R.

FOR HER. SAKE,I'LL SPARE Hie U~ e.uT 1 MUf" iEACH HIM LE&&ON.

rHL ENCHAN fER

WITH HIS SI4KJIUJ KRISHNfI SHIlVEO OfF FliTCHES OF f111/~ FROM

R(lHMI's IfEIlO fiNO MOlJ6TIICHE,

ANO THE VIlOIIVA IIRMI( /lRRIVIED ON THE O~STIi!OVl!D RUKMI's SOLPJ~R8.8Al.llRilMIl

TO ME RUKHlI's OISFIGU~P STATe, KRISHNA! WHAT HAVE '(OU DONE

r

NOBLE ONE,DOH'T THINI<. ILL OF U5 BECAU5E OF WHAT HAPPENED.I«}UR 8ROTHER SUFFERED AS-A .RE5ULl OF

- .....,

ALAS! 1HE OHARMA OF 1l1E K5HAiRl'fA&1I\ IS. 5lJCH 'THAT A MAN MA'1 KilL HIS OWN BROTHER IN WAR.

HIS OWN PEED5••

l1ET ITl5 NoelE, KRISHNA, TO FORGIVE THE WORST ACT OF ' 'fOOR. RELATIVES. LET HIM GO; DON~ KIll HIM. HIS OWN GUILT WILL PESTRO'(

KRISHNA Tl-IE

TO CONSOLE RtiKMINI HE S/lI{)-

"

15 FOR HI5 OWN

GOOD iHAT 'tOUR 6R01HER HAS BEEN pUNISHED.

HOW CAN I RETURN TO M~ CAPITAL IN THIS SlATE'? I WIL.L HAVE 10 FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO LIVE.

I 5t1ALl. NOT ENTER KUNDIf'lAI'(JRA TILL. 15LRV THAi WICKED KRISHNA AND RESCUE My LITTL.E SIST ER.

"THE CI TizeN:; OF DWARAKA WERE E)tCEEDINGL'{ HAPP'f 70 WITNE55 THE WEDDING OF ~R'5HNA AND RLJ~MINI.IN VUE COORSE, A SCN WA5 BOJ
/ ,,,"n A FINE FISH! I WILL PRESEN1 IT 10 OUR. KING SHAM8ARASURA .

(111,.1 " .. h' I,·O 1....1Ih<1

~

i~~~~~~t§~~~~i~~~l"l'SHNA (; )

J.

MA<{AvATI WA S IN fACT RAil, .HE WIFE OF TIlE ENCHANT[N

KAMDEVA. WHEN

~ HE

LEFIRNT FROM NARADA T HAj "THE. !loA8'{ WAS NONE OTHER THAN AN INCARNATION OF HER HU&&AHD , KAMADEVA, MAl/A VAT I WRS "THRILLED.

DA'fS 5P!!D

I'!HD SOON

, PI
BHAGAWAT PlJRANA 6

. Wl 7H

BLOw,HE I'll HAVE TO USE. MFWA.

(.

"

THE OF NWHII-MIIVA, PRIIO'lI.JIYINII COtiLO COUNTER /ILL THE WlCKEO MOVES OF THE IUX/RA. HE 700K UP/I SlfIlRP SWORD . . .

HI5 DARK LOOK~ CON"TRAST 50 WELL WITH HER FAIR FACE.

161

KRISHN... THE: ENCHANTER

HAD M"I SON SURVIVED I HE 100 WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS AGE.

RfJI<MINI TOO RESEM81.RNCE TO

TOO ClIME ON THE SGENE BUT STOOO BV SlLENTL'I, 115 IF HE KNEW NOTHING . THEN NIIRlJOR IIRRIYED THEU ANP NI/RR./ITEO THE PIIST EVENTS. HE ISo "lOUR SO N, RUt<;MIHI, WHO WAS lOST WHEN HE WAS AN INFAN T .

SAT~IT HAD ONCE FAL5EL'f 8LAMe.D KRISHNA AND 10 ATONE: FOR HIS CRIME, HE GAVE HI5 DAUGtfTER 5AwA6HAMA IN II"IARRIAGE 10 KRISHNA ALONG WITH 1HE 5'fAMAN1AKA GE M.

orner ("hifra kufha

BHAGAWAT PURANA 6

INTERRUPTer:>

DWARAJ(II 7HERE uv~r:> 5117RArJIT WHO WII!S:R~~=~

DEVOTEE OF SUN,"!II, rifE. 3UN GOP. ()HE OIl"! .suRYII

NO, NO,"TSlLME EIIER"I"THING IN DETAil. WHO WA& SAiRALllT? WHAT

8~FO~

HIM.

wAS SATRAU1T'5 I WHeRE DID HE. GET THE GEM ~ WHit DID HE MARR.'I HIS TO ~R.15HNA?

OH THAT! }oT'S NOT THE SUN .

"TH.II1''5 SATRAJIT WEARING A eRILLIANi ,JEWEL.

amar \" hifra "ufhn

163

;';IINi.'-...

11!11N ~ lV.Nll~

THE SW:IMANTAKA 151'1 FA&UlOU& GEM. Ii IIIELDe. EIGHT MEASURES OF GOLD EVERII DAII.

EVE~ONE

DWARAKA

I~

IN TALK-

ING I'IBOU'T '{OUR

NOW THA'T 'IOU HAVE ENOUGH GOLD, WHI/ DON'T 400 GIVE THE

OUR "'N"

.UGRAS.~!A

WHAT '6 MORE, -rHE

GEM

PROTS:CT~

THE

PEOPLe AROU ND FROM DISEASE ANO FAMINE..

SHAGAWAT PURANA (,

"THE LION WAS FII5 C1NATEO BY THE M ILJ.lANCE OF 7H£ GEM AND TOOl( IT JlI-WIY 10 HI S OEN . .1(l5 T THEN -

, ,

Iff OWflRIU
" IT W..95 cMNlBRVJlN , THE bEllI? WHO 11"0 IITT-'ICJ(EO THE LION. tlIIM81WIIN 609VE mE GEM TO HIS LI TTLE SON 10 PLfI¥ WI TH .

OF

PRA5E.NA HASH' "T Re"TURNE D. PERHAPeI I< RI50HI'IA HAS KILLE D HIM FOR "THE S>At<E OF 1HE 5'1AMAN1Al
COME WllH ME 1HE. FORES1 • WE WILL FIN D 001

WHAT REAL L'i HAPPEN ED " 0

16:'

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;;:i'~R'~SH~N'~' ~ THEENCHANTER f

I'LL GO IN ALONE.

"fOU WAIT OUTSIDE THE ClWE.

