Week 13 Reading B: Bhagawat: The Krishna Avatar

Killing of Kamsa

Krishna: Triumph Over Kamsa: A python assaults Nanda, Krishna's non-permanent dad, however at Krishna's touch the python transforms into a divine being who had been transformed into a python by a revile. The devil Shankhachuda seizes the gopikas, however Balarama and Krishna salvage them. Krishna likewise overcomes the bull-devil Arishtasura. Then, in Mathura Narada uncovers to Kamsa that Krishna is as yet alive, so Kamsa plots to slaughter him. Back in Vrindavana, a pony devil named Keshi assaults individuals, and Krishna routs him. At that point Vyomasura, an evil spirit disgusied as a cowherd, captures the young men crowding the sheep, and Krishna should protect them. Kamsa sends Akrura to discover Krishna, and when he sees Krishna and Balarama, he kneels before them and uncovers Kamsa's plot to execute them in a wrestling match. At that point he takes them to Mathura, and on the excursion he appears to be Krishna's heavenly sign. At the point when the cowherds show up in Mathura, Krishna dresses them in city garments, and he likewise recuperates the hunchbacked lady Trivakra. Krishna at that point snaps the colossal conciliatory bow, and Kamsa understands this should be Krishna. Krishna brings down Kuvalayapeeda, the elephant Kamsa ships off murder him, and he and Balarama at that point rout the grapplers Chanura and Mushtika, and in the end Krishna slaughters Kamsa in the wrestling field. 

 Bibliography: Bhagawat: The Krishna Avatar, an Amar Chitra Katha publication, Story