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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

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 ATHlJRIi . VASUIJEVR HIS SON.

NEWLY WEDS WERE ABOUT TO IN THEIR CHAifIOT. WHEN •• •

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

ARE ALL BY IT.

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" ... RNP INSISTEP ON P!?IVINti THE FOLLOW/Nt; THeM. AT A liTTLE PIS7IINCE I WERE ChARIOT HIMSELF. 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 MUSIC REACHEP A CRESCENDO, A VOICE !IAN6 OlIT FROM THE IfERVENS.

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

I WILL KILL MER RIGHT AWAV !

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

STOP KAMSA! 'fOU ARE THE GL.ORy OF '10UR RACE . MIGHTY WARRIORS REL.ATE STORIES of YOUR

VALOUR .

IT DOES NOT BECOME YOU TO

KILL PEVAf<! ,A WOMAN, 'I

YOUR OWN COUSIN AND THAT TOO ON HER

WEDDING DAY.

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

VRSUDEVA TRlef) HI5 BEST TO P IS5lJ"IPE KIIMSIi WJ71f PRAISE ANP RellSON/Ny, BUT IN VI~/N_

' 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 .

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KIIM511 KNEW HE COlIlP TRUS T WORPS.

I BELIEVE SPARE DeVAICI:5 I BUT BE SURE

'YOUR PROMISE

VIfSUDEIIA WAS NOT FUllY CONI/IHUD

WHATEVER HE MA'V SA'!. I CANNOT Tllu~r I(IIMSA

HE MA'V CHANuE HIS MIND ANY liME .

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I MUST SAVE POOR DEVAI<I'S LIFE NOW . I WIl.l PROMISE 10 GIVE MY SONS TO HIM . WHO KNOWS, PERHAPS MY SON MAy REAllY KILL HIM . PERHAPS KAMSA HIMSELF MRY &E PEAD

SOON, BEFORE ANY SON IS

BORN .

lIN/> DEVRKl NETURN~P NOME. """",,.~

BY /WPONE

KAMSA . HERE 15 M'V I(IRTIMAN AS I ED, I HAVE: BROU6HT

HIM lO 'YOU.

I PROMISE I WILL BRING EVER'Y CHilD TO YOU AS

SOON AS IT IS BORN .

OH! TAKE THIS LITTLE ONE AWAY. AS IT IS YOUR EIGHTH 'YOU CHIl.D WHO 15 SAY

SUPPOSED TO --:;/'"",,,,6'1 ME.

KAMSA . TAt(E CARE . DEVAKI , VASUDEVA , NANDA,IN FACT,

ALL THE INHABITANTS OF BRAJA ARE INCAIlNArrONS OF THE DEVAS . THEY HAVE

I HAD BE WA~Y OF THE SONS Of

OE.VAKI.

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

_____ ,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. IIMONG HIS FRI ENPS WERE THE WI CNEf) A$UlfII6 -

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

PROV. p TO 8E II .!ITIiON6 5UT CIlUEL .<INti . 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 KIN600M TO 'AKE .!JHELTER IN 07NER PARTS 0, THE COUNTRY

W/IEN HE~ SEVENTH CNU O /NilS PU6, PEt/liNt 's kliPP/NESS WIIS AIIIIIN CLOUDE/) OVIIR II'f

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IIPf1IlEHEN.' ON$ OH! HOW

CRUEL IS THE THAT AWAITS OUR (HILl' KAM5A WIL.L SURELY KilL IT

BIRTH .... -

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KH I~HNA. THE DARLING Of GOKUL

i'h:;;;~;;";;;";~''';;;;';;A;;;;;;;;o I Bu T ~""HAl CAN I 002 NtJTIeII) THE IF , I(Hl UER NOW, 611tA11ti14LOWON I WI LL NEVER BE ABLE HtIIIItI" FIla . TO LIVE DOWN THE

';Tt GMA O F KILLI NG DE-VAK' NEVER I l.()OI(ED LIKE THIS A WOMRN , MV OWN

BEFORE SUREL"t (O l1SIN AND THAT roo WHEN SHE 15 WITH

15 THE PRE SENCE CHILD VISHNU HIMSELF

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ALTHOUGH SHE WAS NOT AWARE OF IT, DEVAKI ' 5 SEVENTH CHILD WAS NONE OTHER THAN SHESHA , ON WHOM 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

-=====GO='::;U'~ ... ~ LArER , ON THE VERY DAY

THAT LORD VISHNU WOULD BE .r .... ' 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

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THE BHACAWAr 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 WILL HASTEN TO DESTROY YOU

AS SOON AS HE- HEARS THE f\lEWS .