166

orner ch;fra kutha

BHAGAWAT PURANA . 6

7HEN 7HE'( W~STLEO WITH ElICH OTHER.BvT S05TRONG ANO WELl.·MATCHED WERE THE TWO THAT THE FIGHT WeNT ON "NDON.

11 15 TWELVE OAYS SINCE: I(RI&HNA WENT INSIDE .

LET'S r:.o AND GIVE THE SAD New5TO

167

KKI::,IINA

SRTRReJl'r FELT TEKRI8LV WHEN HE HEIIKO TIfE WHOLE STOR". WITH HI5 HERO ffUNG LOW,IfE MEEKL V fiCCEPTEO THE. GEM BIIC/( ON I
IH~ ~NCH"'."ItK

It

!;""""""..,I"'WHAT SHqULD I DO TO mONE 'FOR Wi WRONG ? HOW CRN I

PLEAse KRISHt-iA NO ...... ?

HOW MDOf Nl6 TO HAVE ACcu5ED KRISHNA.

I OFFE R. "IOU M'i

PAUGH1E R 5ATIfASHAMA A5 ...... ELL A$ THE Ef/AMAN1AKA GeM,

I CANNO, ACCEP, THE: GE·M. LET II REMAIN WITH lKJU A50 A GIFT OF SUI/:
r~~~::: "GOLD PRODUCED IT.

WH"I DON'T
___-1

BHAGAWAT PURANA · 6

()C)toI'l WQRRIt. WE. WILL 60 TO DWARAKA AND FIND THE KILLER. AHD THE GEM .

"SffIlTIIOHIINV!I SPEI) IIW.9¥ ON HORSE8flCJ(, 8l1T6()()N KRISHNfl /INO BIILIIRRMII WERJ: ON HIS TRAIL.

"THEN II'I'\Ue.T FL~e !

AT LEAST KEEP I

THERE HE If;! . HE-'f; JUMPED ' OFF FROM HI S

HORe-e .

KRISHNA m E ENCHANTER TO {)WIIIYIK8 /JIU.AKIIMA MID A Vl5fT I1XR(JRA RHD

UNCLE,I KNOW THAT 5HATADHFlNVA LEFT THE GEM WITH 'IOu. RIGHiFULlV IT BELOHG5 TO SATRAJIT'5 oeSCENDAHT& AND iHEREfORE 10 ((1'1 SOH.

7HE YO WN.

KRISHNA HAS KILLED

HOWEVER, 'IOU fYlAV KEEP "THE SI{,IlMAN TAKA GEM.JUST ALLOW ME TO !>HOW IT TO EVER'fONE. IN DWARAKA CLEAR, M'I NAMe.

KRISHNA THEN SHOWED THE JEWeL "TO THE PEOPLE OF DWARAKA. HAVING CLEARED ALL. 17OU8TS FROM THE MIND& OF THE PEOPLE, HE ReTURNED THE GEM "TO AKRURA •

... . OF .",.

170

arnat"

KRISHNA: THE VIcromous f'II~EEKSNlr THE STORY OF KRISHNII:S VRRIOlJ.5 Mlllbf/MES .

ACCOMPANIED BY SATyAKJ AND OTHER YADAVA5, KRISHNA PAJD A VISIT 10 INDAAPRASTHA

TO MEET THE PANDAVAS .

J AM

o KIlISHNA . W'E DeLlGHTEP mAT YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT USAND &£N T Ak'RI.IRA 10 ENQUIRE.

ABOUT

OU;.~~~~~1

so

HAPPY THAT ALL.

OF ¥OW ESCAPED FROM THE BURNING. HOUSE LAC·,

--:.

I WANT

lAM SUR'tA'S PA UG H T E~ . M~ NAME IS

OSTAIN

LORD VISHNU AS M Y HUSBAND .

-omo,

r.::-:_______________C'C":,I.. II'I" lin ,,. Il/l.JIJN/t WEHT BlICK TO KIUSHNR .

VlCTOR'OII'"

(( TRKING KIII.INlJ/ WITH THEM, THEY I?ETURNEO 10 'fllOHISHTHI!M'S PAlflCE.

r.:ccc-ccc--c______________________-;BHAGAWAT~ - 7 GRATER//. MRYR &/1£T A BEAUTIFUl

NRU FOR YVPNISNTNIIV/ AT INPKAPAASTlfA.

NO, WE

~NNOT

AlLOW

'I'CIU TO DO SO. IT WOULD AN~

DUR4ODHANA . ¥OU

1M" CHO<>5'

iA~ONE

I HAVE SPENT fOUR MONTHS IN YOUR DE.I..IGHTFUL COMPAN'I . HOW I MUST RETUR.N.

I

fl U-

rl KINa NIUi/VR.J/T OF AVOPHVli NIW II P.9l.ASHTER /vAMED SIIrt.'A . ffE MADI! AN IINNOUNCEMENr. I Will MARR'f M'-4 DAUGHTER SAT'fA TO THE BRAVEST OF MEN .

WHEN kRISHNA HERilP 0'" WENT 70 IIVOPNt,'II.

~ HE MUST BE ABLE TO OVERPOwER THESE SEVEN 1:ERO(.I()I.lS BULLS .

1'HIS~

HE

a

LORD OF THE UNI VERSE ~ WHAT CAN A MERE MORTAL. L.IKE ME

co

FOR 'fOU?

I WANT TO BUILD A BOND OF AFFECT()N WITH 'fOU B'f NlARR4'ING YOU R DAUGHTER

SANA .

WE AIU INDEED FORTUNATE . I MUST PERSQNALL'f WELCOME WI,., .

CERTAINL'1 . WHERE COULD I FIND A BETTER MATCH THAN '!'oo? BUT I HAVE A CONDITION .

NRIJIVIiJlr LEt> KRISHNA n7 1NE ENCLOSURE OF THE SEVEN WILO BU"8. YOU MUST CONTROL THEM AND DI5PLA'f 'fOUR PROWESS .

175

f11 fN ·,"W"T PI IRAN"

HE HAS DONE IT!

«

HE IS THE CHOSE.N

THE WEPPJNti o.c KIC'JSHNII WITH SRT/f11 WR5 CELESRRTEP WITH GRCliT ..t01f AT lIo/0PHIfIl.

7

SEE, WITH WHAT EASE HE'S LEADING THE BULLS.

