Week 14 Reading B: Bhagawat: The Krishna Avatar

Krishna the Echanter

Krishna the Enchanter: When Jarasandha assaults Mathura for the eighteenth time, Balarama and Krishna claim to flee in dread to Mount Parvarshana; they getaway to Dwaraka, however Jarasandha thinks they are dead. Balarama weds Revati and Krishna needs to wed Rukmini of Vidarbha, however her sibling Rukmi objects, needing her to wed Ruler Shishupala. Rukmini tells Krishna that she needs to abscond with him. Shishupala's companions are on the alarm, prepared to stop Krishna, yet he figures out how to divert her; Rukmi pledges retribution. Krishna and Rukmini have a child: Pradyumna. The evil presence Shambarasura tosses him in the sea where he is eaten by a fish, however is safeguarded when anglers get the fish. Pradyumna is really a manifestation of Kamadeva, the adoration god, and the god's significant other Rati becomes Mayavati, a worker in Shambarasura's family who raises Pradyumna and shows him maya (forces of deception) to use to overcome Shambarasura. Pradyumna kills the asura and Mayavati takes him to Dwaraka to rejoin him with his folks. Next comes the tale of the Syamantaka gem. Surya, the sun god, gave the gem to Satrajit; it offers light and riches. Krishna inclinations Satrajit to offer it to Lord Ugrasena, yet he rejects. Satrajit advances it to his sibling who is murdered by a lion in the backwoods; Jambavan (recollect Jambavan from the Ramayana?) tracks down the dead man and takes the gem. Krishna blames Satrajit for the homicide and the robbery. To demonstrate his innocence, Krishna goes into the woodland, discovers Jambavan, and they battle until Jambavan acknowledges what krishna's identity is. Jambavan offers to return the gem and to give Krishna his little girl Jambavati as a lady of the hour. Krishna returns the gem to Satrajit, and Satrajit gives him his girl Satyabhama as a lady of the hour. Satyabhama's different admirers are incensed: the execute Satrajit and take the gem. Krishna seeks after them and discovers that Akrura has the gem; he requests that Akrura show the gem to demonstrate his innocence for the last time, and afterward he allows Akrura to keep the gem.

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