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 FE" '';;;;'; HAVE FALLEN OFF! DEVAKI, GIVE THE (HILD TO ME.

~~~~--~~~~ ON REIiCHING (iOKtll , HE ':Ot/ND

THE PEOPLE PEEP IN SLUMBER .

IHI' M .. M ..... "' .... 1 "' IR .... N ....

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 THIS CHILD SURELY YOU WOULD NOT I<lLL A FEMAlE~ ALLOW ME TO KEEP THIS LAST CHILD

OF MINE .

f~~:~F:~;:~~~~~~~:'~'~":'ltN'" THF DARLING ()j. COKe II... K.4MSA wA5 U"It"IOVEO. HE ' " ANO MSHED HER /NiIlINST II .sTONE &/RFI#CE THt: BilBY BY itER TINY 1.Eti6 •• .

NO ORPINARY lUIlIY «J$I TOWMPS THI

lIND MANIFE8T~P HEI1SEt F IllS lIN EI(JHT-AI1MED

WR5 WONDER5TIU/CK ON rHIS PROCl!lllilATION 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

THE 19 DESTINED TO DESTROY )IOU STI LL

LI VES ! DO NOT KILL OTHER INNOCENT

INFANTS .

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.

... so I LET VASUDEVA AND DEVAKI 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 -

POOTANA , 60 TO EVERY

=T1r---J VILLAGE AND CITY, AND KILL. ALL THE NEW - BORN

BASIES .

KRISHNA I ti l: DARLING OF , ,()I\IIL

~~;;;;~"~R~.~E~(i;;E;;;".~;;;""0l/;;;;5"6;:'~';';S;;";;j0? RFTER FEW PI/IYS. LERVIJIIG GOkUL IN THE I11UV05 OF 1IJ6IT~S. OTHER COWHEROS, NIWPII WENT TO MATHUR'" 10 MY HIS

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 .

lUI/NiHIL DUES TO KIJ~M~SR:;;'J;;;;;;------------I

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

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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 I

MUST NOT TARRY HEQE LONGeR . MANY OILAMITIES

"""",;;l ARE lIl<EL.'1 TO DESCEND r ON GOI<ULA .

"ON VR5IIPEVR!s ROVICE. NflNPR MflPE HI5 WilY

" WHI LE /tIRNP.II wAS

HOME. .....,

WHY PID VASUDEVA SAY SUCH A THING ,

THE WICkEO P{X)TR/vR HEReHED 60/(/./L IN THE FORM OF A BEflUTIFtI.=" _ --1 DAMSEl.. . -

I WONDER · BiJ'T HIS WORPS CAN NEVER BE FALSE . MA'f GOD

PROTECT US .

IT W/IS HER LIFE THRT wRS IN PJlNGER . FOR THE INFflNT, KRISHNII~ SOON 8E611N TO 5"e" 1 7NE VERY LIFE CWT OF HER .

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AIEEE!! LET GO! LEAVE

ME' . " . •

"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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TRE PAIN, COLUIPSEO

KRISHNA-THE DARLING OF GOKUl

~:8"~T:S~T';/~L~L;';:S;;:~"'~tJ~"~'~I7;;o;~l Y~SHODA IINOIN TEP ,liND SATHED I<RI5HIVII RND ~ THE PETRIFIED 'HIM TO 5LEE. ,P;:'. r -i[1- -:-iilr

HIISTI! Y PlIl.L.EO HIM R,WRY: c liN/) rOOK HIM TO YIISHODII .

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

WHAT VASUDEVA PROPHESIEP HAS COME TRUE . HOW

AMAZIN~ !

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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 ON HIS FOREHERD R6IIIN liNt> /16I11N .

Offior kuthQ

THE BHAGAWAT PURANA

TilE NOISE OF THE VESSELS THE GUESTS 70 THE SPOT.

SEE! THAT CA~T HAS OVERTURNED ON ITS

OWN!

o mor l"hitr-a kutho

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r-__________ ~ ____________ ~K~R=IS~H~N~Ac.;"THrE~OA~R=L=IN~G~O~F~GOK~=U=L __________ ~._~----------_, THE SMAll BOYS WHO WERE PlAYING DON 'T LISTEN NEARBY SRID_ TO THEM .

IT WAS TIff LITTLE KICKED THE

CAIlT.

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UTTLE BOYS ARE ALWAYS

IMAGINING THINGS .

HAP MEANWHILE TII!(EN THE

II FEW PAYS ~'R~'~~~"~'~'i';SII~"~""~~"j"'~;"'~'T~T~'Nti~:":':TH:.~~ SAl'! AWRY /WD SOOTHED . PEOPLE WENT BRCI</ ro TIlE/ii AND THE MIITTER wAS ':ORfiOTTEN " INN/lE.

.. SHE PLIICEO HIM ON THE GROUND liND WAS SOON ENgROSSED IN

HOUSEHOlD WO~R~K~. --[-'-------"1

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KRISHNII IN itER tAP.

WP"fY! ME SUDDENLY FEELS 50 HEAIIY. I CAN HARDL.y 8E#lR

HIS WElCiHT;,' _ /

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

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.. THE GENTLE ED INTO 8t1CH WINO THIIT /T OFF.

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THE aHAGAWAT PURANA

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~'=--;=;

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EJlPt.lflliEP- EVER SIN ce HE: HEARD THAT HIS SLA\'ER HAS BEEN BORN ELSE~HERE.,

ICAM6A HAS BEEN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR HIM . HE •

WOULD SURELY HAVE

8/110 -

I AM THE IWYAL PRIEST Of TH~ YADAVA&. IF THE f4EINS C#- ~ PERFORM · IN& THE CEREMONY OF

IN THAT CASE .~_ WE WILL. PO .)'

'tOU, ,,,,..,,

THE BOYS REACHES ICAMSA, HE WILL 8E

SUSPICIOUS .

SON WILL BE CALLeP ~15HNA . BECAUSE: OF HIS COLOUR . HE WILL BRING PLfASlJRE AND PRO&Pe:RI TY 10 'YOU .

TAKE GOOD CARE OF HIM .

'fOUR SON kiLLED.

fl,fERYTHING 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 .•

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 ~

~',~"'" n¥6IR'/TlLa "". ACe •• ", 1/111711 MIlt,.,. ,.. .. " 1W """'" AIMr .....

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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.

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.

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

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!

lET ME. SEE. OPEN

'lOUR MOUTH WIDE .

MA VASHODA. kRISHNA HAS

EATEN EARTH!

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IN kRISH}lR '5 MOUTH SHE COUlD 'HE SJ(V, TIfE EIIRTH~ lIND IN ~IICT. ENTIRE UNIVERSE.

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IS IT MY EGO THAT MAKES ME THINK LIKE TH'S~ HELP

ME,GOD !

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~'~';-:-~_~

KHI~I I "'A I HE OARUI\(; OF GOKUl

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

I Wi lL

TODAY. J MUST PUNISH )IOU . )IOU ARE BECOMING NAUGHTIER EVERy

DAY !

YOU UP TO THE SAME. MORTAR .

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OH DEAR! AGAI N WH'I!THJ $ ROPE 15 SIiORT BY JUST TWO FINGERS .

ROtI INI ! GET SOME ROPE!

THIS 15 A LITTLE ~~~~~~~~ SHORT FOR TYJ NG A KNOT.

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o 'nor , ht l ro hrlhn

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OF BUT SHE wAS IIIINJ TIiKEN. AS SOON lIS WAS TlIIlNEP-

115 IF NEWAS t:INPINa THE

lAST 511£ AlfllNA6EP FIRMLy.

""'HEN KRISHN.II rUGGED liT THE ROPE TO pULL HIMSELF- FItEE, seTH THE TREES WERE UPROOrEO .• •

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

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'N~ lOllP CAASH 8 ROUGHT PEOPLE fiUNNING TO THE SCENE

WHA T WAS THAT ?

OUT Of THE TWO FALLEN TREES SPRANG TWO SHINING BEING S . THEY FOLDEO THE IR HANDS BEFORE KRISHNA . THEY WERE IN. FACT . NAL.AI<U8ERA ANP MANIGREEVA

WHO HAD BEEN UNoeR A CURSE AND WERE NOW RElEA&CP

BECAUSE OF THIS ACT

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OF KRISHNA •

ODD THINGS ARE ALWAYS HAPPEN ING WHEN THIS

BOY IS AROUND .

THE BHAGAWAT PURANA

IT WAS KRISHNA WHO MADE THE

TREES FAlL~

WE SAW HIM DO 5O ~

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

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

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ALL MY HOUSEWORK. IS STILL TO BE DONE BUT THIS BeN 15

SUCH FUN TO WA'TCH '

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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-

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

.',

QUlCKL'i . 'fOU HAVE NOT

ERTEN S INCE MORNING ,

NilS BI.ISY TRY/NI!; 70 ~ UTTl.E PRANKS,

_ .... ""_ ADV~RS WERE /I MOItE SERIOllS MATTER .

.. WIllE liND EI./>ERLY MIIN.

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.

o mo r'

WHAT IS THIS? MY BASKET 15 FI ED

I CAN HARDL'f RECOGNIZE 'fOU UNDER ALL THAT MUD!

qO AND HAVE A BATH. SEE HOW CLERN 'YOUR FRIENDS

ARE!

SEe THAT LITTLE DARLING OF NANDA."""T I MIRACULOUS ESCAPeS HE HAS HAD. FIRST THAT WICKED POOTANA • THE CART FALLING I THAT HORRIBLE WHIRL -WIN~ PiCk ING HIM UP AND OASHING HIM DOWN. AND THOSE TWO TREES

FALLING ~ nJANK GOO NO ONE WAS

INJuRED.

"'lltho

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

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GRASSFIELt>S, PLENTY TREES AHD FO""'.',';

BE IPEAL FOR OUR CATTLE .

THE BHAGAWAT PURA NA

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 ';;1:;::1

BELOVED SON OF THEIR LERDER , 1

HAD BEEN INVOLVED.~~~~l;A;~' 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. ~

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.

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PURANA.:

THEY W I5HEP TO EXPLORE THE FOIIEST

NO! YOU ARE "'""o=='if TOO SMALL 10 GO TO THE

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

omar chitra kutha

r.-c _ _ ___________ ~'~R='SM~'=''__'iTHf. SUBDU£ROF KALIYA

THEY PI.IIYEP THEIR Fi.t/TES RNP ... OR THEY WOUlD PRETENO

O,llNCEO TO THE RHYTHM OF THEIR I _~TO~B~E:..:B~U~L:L~S~F~/G~H~T::"~'''~. _-=-_.b"''''' 'RNl(iETS " • ::-;".----i r

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

BHAGAW AT PURANA-2

r;;--. • -.-" -O-L-O-' -N-"''-''-' -S- II-'N- ''- L- E-''- S-F-' -''-'''-L-' u T/TEN W17/T A TWIST OF HI$

IN ONE IfRND, TIVIRJ..EO 111M HE THREW THe (}ENlON CJU.F RliOUND. ON 'TO THE TOP OF A r--,.--r--'

WOOO-APPJ..E TItEE.

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

o rnor

COME, LET us DRIVE THe cows TOWARDS

THE LRKE . THEY MUST BE THIRSTY

NOW .

COWS THEIR

SUODENLy-

PER.CHEO BESIPE 111E WIITE!? wAS Ii CRANE. STRONG flND H(./GE. IT POUNCEP ON I<RI5HN/1 /IN&> PICKEp HIM VP IN ITS SHRRP BEllI< .

.vr 118 ~ lIS KRISHNA u . .. AND /llllCHEP PrJWN THE II1OU'fH j..-----~-.;..,,--------' .7111 PEMON. 1116 CRSITvlf~ IWT lIN UNUllRABLE H~RT _ HI. """OAT ..•

r.o---------------------------, ~.~" ~G~'W~" ~~~'2'~'~'--c_--c_------c_------------_, TItE CRANE WR5 NONE OTHER NOW KRISHNA SP~IIN6 tiP. GRABBEO TIfE 8IU(IISL/RA. fl ':RIENP OF K/iMS/I . CREATURE . •• ENR.RaEI>~ He ,ATTRCKEP KRISHNA

WITH HI5 SHARP BEI/K.

~. '.

KRISHN"

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

ONCE A6AIN THIS BOY HAS ESCAPEP

FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH .

WE WERE 80 RELiEvED TO SEE. HIM

SAFE!

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

fiNO DANCE. 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 .

HOW HAPPILY THEY ARE PLAY/NIS HERE} AS

IF THEY ARE ,JUST INNOCENT CHILDREN .

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

,

l IKE 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 ~/611ON O~ II 110110. H/.5 roNGlI£ EMER6EP FROM WITHIN.

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" .... ....---.•. ---

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

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

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

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!

AND SUCH A STENCH roO!

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

KRI SHNA l'Hr. :,U80U~R OF K A~.IY'"

SHOULD WE DARE TO ENTER HIS MOUTH? SUPPOSINq HE SWALLOWS

US~

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

LET'S GO!

HOW COULD

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

BAKASURA .

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

THE'I ~M,t'~5:~T~A~Ki~E;O'H I THIS 1--------' FOR I

I MUST SAVE THEM NOW.

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

-_ ..

omor

NRIoSHNII. THE COWH~ liNt> THE CIIrrtE 6T4PP£D OIH I.INSCIIT'HED FROM THE DEIID NMON' .. MOVTH.

liFTER SOME TIME, THE SKIN OF IU'HIISURR BECAME STIt:F /INC' PRY AND IT BECAME A FflV()(d<ITE PI.IICE FOR THE CltlLOReN 7t? PJ..IiY .

...............

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

Of

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.

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 ur ,,/Il lY.'"

. . liND TWIRI.EP HIM ROt/NO SO FI18T u BIUARf.I""~ THEN FI.tlN4 PItENtlKRSt.lRII TItAT THE ASURR OlEO. 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 THE­PLANTS NEAR THE POND HAVE

WILTED .

I'UfYFUlLY HE BEGIIN 10 SPLRSIf RIJOUr III/ THE WIITER . kllt./y.ll. THE IERPENT, HERR/:) THE SOilN/:).

SUBDUER or KAIIV,",

SUDDEN/" Y EMERGING FROM ntE APPERREO BEFO/ilE kRISHNA. WITH II HUll/PRE/) ONE FORKE() TON(JIJES I.ASH/Na OUT OF HAS 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<RI6HNIl· ..

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) .. ThEY TRI EP TO CONSOlE HeR . THE RIVER, BlIT THE (JCPINRS f-:":'=:::===;;'~;":::::-'::":--=-==;;==L ____ _ BIle/( FORCIBlY,

DON'T WORRY ABOUT

KRISHNR .

REMEMBER HOW BRAVELY I<RISliNR FACED THE WIC1(ED PODTANA?

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 "qN£' HE FEU IN II FAINT. SOON lOST HIS ,sTK£N6TN.

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

WIVES AND CHILDf?EN , WHO ~.::i~:;.1 ALSO l.IVIN6 IN THAT POND, ED BEFORE r<F!rSHNA , AND HIM 10 LET KALIYA 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<RISH/'I/l, KIIUY,q LEFT TilE ~ POOl. IINP WENT AWRY. TItE WRTEI? OF THE pOOL 6ECAME MIIMCIII.OU.$L)' pURE AND

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 chitro ... atha

"ONE PAY WHEN I</iJS/fNA IINP WERE TIIJ<JNCi THEIR CATTt.£ TO GRAZE THE RIVER-SIDE. PRIU.AMBR, THE A.SURR, ClIME THERE /N THE (it/ISE OF II COI/fIHERD .

If6 CAi.i.Eo All THE BOYS.

COME! WE WILL PI.:AY A NEW GAME TODAY .

RIVP 8IU.RIYIMR CHOSE THE//? TeRMS RNO PtA yEO """,<6 .

WE W ON! OUR ''"L.-TEAM HAS WON THIS GAME . NOIN FOR THE NE:u !SAME, YOUR TEAM MUS T CARRY OUR BOYS ON THEI R BRCK5 UP TO THflT

TREE THERE .

HOWEIIER wRS NOT ~OOtED .

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

LEADERS"?

THE CowlfERPtS W4RE /iANlIf . THE ONTO TH6

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

FIND OUT.

YOU AND B/H.ARAMA,

OF COURSE .

WITH THE NEW

IN THE NEXT ROUNP. PItIILIIMBR BlIlIIRRNlII.

•...

BHAGAWAT PURANA2

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 .

#6 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 .

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54

LET'S PLAY HIDE AND seEK

NOW~

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

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

HAD SEeN BORN IN THEIR MIDST.

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.

KHAGAWAT

HEIIIfD THE SWEET FU/TE THEY WOUW

KHI'.! 11'",_ II It· l 'I' IIUU)~ f( (J! (,( JV"'I<I)HA"'A

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.

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;

VIIHAT HAPPENEP~ PIPN'T THE BRFlHMANAS GIVE '1'0£.1 AN"! FOOP1

TREES.

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