---,..,----Tl-

ru-=-=:ccc::-=:cc:cc:cc-=---,---,:-:-___~'c",',",~":..::n.::lE~~~C~HC'C"COCUSC·

rifE kINGS WHO !fAO TRIEO FOR SflrVA'S HIWP ANO FAllEO NOW SURROUNPEP THEM . YOU SHALL NOT

GET AWA'1 WITH HER ~

If LIKE ,q TRUE F/?IENP, IIIUUNfI C'lME 70 KRISHNA:SAID ANO WITH HIS BOW. (iRNPEEVA, OEFERrEO KRISHNA'S OPPONENTS . THERE ~ THE" HAVE

ALL GONE . YOU CAN PRoCEED IN PEACE TO DWARAI
MARRIED LATER KRISHNA 8HADRM,THE DAt.JGHTER OF tHS AUNT SHRUTAKEERTI , AND LAKSHMANA, THE

\\;;:;;;:~=::;;;;:::';;:';~;:===~.I

PRINCESS OF

MADRA .

NO,BESIDES HE MARRIED THE THDU5AND~

OF

BEAUTIFUL WOMEN HE HAD RESCUED FROM THE CLUTCHES OF THE DEMON NARAKASURA.

177

r:,.,..:-:-:-c:-c--:_:-c_:-c,--_,--___~8:.;HAGI\W...T PURANA - 7 "NARllKllSlJlrII. IU.SO KNOWN lIS

8HIHAWUIIIIlII, WAS TEIMOJlIZINt$ THE

AaJPE OF 1HE PEVRS WITH HIS

HIS &>EAR W IFE SATI.IR8HI1MII, K~ISHN,f SET

OFF ON NIS

VEHICLE~

rNE 6RRt1P1f .

AllmNG ACIS. AND HE HAS

HE HAS e VEN 8lOU! /li THE EAR- RINGS

"'9iirl 1 THE

TAKEN AWAit

UMB~ELlA

OF VARUNA .

OF MOTHER ADIT! . •

HMM! THE MOUNTAINS SURROUND 1JiE aT" LIKE A FORTli!E69. AND THEN THERE 19 A WALL OF

WEAPONS . A MOAT

F'ILLED W ITH WATER

AND A WELL

OF FIRE ,

THE NoIIR THAT IfOSE FROM H IS ~/IIE FEROC/OUS NEt9PS ECHOED FEIIR. -

R.ltll( IN IIll t:JlRECTIONS .

ornllr ,- h,frn I..clthn

NO t'rIRTCH FOI? MI(jHT. NOW NIU?IU<.II SURII HIMSElF CRME TO THE F ORE . BUT THE/;

WE~E

K~/SHItIR'S

W I TH H I S SE T WHEN I RELEASE THE SHATAGHN ES . YOU MUST ALL FIRE YOUR ARROWS AT TH e S AMe TIME .

.t-

WEAPON

o n" l" , 1\;11'0 "" Th o

181

r;:,-::::-::--:--:-:-c-:c-:::--:-:::cc--::-:---c::-c-::c:-::::-:-:::''lHACAWAT THE ELEPHI'.INT ARM'! COI."P NOT STIINt> TNIS QUill. ATrllCK IINP

, _7

0;.;£"1 NIIRIIKIISURR REM/liNE/) ON

~LEP .

THlIT BJRD HAS SCAREP ' AWA't'M,II ELEPHANTS. J WILL I(I LL HIM WlTH M4

SHAKT/ ."

WHI.( ~ HE DID NOT EVEN

H

BUT k/?/SHNII WRS QUICKER TNAN HIM ANP •. •

BUDGiE! LET ME

ATTACK

KRISHNA.

HERE ARE THE EAR-RINGS OF MOTHER Aorrr AND THE UMBRELLA OF VARUIliA. STOLEN 6"1 NARAI
o mar c h i fra Kotho

I

VI(,TOR IOl}',

"BOWI NG RESPECTFU.l.lf(

B l.E5SEP

LORD! t114 GRANDSON BHAGADATTA. SON OF BHAUMASURA, IS FILLED WITH

FEAR. PROTECT HIM .

HE I'OI./NP SIXTEEN T'hOUSIINP BEAUTIFUl. PRINCESSES IMPRISONEP IN5I PE.

BEEN C/lP1't.lItEP Sf( THE WICIt'EP NAItRkR5t1RR . LOOI< ! LORD KRISHNA

HIMSELF!

OF TltEM WERE

eN~lIpriJ~EO

K!?ISttNA.

I WANT KRISHNA TO BE MI.f HUSSAND . MA4 aOD GRANT MY ARDENT WISH .

. -_ __

_

_ __ __ _ _ _ __ _ _...:: RIt; ",C \ ... AT I'L IIA'''' -

n I.ATE~ KRI5HNII AN/) SATVABHANfA

VIS / TED INO/tII

's

Ii80PE IIMAIMVIITI .

It

SATVRBHIIMA WIIS FR$CIIVRTEP /1<111 CEl.ESTI Al. TltEE_ XAl.P/lVRlkSHII. HOW LOVElH IT LOOKS! CAN'T I HAVE I T?

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184

..--

.

HOW DEVOTED

PEAR ONE!

SHE /510 ME.

50 MAN.., KINGS, R/CN ANO NOBLE VIED WITH ONE ANOTHER FOR 'lOUR HAND IN

BUT LET ME TEASE HER .

'1O<J


WH4 DID "IOU ACCEPT ME~ seE NOW

WE

YADAV.;AS~E,,~H;'''''iE

TO TAI(E_~

IN THE

I

~;~~~~;~~~~~

INTO Ii

ru_ ___ _ _______ __..c:; IIII•.\(,,\',',\1 KHISlfNR RElit /SED I'/E If~D GONG TOO FIU~ .

;'I:X,\"JII


ARE '(OU SURE'10U . SAl" ALL THIS IN .JEST?

I KNOW I eQUAl. TO 1.(00, OF ALL WORLDS. QNL"I DESrRE IS 10 81.( '-{ouR sloe AND SERVE /,fOU ALL

M4 LIFE .

IN COURSE OF TIME , KRISHNA 'S WIVES GAVE BIRTH TO TEN SONS EACH . / lOLD '100 THE STOR'! Of PRADCiUMNA. THE ELDEST SON Of RUKMINJ . BESIDES MA'-IAV~T', PRAPI(UMNA ALSO MARR/EP RUKMAVATI, DAU~HTER OF HIS UNCLE RUI<MI ,

KRISII'IJI

SUREl.'1! THAT PRINCE 15 THe MOST HANDSOMe AND CMARMING! "LL CHOOSE. HIM TO BE M'-I HUSS,qND.

RIlKMI SAW THE G~RJ.RNJ) BEIAKi Nr ON SON OF KRISHNR.

MY DEAR SISTER RUKMINI WILt BE

PIi~txlUNWR~

HAPP«. FOR HER SAkE I WILt lET

SHE HAS CHOSEN PRADYUMNA.

