Reading Notes: Krishna A
Bibliography: Cradle Tales of Hinduism by Sister Nivedita
Brutal opening chapter. It starts with a prophecy about a tyrant named Kansa. The eighth child between his sister and husband would end up killing him so Kansa locked them in a prison and would personally go kill any of the kids they had. Their 8th child ended up being a Vishnu avatar??? So they used some magic to sneak out and trade the boy with some random guy named Nanda's daughter (told to them by a prophecy). Kansa then kills the daughter instead.
Krishna then gets established as some miracle baby that can do crazy things. And when he grew up to be like 8-9, everyone pretty much worshiped him. People soon realize that he is better than this peasant life and would eventually grow up to do bigger things. Brahma then tested Krishna to see if he was actually Vishnu by stealing cows. Krishna found the cows and Brahma was satisfied.
Then we read about how cool Krishna. The first story was him beating this big snake that was making the lake poisonous. Krishna's friends died drinking from this lake but his tears brought them back to life. Krishna then jumped into the poisonous lake to fight the snake and won thus ending its reign of terror.
The second story was how he moved a mountain. Indra was upset and started to terrorize the people but Krishna lifted a mountain and told people to take shelter under it. Eventually Indra got tired of terrorizing so he stopped.
Brutal opening chapter. It starts with a prophecy about a tyrant named Kansa. The eighth child between his sister and husband would end up killing him so Kansa locked them in a prison and would personally go kill any of the kids they had. Their 8th child ended up being a Vishnu avatar??? So they used some magic to sneak out and trade the boy with some random guy named Nanda's daughter (told to them by a prophecy). Kansa then kills the daughter instead.
Krishna then gets established as some miracle baby that can do crazy things. And when he grew up to be like 8-9, everyone pretty much worshiped him. People soon realize that he is better than this peasant life and would eventually grow up to do bigger things. Brahma then tested Krishna to see if he was actually Vishnu by stealing cows. Krishna found the cows and Brahma was satisfied.
Then we read about how cool Krishna. The first story was him beating this big snake that was making the lake poisonous. Krishna's friends died drinking from this lake but his tears brought them back to life. Krishna then jumped into the poisonous lake to fight the snake and won thus ending its reign of terror.
The second story was how he moved a mountain. Indra was upset and started to terrorize the people but Krishna lifted a mountain and told people to take shelter under it. Eventually Indra got tired of terrorizing so he stopped.
Krishna's Escape
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