~~~~~~:,~::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.

001'1"" SEND US AwAV. ~E ~A"E COME TO "fOU,

ABANDONING EVERVTtHN&. OUR FAMiliES MA"f NOT

AccePT us NOW. '10U ARE OUR 01'11.)1 t-lOPE .

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62

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 Me IN 'to<.lR

HAVE IN L.ORD HOW

WE ARE TO HRVE SUCH WIVES.

FIE ON US! WE IGNORCP THE

ReQUEST OF LORD KRISH""A HIMSELF.

OF WHAT USE IS OLlR: KNOYlJLEDGE?

l~~~~~~~~~§~~':':"~':"d"'-' HL I f'liOLD f- fo( 01 (;O\''''I\~D~'~>A~'~'~~~~==~~~ .... _ ... .,."

LORD INDRA IS THE GOD OF THE RAIN

CLOUDS. HE IS T~E ONe FAT .... eR, WI-1 AT WHO SHOWERS THE LlFE:-

CELEBRATION ARE G,"1,..,5 RAIN ON us. WE 'IOU A LL BuS)' PERFORM 'r'AJ"NF\S

PREPf'lRIN'" TO PLEASE 'FOR ~ HIM.

THAT HAVE BeeN , COLLECTED FOR: INDR:A'S '1AJNA, LET THEM Be USE!) FOR THe

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

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\RR06ANCE OF THESE COWHER DS. 1l1E'f ARE INTO)(.ICATEP

WITH THEIR WEAL-Ttl.

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

lHE WAY.

SUREL""~ INORA HAS

CAUSED THIS UN-

~~;:::;::;~~, 6EASONAL~ HEA~Y RAIN AND HAILSTORM 8ecAuSE \filE DID

NOT WORSHIP ~~;;;, HIM. .J'

BHIT A DEvA UI<E HIM. I MUST CI',,,;"1 HIS PRIDE FOR

GOOD. I MUST M'/ PEO~E.

BHAGAWAT

~O OUT, MY PEAR FOLKS! Tl-tE

6TORM HAS BLOWN OilER , THE FLOOD

wATER 100 HAS ReCeDED.

"THE DEEDS OF TtHS KRISHNA ARE

I~DEED Y\lONDEICFU L, LIKE AN ELEPHANT PLUCk iNG A LOTUS FLOWER, THIS SEveN-yeAR-OLD LIFTED GOVARDHANA ANP HELD

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

'DEMoN "TRINAVARTA.

IT uP fOR SEVEN t>A~S,

o rna r'

O~ 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>HA ,,\

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.

WILL HE EVER REVEAL TO uS HIS

"TRUE SELF~

ornor

HOW RESPECTFULLY AND HUMBLy

VARuNA APPROACHES

KRI6I-1NA.

Su" THE PEVOTION OF

THE. GOPIKAS ""As 1==,*~ NOT D1VINE; IT ~ wAS EARTHl)'

LOVE.

o mor ~-hi t ra , u tnn 71

I AM 6A8Y KRISHNA, AND 100 ARE THE CART.

PLL CRY AND O'IIERT(JRN 'fOU

VIIl11-i MY FEET.

o VI LE SERPENT GO AwAY! PON'T 'fou KNOw I HAvE TAKEN

SIRTH TO PUNISH THE WICKEP?

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~ 85

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-:-,-,,-:---'><R"'''~H~"', VICTORY OVER KAMSA ONE OfI'II<RJ5ffNA fiNO 8ALAR/lMA WERE "SO MELOP/auS WAS 7ffEIR. MUSIC THAT KRISHNIl

ROAMING IN TfiE FOREST IICCOMPIINIE{) BY IINO 8f1LIJRI/MA TOO BEGAN 70 SING, FILLING- THE. (j()PIIS AN£) 60PIKRS.IT WAS If MOONLIT HEARTS OF lHf!! eOPfl<A8 WITH dCN. dUST THEN J

t(fGHT IINP THE fllR WAS FlUE/? W17H THE OEVOTEE OF J(tJBERR, THE LORP S(..ENT OF 8LO:?SOMS. THE GOPII(AS BuRST INTO SONG.

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

FOLLOW HIM.

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.

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

WITH THE PEACOCK FEATHER TUC~ED II'ITO Hr5 CURL.., LOCKS. 8EDECKED WITH FRESH TWIGS. KRISHNA LOOKS llKE SOME GREAT WRESTLER, AS HE. CALLS

EACH OF Hrs COWS &'( THEIR NAMES.