TlfeM WED.

SON of MI.f ENEMI{THAT kRISHNA.

j.;;';;;;;;;AM;;'P';PRINCES WHO IlRO ORTNEKEP IN WERE eN/M(}£P AND PROTESTED.

"MAJ:HrIUMNIl FOVtHfT /wEM &fAVE"Y'~ PEPEATEP 11fEII/ ANP CA~~/E" AWAY ~KMIIVATI 10 PWAIMIUI ·

r,o~~------------~-c-c~c--c--, "t':,"~G~"~"'~'~~~M;'~"~-~'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:J PR,9PVtlMNR /lNO RtlKMAV,lJTt MFI'(>KJEP WITH PV£ CEI?EMONt;'. SON WHO WIitS /YAMEP

OPEl? ,sHONI71'/Pt/IM I }tillS OF lORP 8HIYR. ONE PR¥-

1/ qRERr

AH! LORD SHIVA 15 DANCING THE

TANDAVA* I WII..!.. MI.f THOUSAND

~SE

ARMS TO PROVIDE MUSIC.

BANRSlIlfA Plf.llt'EP VR/'(IOt/5 Mt.lSIc.qL INSTRUMENTS TO IICCOMPI9Ntt LORP SH/vR'S DANCE . I AM WITH
~~~D~'

DEVOTION. NAME ANI.( SOON 1.fOl.4 DESIRE.

REMAIN HERE AND GUARDM4 kINGDOM.

IN FACT., THE OTHER PA'-{. M'I ARMS WERE ITCHING TO FIGHT SO MUCH THAT I CRUSHED A WHOLE RANGE OF

MOUNTAINS ..

M4 ONE THOUSAND

ARE OF NO USE TO ME.. THERE /8 NO ONE

LORD,

BESIDES,
MATCH Mil STRENGTH. WHOM CAN

r FIGHT?

'1OU FOOL! JUST WAIT! WHEN THE flAGSTAFF OF YOUR

CHARIOT BREAKS OFf. 'IOU Will.. ME!:,. 'fOuR MATCH AND HE

CRUSH "lOUR

ARROGANCE.

omar l' hitra kutha

KRISI"" II

AT LAST! NOW I CAN LOOK FORWARD TO A REAL GOOD FIGHT.

l(

\IC10il.O:.h

B~NIJSllR,q HRP /I PRVCiHTER NIJMEP uSNII. ONE Cior UP FA'DM /I PRElIM.

MOHIVI/Wi SHE

ALL I CAN TELL 40U IS THAT HE WAS DARK AND HANDSOME LARGE LOTUS -SHAPED

E'iES .

olY'lor ,' hitro Io..\lthn

111 1 \

[:~~~N~O~W~.~I;W~'L~L~:::i~~~~ DRAIN THE PORT~A I TS Of KINGS AND SAGES. SEE If ~OU CAN RECOGNISE

THE MAN OF t(OUR DREAM .

'j{.\-'/I.

~

KR ISH",'" rH£

\,ICTORIOL:~

,II WHIi.E ThE GUARDS ,vOTICED THflT USHA OF THE PIIt/iCE FOR PII~ .

NO! I ALWA'(S THE SOUND OF MUSIC AND LAUGHTER FROM INS IDE . HEA~

CAPTURE HIM! TIE HIM

I.4P WITH . SERPENT-BONDS.·

NOT COME

BHA{ ,AWA r

f'URA.~A

_7

IT HAS BEEN FOu R MONTHS NO W SI NCE ANIIWDOHA DISAPPEARED.

If

WHEN NA/MPA /i!El.IITEP HOW 8ANASlIIM HIIP CAPllJ,fEO /lNI/UJOPHA I THE PEOPlE OF PWARI*A WERE FII.LEP WITH !fRaE.

"KIIISHNA t.Eo lNE ArrACK AND .q~/MN6EP HIS TROOP IN A FO!?MloABi..E FO/IMflT ION .

SURROuND HI5 CAPITAL!

8ANIISV~A EMERtJED WI TH FO~CE.

W / TH H hW SON KARTTIKEVII .

AN EOI.IIIUY t.RIUi£ SHIV;' ANI' HIS

WE~E i.O~p

CQME!PRA()I(UMNA,

110u FIGHT I(AoII:TTlkE't'A . WHILE' CONFRONT SHrIlA . SAT4"AIC' . 'fOU TAKE ON SANASURR .

111f VICTORlOo"

LORP $HIVII WEP HIS POWE~F"/' CELESTM/. WERPONS BUT KRI$H/IIR REPElLED THEM WITH ~Q"AttY STRON" Btlr OPP'OSIN(J WEIlPON5 .

HE IS USIN& THE A(iNEVASTRA ~ I ' LL

QUELL IT WITH THE PAR"ANYASTIUI .

1111 \( ,\\\ ,\ 1 I'JH"' .... '"

7

WHEN BRNRSUIM'S CHARIOr, CHR/?IOrEER fiNO HORSES FEU. lINOER KRISHNR'S ArrIJCK HE RRN RWAI( FROM THE FIElO .

8IJ74iOO1V HE RETU,ttNEP WITH VAltlotlS WEAPONS IN HIS NlRNy HANDS.

8ANASU~A IS UNDER. MI.( PROTECTiON . SPARE HIM HIS LIFE .

It

KRJ5HNR RELERSEO HIS SVORIt$HANA CIIAKRA.

HE HAS AS-KED 'fOO TO ~rvE 4OURSEJ..F

uP OR WHO M~

KING HAS SENT A

ME5SA~E

THAT HE IS THE

TRUE VAASUDEVA. YOU ARE

AN IM POSlOR WHO CARRIES

HIS

INS'~N'A .

FI~HT ,

TELL "'tOUR KING THAT I Will NOT GIVE UP MI{ DISC AND OTHER INSIGNIA. IN FACT, I WILL USE M4 DISC TO DE STR04 HIM AND HIS FOOLISH FRIENDS WHO M ISLEAD HIM INTO THIS

" 'iF=;

SELF- DECEPTION.

COME:.! LET U5 PREPARE TO ATTACK THAT FOOL PAUNDRAKA .

K IUSHNR lEO H IS ~RMV TO KIISHI •. • PIIUNORIIKII AND THE KIN(i OF KRSHI CHME OUT TO MEET HIS CHHlI.ENGE.

LOOI< AT HIM! HE

PRE5SEP;;E~AA]C~T;";"i;~~~~;;;:ill ,

UKE ME- WITH \6 CONCH SHELL, A MACE ,A

u R09RING WITH lIU/GHrEIf AT THE SIGHT OF IMPOSTOR P/H./NPltAkA, KRISHNA RTTRCKEP COMBINe; ARMIES OF KASHI fiNO kARI.ISI1II .

HE'f! 'fOU PAUNDRAKA ! ~OU WANTED MI.f CHAI(RA AND OTHER WI:RPONS . DIDN'T <.tOO?

