Week 13 Reading A: Bhagawat: The Krishna Avatar

Krishna with Gopikas

Krishna: The Upholder of Govardhana: The gopikas (cowgirls) are captivated by Krishna's woodwind. At some point, he took their garments while they were washing and made them pursue him. At the point when the brahmin ministers will not give the young men food from the penance, Krishna gets the spouses to give them all the food they had cooked for the penance. Krishna at that point addresses the reason for forfeiting to Indra, the divine force of downpour and tempests; he suggests that they make a penance to the mountain that they live close to all things being equal: Mount Govardhana. Indra is furious and assaults individuals. To save them, Krishna lifts up Mount Govardhana so they can protect from the downpour underneath it. At the point when a devil in the waterway attempts to suffocate Nanda, Krishna's non-permanent dad, Krishna forces Varuna, the water god, to reestablish Nanda to life. Around evening time, the gopikas are attracted to hit the dance floor with Krishna in the twilight, and gopikas become completely ingested in his being. In the Ras-Lila, every one of the gopikas have their own Krishna hitting the dance floor with them.

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