THE VER<f WillERS Of THE RIVER SEEM TO RISE AS IF THE'f WANT TO GATHER THE DUST FROM HIS FEET.

r.:-,--,,-------c-:----'''''''""''=.:..; """""''''''' OW<SA /JIll{, WHEN KKISHNA AAS KETtlRNJNG tlI7 WAS THE ()fMON flRf$HTASURA IN THE FGWM OF

FRO/t1 THE FOIiEST flS II HliGE WLL II BULL. A5 HE STAMPEf) THE GKOUNO WITH HI5 CONFRONTEf/ HIM. 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.

Gfi7HEREl7 AROUNO KRISHNA IINO l117flCKEl7 THE ()EMON W/711 THE HORNS IIHO KILLEl) HIM. 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&.

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 •

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.

OHL"I I.{oo AMONG THE "IADAVAS HAVE MY

WELFARE AT HEART .1115 TO IKXI I TURN FOR HELP JUST AS INDRA TURNS

,0 VISHNU.

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

WttERE THE lWO 501;5,,, VA5UDEVA LIVE . 1AKE THIS CHARIOT AND FElCH THEM

HERE. RIGHT AWJW.

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.,/

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.

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<I-; I IN/\ VI(' l OR\' ( )V I-R K.t\JI., ~/\

r;;-=-!=HCE:-:"COCUCcCHCa=F=CKR=,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.

"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 VICTORY 0\'1 R KA.""'" IIJ(RI5HNA CIH.JGHT HIM ROU6tfL'f!W1? THE VEMON.KRISHNA WEHT FOI?TH TO PINNED HIM IJOWN 70 THE rii?rx.JNO. r ~.E,;KiivG .WiHERE HIS COMPIINIONS HIJO BEEN Hff)OEN.

I' THE ROC/( lIT THE EN7RRNCE, I(RISHN~ FREEO

omor

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 .

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 THE CHARIOT. PID J IMAGINE THAT THE"! WERE INolDE "THE

WATER?

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 ReSTS

61IAG .... 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 WONDER­

STRUCI< <:

WG¥WS 1II<I{(,I/Yl f)~OVE THE CHIIKI07,9I(EIIO. iHEV REACHED M/I1HUR/I.NRN/?R RHO HIS

HHO OOIYE MET THEM liT THE

""'0

100

EVEN THE HAve BIG GAlES EM80~E.O

WITH GOLD.

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

'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.

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

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

r;;;;WENTH.-';;-;;;;;;7JiLm;U;-;;",,;;;;;-:TM~';"~'~Hl:-"'" VlCTOR\ OVl-_R KA.'1SA THE'! WENT FI LITTLE uTHE OIlR/( KRISHNI! IINO THE FIUR. BIUJIRIM1A U){)/<£O

CAME lJPON FI TAILOR.. HE FITTEO I.IKE II PINR OF ELEPHI1NTS, ONE 8L1iCI( fiNO THE 0,"",.1 I ~FljiL~OIi~R~"'~E~N~T~S~O;N~ I'(RISlfNf1 FINO WHITE ,DECORATED FOfI?.q FES71VIU •. XRISIfNfl t A MOST BECOMING Fn,'H,QH ~;"::~~;::'!!:WI7H THE TNLOR. AND

WNO KRISHNfl imP IMLlUitllNJA THE TWO 8RoTHE~

I..ERVES .

o LORD, I AM

BLESSED ,""'OLI";;; 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·

106

,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/ITED WITH GARlANOS, BAN"'ERS liNt? BUNTING. /tfELOOI0l.J5 MU61C WAS BEING PlIWEP IN THE. MCJ<.tjIUX/NO .

-. ' .

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

I ~,~:",.~ 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 IS I<ESHI AND ',H E Ot-lE WHO

DHENUKA. I CONQUERED I<ALlYA.

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

FIGHTS muSHTIKA . ME,WHILE 8I\.LARAMAiiiii; •• ~

KRISIINA VICTORY OVER KAMSA

WERE lJ!STUR8EO 115

LET US GO AWAY. I CAN', BEAR

TO SEE THI5.

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

omor , hifra Io..Llthn

#fIr/EIINWHfLE BIJLIIRllhlR HIl{) MANRGEO V 0E$'ER1IJNO I(lLL NOT ON~LV;"'~"i""~"'~fK~A~';8UTJ~';L~SO;~;;~ WHO CRME TO FI6ffT HIM . WIT/f R .sW/$'T KICK. KRISHHR BEHERDED S HRLII, RHO TORE THE BOO/( OF 105I1RLII, mE TWO OTIfER WRE51L ERS WHO CRME FONWARD.

11

COULl> NOT BEllI?. TO AMRJES

DRIIIE 1HESE TWO SONS OF vASUDEVA OUT OF TOWN .

CAPTuRE NANDA . TAKE AWAY ALL THe. BELONGI NGS Of THf; C01VHERDS. KILL VASUDEVA.

KILL L6RASENA 100.

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

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

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

'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 .

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KRISHNA: THE LORD OF DWARAKA CONTINUEJ/ HIS NARRATION OF THE

EXPLO"5 OF VOUNG KRISHNA TO PAREEKSHIT. AFTER KILLING KAMSA, KRJ5HNA AND

WE FEEL WE HAVE LIVED IN VAIN SINCE. WE HAVE. NOT SEEN SERYE VOU. THAT

CRUEL KAM5A TREATED <fOU YER<! BADL<f • ..,eT WE COOeD

TO

• ILI.USORY POWER

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 HAD SEEN SEPARATE.D FROM YOLl IN OUR IN FANtV

AND SOVHOOO.

112

HIS PARENTS, WEHT TO HIS GRANOFATHER

WHO HAP SEEN KEPT IN KIlM5A.

,NOW \5 KILLED WE CAN

LOOK FORWARD TO A SAFE AND <JOI.(F(JL LIFE

UNDER KRI&HNA'S PROTEClIOH.

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.

113

r_---, _________ ~-~KRlStI' ... TIlIo 1 ORO Of DV.ARAKA

~'~'X~R;./~SH::N~h~h:N=P~ .. ~(~R~~~M~n~TH~.~N~S~.=T~au~T~-------~ NOW I WilL TELL 'fOU iHE GIWATRJ MANTRA

IN 40UR EAR.

FOR THE.. ASHRflMA OF SAGE. SflN{)IP!lNI IN IWIlN7I '!

omar 114

CRIlFT8.

' 0 ME MV 5OH,WH O WA5 DROWNED

PRA6HASA.

~~--------

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 THIS VERy SPOT •

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 8111l1-RAMA. WHAT CAN I

DO FOR t(OU ?

8IUIU(flMI1 WENT BlICK TO THE BOI{.

BHAGAWAT I'IJRANA - 5

NO, 1I0U HAVE. OONE RLL 'fOU CAN. GO NOW TO "'OUR OWN HOME5. MA"! YOUR

KNOWLE DGE REMAIN E.VER FRESH.

o PAREEKSHIT, 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 KRISHNA 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 1~~~~~~~~~~

FACE AND HIS ENDEARING SMILE. ~

, SOON 7EIIRS 8EGIIN 70 TRICKLE {JOWN N!JNCWS FACE.

'IRSHOOIi 700 8E6IIN 70 CRY. (JP{)HAVA SAIO-WE M155 HIM

SO MUCH< ':~:~~::0;~NA THING IN V I 'REMINDS U5 OF - THE RIVE.R5,iHE

MOUNTAINS , THE c.oW5, THE COW ­

HER(75 .

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

a'WEE D, '(ou BOTH ARE THE UJCKIE5T

OF PEOPLE TO HAVE SUCH lOVE AND DEVOTION TOW"''';'

KRISHNA. HE WILL SOON BE WIT H '(Ou.

119

[~~~~r~~~~;~;clli'.'~'~ tl'o"" nit" LORoor I)\.~ ARAKA LEJ:jRJ./T THAT lIP/JHIWI1 W,9S AN Elt/ISSAR!! THEV QlJICKLV TOOK HIM IfSltJE.

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 ~

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 / !U .•..• REMEMBER . •

/(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

<fau. ~ .... """

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.

~i~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~';'~~'1lVI n-t£ LORDOff)',, 'ARAKA

HII/) ,~ I'</<ISHNA IJNI/ lJOPttIWf1 FOUNO BV TO 8B BEIIU7IFtillV AClORNEJ) WITH FLOWeRS, STRINGS

~O~F~~~~~~~~~~~'~U~N~T~fN~.~S~·~~~~------1 , TOLD SAI RAN ("lHRI LORD KRI" ,N,O ?

THAI I WOULD VI SIT HER AT MY DOOR-HOUSE AFlER /'Ill.( MISSION STEP. HERE WA& OVER. COME

LEI'S 60 NOW.

DEAR XRISH NA, SlAV HERE. WITH

ME FOR A FEW DA'I5. I CANNOT BEAR TO

'IOU GO HOW·

... TH E. HUNCHe:ACK omar l'hi t 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

'" AND MANNER5,'THE

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

KING .

0 0

, , ',.