WELL,

,~~S~,J~ WERE

ARE 'fOU !

IN II 1t4117T.1t OF MOMENTS,

PRUNt>ItIfItIl '~

HEAD tAlI ON THE GROtINO. HEllO OF mE KINa OF KASHI. OF NIS PftLf#CE.

AOW KIi/sHAIR TtJIINEP 70 mE KIN(; OF KRSNI . W I TH HIS SUORIU;.tIlW,q C#/IKIIA

I _~~i:.~~~"~r~T~~"~"~"~~~S \--~"~"':''':'':M:'''::....CVT=:....:~ :..:F...::N.:':5":,'~''':'':P:,,,,:'':<S =O:' ___ j ~

WH'f ! THIS IS THE HEAD OF M'-/ FATHER. I M (A6T A VE NG E HI S DEATH .

".

Olnor chif ra ka fha

r;;",.::-:::c-::-::c::==:::-",.:::--:,-:-:::c=-=~'~'~ C,A\\ AI HE CONCENTRATED !lIS ENERGIES 70

FINO

I'loIVl ,...

T/IE

~

MGTHOP OF REVENGE. ONE PII"I. WHILE PERFORMING Ii 'fAoINA_

1

~/RE

FIEND THAT EME!?GSP NiA)HEO 70

&JWIIRRKR.

lOOKEO UP PROM HIS (JAMI!

THEPEOPtE TEIfIfIt:IEP.

DICE.

LORP! SAVE US FROM THIS CALAMITCf .

198

t>ON'T WORR4 .

r

WI L L PROTECT

'fOO .

o rnar

~· h.itra

l u tho

r.-:-_____________-"~'=";' I',,\ Illi VIC! III &1 H E ORDEREP IfIS StlDA~SHII/{A CHAK/(/I TO ATTflCK THE F IENO.

MENA CINGI.", THE PlSC SET THE FIENl> .

our

7l:J

~..

O

THE DI5K FOLLOWEP THE FIRE FIEND TO KASHI . AFTER DE6rRDI.IINca THE FIEND, THE SUDAR;SHANA (HA/(RA WAS RESTORED J-_ __

L...-- --""-

TO LORD KRISHNA .

_

_

I

...

. ..' . "

KRISHNA: AN ALLY OF THE PANDAVAS PfiREEKSHIT WHO ffflO MEN LiStENING WIlt( RAPT ATTENTION 70 SH(/I(~PEV-'l NOW THE SliGE'5 NHRRli7fON OF kRI5I1NfI'!j EXPLQr7S.

DO TELL ME

,HE ADVENTURES

JOURNE~IHG

OF THE GALLANT

ON

MOUNT RAlWl1"AKA,

6f\LARAMA .

HE MET AN APE

CALLEtJ DV, v 'DA .

I MUST AVENGE

THE PEFnH OF MH DEAR FRIEND NARAKASURA.

", CORRESPONDING 1'0 MODE.~H 5J'lURfl5H1RA

200

-U:W~IO...w>w,;';;'K.PUP:q,;;;;'-;9M"i' '-'i'SHNA

['

NOW PICI(E{J UPII dAR

/1.

AN AlLY Of THE PANDAVAS WHeN PVlVIPA Sl!W 811LIIRltMA IIPPROACHING HIM WITH HIS FAt'OURI78. WEAPONS , HE UPROO7EO,q 511lA TI?£e..

C/.. ENCHEO filS FIST AND HIT I'fT TilE COLLII/? 80NE OF OVlVlDA . THE APE COU,IIP$EO AHO THE ENTIRE FOREST SHOOK 115 HE FEU.

WE WilL CA PTURE HIM . LET 'THE VADAVAS COME AND FREE HIM 'THEN.

omor

203

II BUT KRISHNA's :;ON FACEO 1HE WIIRl
THE KAURAV,qS HAVE CAPTURED SAMBA.

HOW bARE THEV eo {"WI: WILL ArTACI'. "THEM WrTH

DO

OUR. ARM.."

AN'I·FIGtfT5 IN THE FAMIL'f .1 MIISELF WILL GO TO

PURA AND PERSUADE THEM TO FREE

204

WE WILL STOP HERE: OUTSIDE THE CI1'1. UDDHAVA,VOU GO TO KING DHRITARASHTRA AND FIND OUT WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS ARE.

lIT 7t1E

WIiS WIiRML'I WElahHEP 8V 1HE J(jIlJI?III1I1S. BAL"RIMfII SIUJ)_

1 HAVE A ",e.SSAGE"''''-RJR '(OU FRO"., OUR KING UGRAseNA.

WE KNCm lHAT '10uR. WARRIORS 5lJRROUN DEO AND OVERPOWERED SAMBA IN AN UN,JU&T MANNER. .

---- :=::::::::--..

BUT NOW IT 'MXlLO

BE seoT IF "IOU RELEASE. SAMBA AND RETURN HIM 'TO US Wt-rH HI5 WIFE.

HA! '100 'fADAVA& Re'ALL<{ 'THINK 'TOO MUCH OF '(OURSELF.

KRISHNA

so FAR WE DID NO,. O&1ECT ,.0 "lOUR USE Of THE ROIIRL IN !?>IGNIA .BUT SINCE 'KXl ARE TIit'fING 1"0 DICTA"e TERM& "0 WILL HAVE "0 'IOU IN "IOU R PLAce.

",qRI?OGIINTL'I THE I
THe SE KAURRVR&

ARE ASKING FOR A FIGHT. WELL, THERe's. ONL\{

ONE WPNOF PU,.TING il'tEM IN "HEIR PlACE.

-i-~&-(MV

"00A'i I WILL ReNDER ,.HE

EARTH FRee

FRom ,HESE VAIN AND FOOLISH KAURAVAS.

8ALfiMMA RELfiTEO THE EVENTS IN THE COURT OF {)WAAAkl'l,

N

TH15 15 HOW OUR SAMM WON THE HFINO OF LAI<.5HMANA.

~~

"ONE fJIW,NIlRACVI PECIOEP TO V/5IT KRI!mN,q. KRI5HNA HAS MARRIED THO(JSANDS OF PRINCES5ES. THOSE WHOM HE RESCUED FROM THE CLUTCHEs Of 1'IARAKASURA, I MUST SEE HO'N HE

Mtl5EO F~ EFFECT.

TILL TODA'f, THE CITI{ OF HA5TINAPtlRA 15 RAI;;;ED AT THE SOUTHERN EN() AND INCLINED TOWARDS '''HE GANGA EVIDENce OF e.ALA.RAMA'5 ' PROwess.