DUR."fODHANA AND HIS 8ROTHERS ARE FOR­EVER PLOTTING 10 HARM ,HE PANDAVA5. THE"f

EVSN TRIEO TO PANDAvAS ARE FAR. SUPERIOR. TO THE

KAURAVA BROTHERS.

..... l!!o.~POI50N THEM.

I,

, 1

" 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!;/:IHWHILE, 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

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

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.

LET "'1( ARM'f PRePARE FOR WAR.

I WILL NOT Reel TILL I WIPE OiIT THE e t-lTIRE RAce OF ,HE <lADAVA5

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 FROM THE EAR.JH.

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.

2 1,,70 ELEPHAN1 :;', 21 8 70 CtiARIO"T5 , 6?oI0 OWIIL R'f fiNO

'"

NOT ONL<{ THE CHARIOT5, EVEN 'tOUR FAVOURITE WEAPONS­"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 ENVELOP­

ING II FIRE 'ANNaT DO 50 FOR LONG,SO ALSO THE ENORMOUS ARM"'! OF JARASANDHA COULD NOT SURROOND SALARAMA

KRISHNA FOR LONG •

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.

W/iTCHING THE SCENE FROM 7HEIR BllLCONIES fiNO

129

THE LOfIDOf OWARAKA

r-----------------------------., ~~~~w~"~~~;,~-~'~~~;v"'~;u~~~),W~~~~"l I<TH(}{jGH clIiRA$.IINOHA's IIRh1V WAS I' OF EVEN HIS Cff/lRIOT,IIi...L .;IUMMNOH/1 /11'10 HUGE IINO WELl-EOlIIPPED, KRISHNA HIS LIFE. "NO 8AlIlR!llJ1A tJt!:3TROf{SO IT EFFORT/.ESSL'f.

KRISHNA TOOK Pl1'l ON ME AND LET ME GO. WHAT A DI~­HONOUR rr 15

FOR ME.

~~Pt~;~~~~~~~~~~~"~"~>~!r-A ow LORD OF rMARAKA 1t8lJT SOME OF THE KINGS WHO tfl10 IT wAS GOO'S WIll THAT ALONG WITH HIM OISStlAOEO HIM . '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 ME 00 AND CONFRONT lliEM.

133

KIII'>II""

oN l NOW WI:: NAVE TO FACE. TWO

ENEMIESo, JARA5ANDHA 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.

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

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

CONSUL1ING 8fiLfiRfif"J1A,I<RISHNfi HAO 5I.JCH A Cl1e{ 8lItL11N 1HE OCEItN.11 WAS fi

OF RRCHITECTliRE IJHO CRIJF7SMfJNSHIP

omor (,nitro "utha

BHAGAWAT PURANA - s

WITH HIS CWINE THe NEW/' 'f CRe87elJ clrY.

HIS KITH /lNI) KIN TO

WHO WAS STATIONED ()()TSIOE THE Gf1TE,8cHEU? THE f1PPROI1CHING FIGtJRE.

SUREL"I 1HJS MUS1 BE KRISHNA. HE FI15 THE DESCRlP1JON NARADA

GAVE ME OF I(RI&HNA.

BUT HE IS APPROACH­

ING ME UNARMED. I TOO MU&T' PUT AWAY (t1V WeAPONS.

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

I<IILAVIIVIINA CHfl5EO THE KKISHNfl HOPING 10 CA101 HIM.

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

'"THE BRAVE """AV.5./

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

700 BEOAN 70 FOUOw HIM A7 II /?IJPIO

NO HEEO IWO RRN OH 1Ii.L

r-__ C-__ ~-C __ ~fl~H~n~'~~~O~E=-Cfl"~~~.~::~ ...

Offiur ~·hj l ra luth 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 COUNTLES6 NAME5.IT MA'i BE.

POS51SlE TO COUNT THE PARTICLES OF OU&T ON EARTH . M"/ NAMES

AND

r

I HAVE APPEARED ON EARTH

IN VASUDEVA'S HOUSE.. I AM "THEREFORE CAUEP

VAASUDEVA .1HAT WA6 I<ALA'iAVANA WHO WAS KILLED BI{ 'iOUR GLANCE. 400 HAVE LONG BEEN NIl( DEVOTEE., CAME HERe 10 GIVE 40U m'i

6LE55INGS.

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

"ON XRISHNIJ'S 61{)[)JHG~ THe. CllltJfWII SOl{)IERS TOOK flU THE PI?EClOliS 7l')

7HE PEFEII7EO I#/?HIY.

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.

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--------:;------"..., It WHEN ,JIlRA6FlNOI1I1 /lHD HIS

OF COURSE. HE (£/{ItO NOT BELIEVE WHIIT I KHOW "IOU A~ HOi. &tiT PRETEND HA ! HA! HA! A'tH WIW.lET U5 LOOK Frr THEM

LE.T'S fOLLOW THEM. QUICK!

RUH. RUH!THEVARE SCARED OF ME.

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

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

KRISHNA THE EN(~c~"~~n:~'~;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FI.IIN1E5 5<lKROUNlJED THE • THE TWO 8RoTItEK~ MADE .., /JIIRJNG

\'E5. THE .5MOKE AND FIRe.

JARASAHDHA AND HI& MEN ARE LOOKING FOR 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. .

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

RUKM1Nt HAS SEAUT't',

IHTELLIGENCE AHD GRACE .5tlE. WILL SE THE

HAf) FIVE BROTHER.S­Il()KM I ~ KU IChIAR.II7ItA, ~uKMfl8IlHlI , RIIKM/lKESlfA If NO ~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

'- '''0" THINK OF ,,!

HE

144

WAS PLUNGEO fN GLOOM

WHA1" SHOULD I DO? I FEEl. 50

CONFUe.ED.

Kfll,";HNfI THE ENCHANn::U

{(SHE THOUGHT OF II SENT FOR. liN Ol.1:) '1R(JSTED 8/?'11HliflN .

o KRISHNA . WITH "lOUR

HAHD50ME LOOK&.NO&LE '-== ===11 NATURE. AND WlSDOM , r 'IOu RRE TRUL't utl ­

MATCHED.

RESPECT.

...----------nc:::x=::::cJ I HAVE

CHOSEN '1Ou FOR WI HU&6AND. HONOUR ME 61( COMING HERE 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 ~

i TQO H'AVE L051 m'f HEAR:! 10 RUKMINI. 50 ReST A55uRED, I WILL SUREL'Ii RE5CUE HER FROM M'1 OPPONENTS·

BflACAWAT PUR ... N ... ,

M~ BROTHER RUKMI HAS ARRAHGEO MY MARRIAGE

WITH SHISHUPALA,!5tIT Tlt~')~~;;;;~~:;~ ~~:;,~ VER~ IDEA OF BEIHG ANY-ONE ELSE'S WIFE IS

UNTHINMBLE.

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

WEDDING aREMONI.(J~Ic~~~_ "THAT~ wH~Re YOU WILL 8E ABLE ,0

MEET ME.

HuAA<t uP ANU PRePARf TO LEAVE. FOR VIVAR&HA. WE HAVE TO RfACH

&EFOR~ NIGH'lFALL. PA<t AFTE.R

IN NEW

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

___ W_"'.'~T~· __ -~~f~

THE

Wl7H k KJ5HNA IINC THE VENERABLE, ;8AA~~H~"'~'Nj"'~::::::~ CHARIOT, OIIRtll(.q plU)~ FIIST IN 7Hi NIGHT.

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.

ALL 1HESE KING5 ARE PREPARED

FOR &AliLE AND J(RIs.HNA HAS 60NE

l'lLONE!

omac

HE HUIiRIEf)LY GIITHEREO HIS ,,~v liND SET OUT FOR. J(UNOJHIlPUKA, HIS HER/{7 WIIS FJlLEP WJTH CONaRJ{.

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.

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

FOR LORD KRJ5HNA , 8UT EVEN "THE VENERABLE BRAHMIN H115 NOT

. VEl' REiURNED.

CAN I E.veR HoPE TO Rf PAl( 'It:itI FOR WHAI '100 HAve DONE FOR ME, I CAN ONL\{ 80W

TO i{OU •

1i1'I1:,lISA ( HE ENCHANTER

il1E lWO VADAVA 6ROTHERS ARE HERE!

Pl!RHAP5 10 WIlN655 RuKMINI"S WEDDING,

Ofl\ur

PERHA~ LORD KRI~NA DID NOT FIND

ME WORTH't' OF HI,., .

"""

r. -- . ""

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

'v

we ARE HONOURE D B't' '1OUR pRJ3.5ENCe ON TH I!:>

OCC A&ION .

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

lET'S HOPE AND PItA.., THAT KRISHNA 'TAKe, IWKMINI'& HAHD IN M/'IItRIAGE.

IIHA(;AWAT I'tJHANA 6

" 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.

150

WILL HE COME ~ PARE I HOpe ~

•

THE RJTIJIIlS.

IWI{NIINI THE 6O(J()~s.s. MIrTH ---, sNEers.

OF THE

BHAGAWAT l'URANA . (,

J<JNGS IISSEIHBl.EO IN 7HE tJlfE EMERGEP F1lM m~

, THE ENCHANTER

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

dllllllSflNPHII IfHIJ "THE QTH~R. KINGS THE SHOCI< OF THE QUICK ""C~ OF EV~NTS.

Fie ON US ! WE YIlEIU: LEFT 1"I00DIHG OUR sows WHIL.E 1lfA,. COWHERD WOUNDED OUR PRIDE AND WEN"T AWAY

WITH RUKMIHI.

COME , 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 , o 6EAUTIFUL ONe! JU&T WA1CH HOW '/OURARM'f DE&TROV& THE

51GJ1T OF 5OMI/Nfl OF 7H~/R 501.01£15

WORPS, 1H~ f(R17AVR IIRMV CHIEFS liKE GAOA /lNPMUMMA IWNIHIJ.MS1 TlfEIAF0E6. $OON TItE PATH Wl9S STREWN WITH FIILL6H ELEPHIWTS liND SROI(JSN 'HllmOTS.

llARI/S/lNOI1I1 ~o 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

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

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

~&H FOR.

•.

OF KRISHNA J R/JKMI IU..oNE.

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

K~I::.llNA rHL ENCHAN fER

!JU1 /<RISHNII'S IIRROWS REOIKEO HIS SWORP IINO r;:;;:;~o.l;NIff.;;';;NNcP', 'R;;:U;;<;;"';'I~"~U;,,,,;;Pptei'D~iXJ;;;;W~N;l FROM HIS CHIIRIOT IINO CHIfRGEO /iT I<RISHNII,I.II{E II KlOTH F/.'tING 7OItWIRP5

SHIELP 10 PI6CE8.

II FI../iME .

, ~""'r"'''''~~:/ 0 lORD OF 1llE. l .... .".,cV" <t. UNIVi!R,Se, '100

FOR HER.SAKE,I'LL SPARE Hie U~ e.uT

1 MUf" iEACH HIM LE&&ON.

ARlO 'HE. POWERFUL

SUT l.{OU ARE 8ENE.VOLENT l' OOE~ NOT

"IOU iO KILL. M'f ~HER.

WITH HIS SI4KJIUJ KRISHNfI SHIlVEO OfF FliTCHES OF f111/~ FROM R(lHMI's IfEIlO fiNO MOlJ6TIICHE,

ALAS! 1HE OHARMA OF 1l1E K5HAiRl'fA&1I\ IS. 5lJCH

'THAT A MAN MA'1 KilL HIS OWN BROTHER IN WAR.

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

- ..... , 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'(

TO CONSOLE RtiKMINI HE S/lI{)-

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

TO LIVE.

KRISHNA Tl-IE

" 15 FOR HI5 OWN GOOD iHAT 'tOUR 6R01HER HAS BEEN

pUNISHED.

I 5t1ALl. NOT ENTER KUNDIf'lAI'(JRA TILL. 15LRV THAi WICKED KRISHNA

AND RESCUE My LITTL.E SISTER.

"THE CI TizeN:; OF DWARAKA WERE E)tCEED­

INGL'{ HAPP'f 70 WITNE55 THE WEDDING OF ~R'5HNA AND RLJ~MINI.IN VUE COORSE, A SCN WA5 BOJ<N 10 THE

COUPLE .1HE.,. NAmED HIM PRAD'fUMNA.

/ ,,,"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 TIlE ENCHANT[N

MA<{AvATI WA S IN fACT RAil, .HE WIFE OF KAMDEVA. WHEN ~HE LEFIRNT FROM NARADA THAj

(; ) "THE. !loA8'{ WAS NONE OTHER THAN J. AN INCARNATION OF HER HU&&AHD,

KAMADEVA, MAl/A VAT I WRS "THRILLED. DA'fS 5P!!D I'!HD SOON , PI<A ',""M''" GRew UP TO SE

IIOUNG MAN .

BLOw,HE

I'll HAVE TO USE. MFWA.

" (.

BHAGAWAT PlJRANA 6

. Wl 7H

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

RfJI<MINI TOO RESEM81.RNCE TO

KRISHN ... THE: ENCHANTER

HAD M"I SON SURVIVED I HE 100 WOULD HAVE BEEN

HIS AGE.

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 SON, RUt<;MIHI, WHO WAS lOST WHEN HE WAS

AN INFANT .

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

INTERRUPTer:>

NO, NO,"TSlLME EIIER"I"THING IN

DETAil. WHO WA& SAiRALllT? WHAT

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.

BHAGAWAT PURANA 6

DWARAJ(II 7HERE uv~r:> 5117RArJIT WHO WII!S:R~~=~ DEVOTEE OF SUN,"!II, rifE. 3UN GOP. ()HE OIl"! .suRYII 8~FO~ HIM.

amar \" hifra "ufhn 163

EVE~ONE IN DWARAKA I~ TALK­ING I'IBOU'T '{OUR

;'; IINi.'-... 11!11N~ lV.Nll~

THE SW:IMANTAKA 151'1 FA&UlOU& GEM.

Ii IIIELDe. EIGHT MEASURES OF GOLD

EVERII DAII.

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..

"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<II , (;ETTING JlffXI(){)S

8IWTHER.

PRA5E.NA HASH' "T Re"TURNE D. PERHAPeI I< RI50HI'IA HAS KILLE D HIM FOR "THE S>At<E OF

1HE 5'1AMAN1Al<r.

COME WllH ME 1HE. FORES1 • WE WILL FIND 001 WHAT REALL'i HAPPENED " 0

SHAGAWAT PURANA (,

" IT W..95 cMNlBRVJlN, THE bEllI? WHO 11"0 IITT-'ICJ(EO THE LION. tlIIM81WIIN 609VE mE GEM TO HIS LITTLE SON 10 PLfI¥ WITH.

OF

16:'

f~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;;:i'~R'~SH~N'~'~THEENCHANTER 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 IH~ ~NCH"'."ItK

It SRTRReJl'r FELT TEKRI8LV WHEN HE HEIIKO TIfE WHOLE STOR". WITH HI5 HERO ffUNG LOW,IfE MEEKL V fiCCEPTEO THE. GEM BIIC/( ON I<RISHNR'6

HOW MDOf Nl6 TO HAVE ACcu5ED

KRISHNA.