WHEN NIJI?fIO,q IIRRIVeO AT THE RESPLENOENT en-v OF PWIIRIlKA, HE BEHELO THE aeMTIFUL INNER ~8ER~ OF THE (PEENS . AH I MADE OF CORAL,BALCONIES OF LAPI5- LA'ZULI AND SAPf'HIRE W~LL&, VI5HWfIKARMA HAs REFllllt' D15PLA'fED HIS ART IN THIS PALACE.

I

!

PLEllSIINTRIES ANO RW(MINI, NIiRIlOII'S HIM 70 THE PIUIICE S

115TONISHEO -97 THE S16H7 71111T MET 1115 EVES IIIIRIOU!l PIILIICE5·

QI.IEEN~.

209

LEIHIING, N./IRAlJA 1tJRNEf) • IINO $fI1l)-

o

LORD, IlOU ALONE AMOHG THE 0005 ARE CAPABLE OF INDULGIHG IN SUCH HUMAH ACTIVITIES.

WAS 7t1E MI!SSENGER. SENT' ON BEH,IILF OF 7116 7HO(16HNPS CF HINGS HELO C.tIPTIVE fN tllfRAMNON!I IN

lHE IMPRISONED KINGS HAVE IMPLORED 'iOO 1'0 HELP THEM.

OI1'{ Wffll.t= KRISHNA WI1S IN 11fE COUNCIL HIJLL STRANGER. RUSHEO /N-

Cl1llEP SU/JHI1RhllI

o LORD,'IO(J ARE iliE SAVIOUR OF ALL. I HAVE COME 10 5EEK HELP.

JlIRASANDHA 'NIlS DEFEA1ED SEVEN1EEN 'TIME::' &IIIfOU./TWAS ONL'-I TO DiSPLAI{ '«XIR HUMAN FRAILT'I THAT lIOU ALLOWED HIM 10 DEFEA'1 'IOU a'f 'THE EIGtfTEENTH I

",JUST TffEN NARROI1 I1RRIVEO ON THE SCENE. I1FTE/?. WELCOMING rillY! WITH

we

o NAAA~, 'IOU ROAM. FREEL'I1N THE lHREE WORLDS.1ELL U5, HOW ARE CiuDHI5H1HIR,A AND THE OTHER '",'VA'''',1.

210

Blt .... G .... W .... T PUItAN ....

LORD, '100 .... U~T PRETEMP TO SE IGNORANT OF WHAT GOES ON . NOTHING ESCAPES 'lOUR A'TTEtfTIOH .

WE SHOULD ,"lACK (.!ARASAHDHA FIRS'T·

,sAGe HARADA HAS, A5kED '1(1U THE RA..tA5004A 4A.lHA Of 'lOUR c.ouSIH5, THE. PANOAVAS.ll Ie. FIlliNG FOR 40U TO!!oE 'THERe.. BU'T OF EQUAL IMP0R7FlNeE IS THE 'TA$. OF

"1~U.f~. l-. HELf'IHG 1

THE. KING-eo WHO HAVE SOUGH'T

'lOUR PRO"TECT/OH .

I WILL ANSWER '1OUR QUESllON ALL THE SAME. THE PANDAIJAS ARE WELL AND HAppy. HOWElJeR,THEY WOULD L1IC.E "IOU 10 15£ PRESEHl FrY'Tl1e. RIWASOO'lA I.IAUHA THe.., PLAN 10 PERFORM.

HAve FArTH CO(JI"l6EL '«}U THINK WE SHOULD 00 IN 'Tl1E PRESENT CIRaJ MS'TANCSS~

IN 'o'DUR; WHFrY DO

TO PERFORM A RAJA5OO'{A 4AJNA ,'THE PANDAIJA6 WILL HAVE 10 GAIN 5UPREMACI(

OVER 'THE EHlIRE LAND.

JARA5F1NDHA WILL HAVE TO BE DEF'EATED I NEITHER CASE 50 THAT THE RAJFl500VA «FluNA CAN 6E PERFORMED OR TO HELP THE KINGS HELD '-t:RI'OH"" 8Y HIM.

6HEEMA CAN EFl5IL'" OVERPOWER. uARASANDHA IN A DUEL. SINCE uARA~ANDt1A 15 KNOWN TO BE GE/'IEROUS 10 BRFlHMtH5, Bt1EEMA COULD 00 DI&G?U15EO A~ A BRAHm1N.

H,RleHNI'j, /JCCONlPllNIED 8'1 HIS WIVES AN!) CfflL{)REN.

00 AND TELL. TH5. NOT TO aE AFRA1D. 1 WILL SOON COME. AND uARASANDHA.

KING~

o

KRlSHf'lA,IWISH 1'0 PERFORM ll1E' RlW1!5OO'fA 4RJHA.1 REQUE!oT ~ TO ME IN THIS TASK.

AI\ ALlY

PANDAVAS

1115 AN EXCELLENT IDEA. 'lHE RAJASOO'IA tOlJNA WILL HELP TO SPREAD ~OUR FAME. IN 111E LANb.FIRST 40U MU5T SUBDUE ALL THE KINGS OF THE LAND AJI'O

t....c~::~;'=H~E

NO KING OM EARTH WILL pARE TO REFU&e THE SUPREmAC\{ Of A PER50N LIKE

"QU.

1'0 THE NOR;Tl1 WHILE. THE BRAVE WARRIORS OF MADRA WilL 8E LED TO THE EAST 61{ SHE-EMA.

REQUI&ITE MA"TERIAL .

111{/JOHI5HTHIRA WAS- IJEU6HTEP TO HEAR THIS. ENTHUSED 8'( KkISHN/I'S ENCOUMGEhlENT HE. 6RVE IN5TRIICTION!J TO HIS SAHADEVA,I{OU GO TO THE COUNTRIES IN 11'11: SOUTH. NAKULA WILL PROCEED 70 THE wef,1' WITH THE WARRIORS OF MATSI{A~

/I

7HEf.( RETURNEO VJCTORI(){jS, LI1PEN WITt( THE

HERE 1'1 1'5 ,THE WEAL'1H FROM THE:. KINGS WHO HAVE SURREI'lDERED TO 'lOUR SUI>REfM
:~~~;;.~JFTEO 81( TlfE COHQUEREO KINGS.

UDDHAVA HAD

5(JGGe~n·

ED A WAif 01= COI'IQUI!RJNG

<.lARA5ANDHA .

KRISHNA

TO 1101.4,0 KIHG.WE.

TRAVELLED FROM AFAR WITH A SPECIFIC PURPOSE . DO GRAHT OUR REQUE5i.

"IOU KNOW HOW HARISHCHAHDRA. RAHT'DEVA , 5H181 AND 6ALI . ATTAINf:D SALVATION BIf GIVING AWAY ALL THE'I HAD "TO "THEI~

• PR08A5l.'f IT 15 OUT of FEAR OF ME. THAi THEY ARE IN DISGUISE. 1 WILL GIVf:

iHEM WHATEVER THEY ASK ·

~....r-n

TttE'1 APPEAR 1t) BE NOT BRAH11'111'15. THE MAR)I;5t OF TtfE 60W ARE 50 CLeAR ON THeiR WRI5T& • K~RTRI'fA5,

o BRAHMI1'I5,TElL

\=~

_________

/VIE WHAT 'IOU DESIRe. I AM EVEN ReAD\f TO GIV~ UP M'I LIFE.

FOR.

'10U~._&~~;:~~~

~~

BHAGA~'AT

{{KRISHNIl 51110-

WE ARE NOT 6RAHMU'4S 11'4 SEARCH OF ALM5. WE ARE K~HA­ TRIYAS KEEN ON FIGHTING · WE. WANT A DUEL WITH IIOU . THAT 15 THE ALMS WE SEEK.

,HIS 15 PANDu'S SON 6HEEMA AND THIS 15 HIS 6RO'lHER AR,JUNA.I AM THEIR COUSIN AND YOuR.

EHEMII

K.RI~HHA .

gUT, KRISHNA ,40U ARE A REAL COWARD. "fOU GET SCARED DURING A WAR . "IOU EVEN DESERTED 'fOUR MATHURA FOR FEAR OF ME AND TOOK SHELTER IN THE OCEAN.$(] I WILL NOT FIGHT WITH 'fOU.

,HAT LEAVES ONL'f 'fOU,6HEEMA.HERE, TAKE THIS

J~~~~~

IJ'TIU
216

HII A(,A WAT f'lJHANA

"SEING WELL MI11CHED IN STRENGTH, spIRIT liND 7HE FIGHT weNT ON ANO

>"''' , I

011"15.

11 WAS THE DE/'WNESS ...rARA WHO GAVE LIFE "TO ,JARASANDHA AS AN INFAN"T 611 PUTTING TWO HALVE& OF HIS &DDli "TOGE.lHER.

WOmo S10P THE FI&HT AT OtIS/( I1NCJ RESUME AT PI/WH .

UP,8HEEMA, IS liME. TO START AGAIH .

THE ENCJ OF 7ffE 1WENTYOIIV 8HEE/YI11 TO J(RISHNI/.

o KRISHHA, I CRHNOT DEFEA"T .JFlRASANDHA.

KRISHNA

"TO GIVEn HINT TO 8HEEMfi. KRISHNA TOOl( UP A TWI(3 IN HIS HFiNO FINO BROKe IT INTO TWO.

"FIT THE FIRST OPPORT[)NITr.r, 8HEEMn FELl EO JIIRns/tNO/-f/j TO mE 6RO(fNO.

~..

220

orner

q WITH II SINGLE STROKE, 8HEEII1A ToRE

tJIiMSllNOHA'5 8001( INTO TWO.

(( flMIOST THE LOUO CRIES OF THE SPECTII70R5; III&JUNfI 1/10/0 KR/~HNII EMSKAC£D SHE£/YII/ .

-.

- .-

,.

~=:(

'100 ARE INDEED THIi REMOVER Of ALL "TROU8lES AND FEARS, ~_-\, 0 KR1~NA. ~

~--

1HEIR PO~S6IONS. THAT LED THE LIKE!'> OF RAVANA,HEHAYA AND NAHUSHA TO LOSE THEIR P051~ iION~. WITH 'OUR SENSES UNDER

l!!r--~ CONTROL AP'lD 'lOUR: MIND FIRM, LOOK AFTER THE SUBJECTS

YOU.

.

.. -

8hEEklfl TOO SOliNO OF 7HEI/? CONCH - SlfELL5ImNtXlNCEO ~TURNE(J

TO

o KING!

NOW

'10<.1 CAN 8EGIN "'lOUR RAJASOOVA f./AJNA.

KRISHNA AND ARoJUNA ARE

SACK.

o

KR.I SHNA , 40U ARE 1HE LORD OF ALL \oVORLDS, "'IE1 LIKE AN A(.10R "'IOU INDULGE IN "THESE HUMAH FlCnVrTlE5.

10 KING

I AND DUR'fODHANA AS WELL A~ 10 111E wt5E . ~- 'VIDURA.

KR ISHNA AN

7HE L"NO CONSECRIITEO FOR. 11f~ YMNII WII5 WITH /l6()t.OEN PlOUGH 8Y ~UOIfISH1HIR,q.

UGtJlOEO 8Y LEARNEO PR1E57S ~ '1UOf(ISHTHI RIl nll.FOI?MEO IIll THE Il.eQtll5 1TG RI7UAlS OF YfhJNII .

NOW ,HE MAIM CE.REMONIES ARE OVER.' o WHOM WILL
5HRI KRISHNA 15 "THE. SEST AMONG THE. A56EMSlED PEOPLE HE RE AND HE ALOHE DeSERVES ,HE HONOUR. waR&HIPPING HIM 15> LtI(E WORSHIPPING iHE ENTIRE CREATJOH .

liE GIFTEO tteuOw SILl( GIII?JII~NT5 "NO COSTLY JEWEl.S TO KRI5HNII THE tfllLl. )WI5 FIUEO WfTl1 cJ{)'(OUS CHEERS OF FEI.ICITIITION.

HOW CAN ({OU PEOPLE BE MISLED 8411 "'OUNG FOOL LIKE SAHADEVI! ~ WI1H SO MAH'f LEARNED Ve.NER.A&lE SAGES PRes-EN" HERE, HOW CAN "iOU SELE(.1" A cow-

HER D LIkE KRISHNA FOR "HE FIRS,. WORSHI P '?

HE 6ElDHG6,.0 NO CAS,.e OR. CREep. NOR. DOES HE HAVE AN.., r:;::~ VIR,.UES, 1-16 15 A 8LO"T ON HI5 " FANI'L'1'~ HONOOR.

II BUT TtfE. 07HERS (()(JUJ NOT BEIU? TO /tEAR XRISlfNIJ BEING INSUl.TEO. WHILE SOME PEOPLE l.EFT THE PLIICE IN OI56lJ5T, OTHERS TOOl( liP ~R/YI5 TO A7TIICI(

COIHPLETION OF THE VIIJNII, '1[JOH/~I11HIRR FOR IfIS RITUIll. lJIITH IN THE 6I1NGII.

HE w.q.5

~f(

IfORPE" OF

MERRY

RNO THE. I
PI/lACE 8U1l; 8'1 MA'II/.

r;rrl~:;:J~

SUCCE. SSFUL COMPLETION OF THE RIII1IlSOOVIl Yfl<JNfI WR5 1f 50tJRCE OF dOC{ FOR. EVEKVONE EXCEPT DURf{OOHIlNIf. HE IUIRNEO WI TH EN VI( SEEINq THE INCIi!ERSB) WERl.7H fiNO

flnHOOGH 4UDH15li'THIRA TRieD TO RESTRAIN THeM , EVER'tOHe Ai lHe COURT Of INDRAPRASTHA LAUGHED AND MOCKeD AT DUR40DHAHA.THU5 4UDHISHlHIRA'S Rl\JASOO'lA 4AI1NA WA& HAI LED &4 EVER'f ONe E)l.CEPT DUR'10DH ANA , WHO&e HEARl W!lS FILLED