I OFFE R. "IOU M'i PAUGH1ER 5ATIfA­SHAMA A5 ...... ELL A$ THE Ef/AMAN1AKA

GeM,

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

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

I CANNO, ACCEP, THE: GE·M. LET II REMAIN

WITH lKJU A50 A GIFT OF SUI/:<lA. HOWEVER IF IfOU WI5H, "IOU MAl{ Give us

~~~::: "GOLD PRODUCED r IT.

WH"I DON'T <IOU KILL SATRA..rry AND TAKE AWfI"I ,ME S'fAMANTAKA

'I"1-.--,6::EM'~·'--___ -1

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

"THEN II'I'\Ue.T

FL~e ! AT LEAST KEEP

I

BHAGAWAT PURANA · 6

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

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

HORe-e .

TO {)WIIIYIK8 /JIU.AKIIMA MID A Vl5fT

I1XR(JRA RHD 7HE YO WN.

KRISHNA HAS KILLED

170

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 m E ENCHANTER

arnat"

UNCLE,I KNOW THAT 5HATADHFlNVA LEFT THE GEM WITH 'IOu. RIGHiFULlV

IT BELOHG5 TO SATRAJIT'5 oeSCENDAHT& AND iHERE-

fORE 10 ((1'1 SOH.

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 .",.

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

o KIlISHNA . W'E DeLlGHTEP mAT YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT USAND &£NT Ak'RI.IRA 10 ENQUIRE.

ABOUT OU;.~~~~~1

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

TO MEET THE PANDAVAS .

J AM so HAPPY THAT ALL. OF ¥OW ESCAPED FROM THE BURNING. HOUSE

LAC·,

--:.

omo,

lAM SUR'tA'S

PAUGHT E~ . M~ NAME IS

--

I WANT OSTAIN

LO RD VISHNU AS MY HUSBAND .

r.::-: _______________ C'C":,I .. II'I" lin VlCTOR'OII'"

,,. Il/l.JIJN/t WEHT BlICK TO KIUSHNR. (( 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 .

~ HE MUST BE ABLE TO OVERPOwER THESE

SEVEN 1:ERO(.I()I.lS BULLS .

WHEN kRISHNA HERilP 0'" 1'HIS~ HE WENT 70 IIVOPNt,'II.

a LORD OF THE UNI VERSE ~ WHAT CAN

A MERE MORTAL.

WE AIU INDEED FORTUNATE . I MUST PERSQNALL'f WELCOME

WI,., .

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 .

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

NRIJIVIiJlr LEt> KRISHNA n7 1NE ENCLOSURE

A CONDITION .

OF THE SEVEN WILO BU"8.

YOU MUST CONTROL THEM AND DI5PLA'f

'fOUR PROWESS .

175

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.

f11 fN ·,"W"T PI IRAN" 7

SEE, WITH WHAT EASE HE'S LEADING THE

BULLS.

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

LATER KRISHNA \\;;:;;;:~=::;;;;:::';;:';~;:===~.I MARRIED 8HADRM,THE DAt.JGHTER OF tHS AUNT SHRUTAKEERTI , AND LAKSHMANA, THE

NO,BESIDES

PRINCESS OF MADRA .

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 HIS &>EAR WIFE SATI.IR8HI1MII, K~ISHN,f SET 8HIHAWUIIIIlII, WAS TEIMOJlIZINt$ THE OFF ON NIS VEHICLE~ rNE 6RRt1P1f . AaJPE OF 1HE PEVRS WITH HIS AllmNG ACIS.

HE HAS eVEN 8lOU!/li THE EAR- RINGS OF MOTHER

ADIT! . •

AND HE HAS "'9iirl TAKEN AWAit 1 THE UMB~ELlA

OF VARUNA .

HMM! THE MOUNTAINS SURROUND 1JiE aT" LIKE A

FORTli!E69. AND THEN THERE 19 A WALL OF

WEAPONS . A MOAT F'ILLED WITH 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

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

.t- WEAPON

W I TH HIS SE T

WHEN I RELEASE THE SHATAGHN ES . YOU MUST ALL FIRE YOUR ARROWS

AT THe S AMe TIME .

o n" l" , 1\;11'0 "" Th o 181

r;:,-::::-::--:--:-:-c-:c-:::--:-:::cc--::-:---c::-c-::c:-::::-:-:::''lHACAWAT , _7 THE ELEPHI'.INT ARM'! COI."P NOT STIINt> 0;.;£"1 NIIRIIKIISURR REM/liNE/) ON TNIS QUill. ATrllCK IINP ~LEP .

WHI.( ~ HE DID NOT EVEN

BUDGiE! LET ME ATTACK KRISHNA.

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

SHAKT/ ."

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

o mar ch ifra Kotho

HERE ARE THE EAR-RINGS OF MOTHER Aorrr AND THE UMBRELLA OF

VARUIliA. STOLEN 6"1 NARAI<A,suRA.

"BOWI NG RESPECTFU.l.lf(

LORD! t114 GRANDSON BHAGADATTA. SON OF BHAUMASURA,

IS FILLED WITH FEAR. PROTECT

HIM .

I VI(,TORIOl}',

Bl.E5SEP

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.ESTIAl.

184

TltEE_ XAl.P/lVRlkSHII.

HOW LOVElH IT LOOKS! CAN'T

I HAVE IT?

- ..-- .

HOW DEVOTED SHE /510 ME. BUT LET ME TEASE HER .

WH4 DID "IOU ACCEPT

ME~ seE NOW

WE YADAV.;AS~E,,~H;'''''iE I TO TAI(E_~

IN THE ~;~~~~;~~~~~

PEAR ONE! 50 MAN.., KINGS,

R/CN ANO NOBLE VIED WITH ONE ANOTHER FOR 'lOUR HAND IN

'1O<J <lOUR.

INTO Ii

ru _ ___ _ _______ __ ..c:;IIII •. \(,,\',',\1 ;'I:X,\"JII

KHISlfNR RElit /SED I'/E If~D GONG <l IN II TRICE HE (iOT &/OWN liND AFFECTIONATEl", TOO FIU~ . J..IFTEP HER tiP.

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

IN .JEST?

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 ,

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

SERVE /,fOU ALL M4 LIFE .

KRISII'IJI

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

SHE HAS CHOSEN PRADYUMNA. SON of MI.f ENEMI{­THAT kRISHNA.

SUREl.'1! THAT PRINCE 15 THe MOST HANDSOMe AND

CMARMING! "LL CHOOSE. HIM TO BE M'-I

HUSS,qND.

MY DEAR SISTER RUKMINI WILt BE HAPP«. FOR HER SAkE I WILt lET TlfeM WED.

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 OPEl? ,sHONI71'/Pt/IM I }tillS MFI'(>KJEP WITH PV£ CEI?EMONt;'. 1/ qRERr OF lORP 8HIYR. ONE PR¥-

SON WHO WIitS /YAMEP AH! LORD SHIVA

15 DANCING THE TANDAVA* I WII..!.. ~SE MI.f THOUSAND ARMS TO PROVIDE

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

I AM WITH <touR

DEVOTION. NAME ANI.( SOON

LORD, REMAIN HERE AND GUARDM4

kINGDOM. 1.fOl.4 DESIRE.

IN FACT., THE OTHER PA'-{. M'I ARMS WERE ITCHING

TO FIGHT SO MUCH THAT I CRUSHED A WHOLE RANGE OF MOUNTAINS ..

MUSIC.

M4 ONE THOUSAND ~~~D~' ARE OF NO USE TO ME.. THERE /8 NO ONE

BESIDES, <IOU WHO CAN 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

AT LAST! NOW I CAN LOOK FORWARD TO A

REAL GOOD FIGHT.

KRISI"" II \IC10il.O:.h

l( B~NIJSllR,q HRP /I PRVCiHTER NIJMEP uSNII. ONE MOHIVI/Wi SHE Cior UP FA'DM /I PRElIM.

olY'lor ,' hitro Io..\lthn

ALL I CAN TELL 40U IS

THAT HE WAS DARK AND

HANDSOME LARGE

LOTUS -SHAPED E'iES .

[:~~~N~O~W~.~I;W~'L~L~:::i~~~~ DRAIN THE PORT~A ITS

Of KINGS AND SAGES. SEE If ~OU CAN RECOGNISE

THE MAN OF t(OUR DREAM .

111 1 \ 'j{.\-'/I. ~

KRISH",'" rH£ \,ICTORIOL:~

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

NO! I ALWA'(S HEA~ THE SOUND OF MUSIC AND LAUGHTER

FROM INSIDE .

CAPTURE HIM! TIE HIM

I.4P WITH . SERPENT-BONDS.·

NOT COME

BHA{ ,AWA r f'URA.~A _ 7

IT HAS BEEN FOuR MONTHS NOW SINCE 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 AN EOI.IIIUY t.RIUi£ FO~CE. W / TH HhW WE~E i.O~p SHIV;' ANI' HIS SON KARTTIKEVII .

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.

WHO

M~ KING HAS SENT A ME5SA~E THAT HE IS THE TRUE VAASUDEVA. YOU ARE AN IMPOSlOR WHO CARRIES

HIS INS'~N'A .

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

uP OR FI~HT ,

TELL "'tOUR KING THAT I Will NOT GIVE UP MI{ DISC AND OTHER INSIGNIA.

COME:.! LET U5 PREPARE TO ATTACK THAT

FOOL PAUNDRAKA .

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

IN FACT, I WILL USE M4 DISC TO " 'iF=; DESTR04 HIM AND HIS

FOOLISH FRIENDS WHO MISLEAD HIM INTO THIS

SELF- DECEPTION.

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

LOOI< AT HIM! HE

\6 PRE5SEP;;E~AA]C~T;";"i;~~~~;;;:ill , UKE ME- WITH CONCH SHELL, A MACE ,A

HE'f! 'fOU PAUNDRAKA ! ~OU WANTED MI.f CHAI(RA AND OTHER WI:RPONS .

DIDN'T <.tOO?

WELL, ,~~S~,J~ WERE 'fOU ARE !

IN II 1t4117T.1t OF MOMENTS, PRUNt>ItIfItIl '~ HEAD tAlI ON THE GROtINO.

AOW KIi/sHAIR TtJIINEP 70 mE KIN(; OF HEllO OF mE KINa OF KASHI.

KRSNI . WI TH HIS SUORIU;.tIlW,q C#/IKIIA I _~~i:.~~~"~r~T~~"~"~"~~~S OF NIS PftLf#CE.

\--~"~"':''':'':M:'''::....CVT=:....:~:..:F...::N.:'5:":,''~'':'':P:,,,,:'':<S=O:' ___ j ~

WH'f ! THIS IS THE HEAD OF M'-/ FATHER.

I M (A6T AVE NG E HI S

DEATH .

".

Olnor chif ra kafha