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KRISHNA: THE SAVIOUR WAS

S"i 6HAI..VA.

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TAKE ME WHEREVER J WISH TO 60.1 AM IN"I NCI6LE NOW .

fRIEAlP, SHISHIJPALA'S SEATE]) IN SAUSHA ,

KRISHNA 15

NOT HERE TO SAVE US .

H16 SHARP. IRON-TIPPED ARROWS. HE WOl/NDEl> SHALVA's COMMANPER ItS WEJJ. ~6 HIS

~~'.~ HAGAWA"U'~ ANA ~9

HAS FAIN1'ED. IT IS MY DUTY TO TAKE

HIM AWAY TO SAFETY.

"SOON,

HO~SES AND CHARIOT

THE ,5.fA VE DYlJlt'l/fltl TOO FELL.

B
THROlJ/iH ARROWS VEHICLE.

SHOULPER.

MESSENGER RtJ.SHEj) WI TH TEARS IN HIS "RISHNA~ KRISHNA! iOUR MOTHER PEVAKJ HAs ..sENT ME. SHAL.VA HAS

CAPTu RE.t> "'fouR VASUDEVA.

SHOCK HE

HAD BEEN IT HAS All J)rSAPPEARED

LIKE A DREAM: THE BOpY OF rT WAS A CREATION OF SHALVA's MAYA'"

KRISHNA : THESAVlOUR

IT WAS AfTER THI6 INCIDENT THAT 5UPAMA viSITED KRI6HNA.

WHY DON'T 'jOu 00 AND MEET

HIM? INHEN HE COMES TO KNOW THAT 'iOU HAVE A

fAMII. .Y TO .suPPORT. HE. WIll SUREL'Y' HELP "'IOU.

fI ~ROM HER. /IIEI6f<18O£1RS .

2'0

KRISHNA BATHEI' RUJ<MIN/ E;ENny

1>0 "'lOLl j:l:EMEMBER OUR VA'Y6 AT TtiE ~LlRUKI.ll..A? THE DAY WE WERE SEN" TO T+lE FO~ES" 1'0 COLLeCT fiRE· WOOD ••

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,...

KIIISH'JA II I

KRISHNA THESAVIOlJR

I MUST HAVE LOST tIIY wAY. 1 HAYE

SUCH WONDERFUL e>EFORE.

~EVER ~eeN

ALL THIS CAN

O!'JL)' BE llIROU
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MY 5WA'IAMVARA WAs QOITE 61MlLAR TO "fOURS .

THE CONTESTANTS HAD TO SHoOT A FISH, REVOLVIN~ AT I't HEIGHT, BY 1.00KH'•.IG

AT 115 REFLECTIoN IN A VE.SSEL OF 011._

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~~~~~~~~~~~=::;;~~'"~':':"lWAT t 6UT IN MY CASE, TtlAT FISH WAS

COVERED AND WAS NOT DIREC1L'Y

I'UII AN,I,

IN ClUP1N(i

JAMSANDI-IA, AND KARNA 1RIED THEIR. BuT THE.Y COULD NOT FEu. FISH. BUT KRISHNA 'PIP IT SO EFFOR"lLESSI..Y.

VISIBLE TO

lHE ARCtiER .

ARE We MAt<'! AT.ME

BY

YIS'TIN~

OR WORStiIIMAe.ES TI-lAT

GAINS SALVATlolII.

HE WHO IDENTIFIES HIMSELF WITH HIS BOPY AND NOT W ITH THE SOUL IS AN ASS. 50 15 THE PeRSON WHOCON&IDERS THE WATER OF THE MORE IMPORTANT

GREAT

I

I

BHAGAWATPURANA

I

,

ON RETURNING TO D'EVAKI, WHO WAS BY NOW CONVINCED ABOUT THE DIVINE NATURE OF KRISHNA AND BALARAMA, REQuESTED TtfEMTD RESTORE HER: SONS WHO HAP seEN KILLED BY THE CRUEL KAMSA. KRISHNA AND ML.ARAIVlA BROw,;,HT HER SONS 10 LIFE.

It-1OUGH THEY sooN t>ISAPPEAREP A4AIN, DEvAKI WAS CoNTENT 10 HAVE FEAsTED HER EYES ON TliEIR FACES.

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MY A'JuNA

RRIEP MY

GRANDMOTtiER: SUBIiAPRA. voJHO wAs KR:1SHNA's .sISTER.

PI56UIGEJ) ItS"" 5ItN'I1f51, HE DECI DE!> 70 SPEItIl) FOul( MONTHS RAINY SEASON THERE. H~

HOW

SHE

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Illustrated Classics From India

Bhagawat - The Krishna Avatar The Bhagawat Purena sings of the glory of Vishnu and his incarnations. Attributed to Vyes8, the author of 'Mahabharata', the Bhagaw8t is one of the most popular of the eighteen major Purenas. hs recitations lasting for a week, called 'Sapleha', are held all over India . The naHation is in the form of 8 dialogue between Vyesa's son, Shukadev8, and king Pareekshit. the grandson of Arjuna.

The present series depicts the story of the life of Shd Krishna, based on the lenth chapter of the Bh8g8wat Purena. Although composed in the efa !>tfare Christ, the Bhagawat Purena in its present form is dated by most scholars to the sixth century AD and its tenth chapter to the tenth century AD.

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