r;;",.::-:::c-::-::c::==:::-",.:::--:,-:-:::c=-=~'~' ~~C,A\\ AI I'loIVl ,... 1

HE CONCENTRATED !lIS ENERGIES 70 T/IE ~/RE FIEND THAT EME!?GSP NiA)HEO 70 FINO ~ MGTHOP OF REVENGE. ONE PII"I. &JWIIRRKR. WHILE PERFORMING Ii 'fAoINA_

THEPEOPtE TEIfIfIt:IEP.

198

LORP! SAVE US FROM THIS CALAMITCf .

DICE. lOOKEO UP PROM HIS (JAMI!

t>ON'T WORR4 . r WI L L PROTECT

'fOO .

o rnar ~· h.itra l u tho

r.-:-_____________ -"~'=";' I',,\ Illi VIC! III

&1 HE ORDEREP IfIS StlDA~SHII/{A CHAK/(/I TO ATTflCK THE F IENO.

MENA CINGI.", THE PlSC SET our 7l:J THE FIENl>.

~ ..

THE DI5K FOLLOWEP THE FIRE FIEND TO KASHI . AFTER DE6rRDI.IINca THE

O 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

OF THE GALLANT 6f\LARAMA .

I MUST AVENGE THE PEFnH OF MH

DEAR FRIEND NARAKASURA.

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

JOURNE~IHG ON MOUNT RAlWl1"AKA, HE MET AN APE CALLEtJ DV, v 'DA .

200

-U:W~IO. .. w>w,;';;'K.PUP:q,;;;;'-;9M"i'''-'i'SHNA AN AlLY Of THE PANDAVAS [' NOW PICI(E{J UPII dAR WHeN PVlVIPA Sl!W 811LIIRltMA IIPPROACHING HIM WITH

/1. 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.

omor

WE WilL CAPTURE HIM . LET 'THE VADAVAS COME AND FREE HIM

'THEN.

203

II BUT KRISHNA's :;ON FACEO 1HE WIIRl<?IOR.5 IILONE.

204

AN'I·FIGtfT5 IN THE FAMIL'f .1 MIISELF WILL GO TO PURA AND PERSUADE THEM TO FREE

THE KAURAV,qS HAVE CAPTURED

SAMBA.

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

OUR. ARM.."

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

INTENTIONS ARE.

lIT 7t1E

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

MANNER. .

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

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

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

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.

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.

KRISHNA

",qRI?OGIINTL'I THE I<!UJRIWIIS W/UkEO RW,qy ""'TI1OtJ-::T~_ EVEN W,qITlNG FOR I'"

8IU,q~MA'5 REPlV.

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

ONE WPNOF PU,.TING il'tEM

IN "HEIR PlACE.

"00A'i I WILL -i-~&-(MV ReNDER ,.HE

EARTH FRee FRom ,HESE VAIN AND

FOOLISH KAURAVAS.

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

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' D15-PLA'fED HIS ART IN

THIS PALACE.

I

!

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

QI.IEEN~.

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

209

LEIHIING, N./IRAlJA 1tJRNEf) OI1'{ Wffll.t= KRISHNA WI1S IN 11fE COUNCIL HIJLL • IINO $fI1l)- Cl1llEP SU/JHI1RhllI STRANGER. RUSHEO /N-

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

210

lHE IMPRISONED KINGS HAVE IMPLORED 'iOO 1'0

HELP THEM.

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 FRAIL T'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.

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 IMP0R7-FlNeE IS THE 'TA$. OF

"1~U.f~. l-. HELf'IHG THE. KING-eo 1 WHO HAVE SOUGH'T

'lOUR PRO"TECT/OH .

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

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 IN 'o'DUR; CO(JI"l6EL WHFrY DO '«}U THINK WE SHOULD 00 IN 'Tl1E PRESENT CIRaJMS'TANCSS~

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. KING~ NOT TO aE AFRA1D. 1 WILL SOON COME. AND

uARASANDHA.

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 REQUI&ITE MA"TERIAL .

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.

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

:~~~;;.~JFTEO 81( TlfE COHQUEREO KINGS. HERE 1'1 1'5 ,THE

WEAL'1H FROM THE:. KINGS WHO HAVE SURREI'lDERED TO

'lOUR SUI>REfM<CV,,/

UDDHAVA HAD 5(JGGe~n· ED A WAif 01= COI'IQUI!RJNG

<.lARA5ANDHA .

KRISHNA

"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

TO 1101.4,0 KIHG.WE. TRAVELLED FROM

AFAR WITH A SPECIFIC PURPOSE . DO GRAHT

OUR REQUE5i.

TttE'1 APPEAR 1t) BE K~RTRI'fA5, NOT BRAH-

11'111'15. THE MAR)I;5t OF TtfE 60W ARE 50 CLeAR ON

THeiR WRI5T& •

o BRAHMI1'I5,TElL \=~ _________ ~~ /VIE WHAT 'IOU DESIRe. I AM EVEN ReAD\f TO GIV~ UP M'I LIFE.

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

{{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.

BHAGA~'AT

,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 J~~~~~ 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

IJ'TIU<ING UP AAJOTf"lER M/tCE HIMSElF ,JIJR/lSflNOH,q lEO 8HEE/t1/i 70 THE OF THE CITl{.

216

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

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.

HII A(,A WAT f'lJHANA

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.

220 orner

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

~ ..

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 ~TURNE(J TO SOliNO OF 7HEI/? CONCH- SlfELL5ImNtXlNCEO

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.

o KING! NOW '10<.1 CAN 8EGIN "'lOUR RAJASOOVA

f./AJNA.

KRISHNA AN

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

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

YfhJNII .

NOW ,HE MAIM CE.RE­MONIES ARE OVER.' o WHOM WILL <IOU OFFER ,HE FIRS,

WORSHIP ?

5HRI KRISHNA 15 "THE. SEST AMONG THE. A56EMSlED PEOPLE HERE 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 cow­HERD LIkE KRISHNA FOR "HE FIRS,. WOR­

SHI 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<IIURIWRS. lilS WIVES WERE

PERSlJII/JEV 70STII'I RNO SPENT !jOME HflPP'l 011'15 IN TIfE WONOER.FUL

SUCCE.SSFUL COMPLETION OF THE RIII1IlSOOVIl Yfl<JNfI WR5 1f 50tJRCE OF dOC{ FOR. EVEKVONE EXCEPT DURf{O­OHIlNIf. HE IUIRNEO WITH ENVI( SEEINq THE INCIi!ERSB)

PI/lACE 8U1l; 8'1 MA'II/. r;rrl~:;:J~ 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

.. .. . ,

22<

KRISHNA: THE SAVIOUR

WAS S"i 6HAI..VA.

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@~~~~~~~~A~~'~~Z~~~A~~~~~~ INDESTRlICTI BLE fRIEAlP, SHISHIJPALA'S ARROeAftIT. I T COUlD SEATE]) IN SAUSHA,

OF SOLDIERS.

11 CA~ TAKE ME WHEREVER J WISH TO 60.1 AM

IN"I NCI6LE NOW .

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.fAVE DYlJlt'l/fltl TOO FELL.

B<IT TO A

SHOULPER.

THROlJ/iH ARROWS

VEHICLE.

MESSENGER RtJ.SHEj) WITH 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'"

IT WAS AfTER THI6 INCIDENT

THAT 5UPAMA viSITED KRI6HNA.

KRISHNA : THESAVlOUR

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 )I;;;;;;;;~ _;;;'=jI SEN" TO T+lE FO~ES" ,... 1'0 COLLeCT fiRE·

WOOD ••

KIIISH'JA II I

KRISHNA THESAVIOlJR

I MUST HAVE LOST tIIY wAY. 1 HAYE ~EVER ~eeN SUCH

WONDERFUL e>EFORE.

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ALL THIS CAN O!'JL)' BE llIROU<!iitl THE BENEVOLENCE

OF KRISHNA.

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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 ("'"J~~~;:~ VE.SSEL OF 011._ "

~~~~~~~~~~~=::;;~~'"~':':" lWAT I'UIIAN,I, t INClUP1N(i

6UT IN MY CASE, TtlAT FISH WAS COVERED AND WAS NOT DIREC1L'Y VISIBLE TO lHE ARCtiER.

ARE We MAt<'!

AT.ME BY YIS'TIN~

OR WORStiI­IMAe.ES TI-lAT

GAINS SALVATlolII.

JAMSANDI-IA, AND KARNA 1RIED THEIR. BuT THE.Y COULD NOT FEu.

FISH. BUT KRISHNA 'PIP IT SO EFFOR"lLESSI..Y.

HE WHO IDENTIFIES HIMSELF WITH HIS BOPY AND NOT WITH 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.

MY .';'''iiF''';:;';'", A'JuNA

RRIEP MY GRANDMOTtiER: SUBIiAPRA.

voJHO wAs KR:1SHNA's .sISTER.

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

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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.

Editor: Anan! Pai

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Sudama • Abhimanyu • Tales or Ba larama

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