Reading Notes: Epified Krishna, Part A
I really enjoyed the Epified Mahabharata, so for this week I wanted to do the Epified about Krishna. I look forward to reading about this one because aside from previous readings I have no previous knowledge about Krishna. It will be interesting to hopefully get a deeper insight into his story.
The story begins that while Arjuna, one of the Pandavas's was being born, Krishna was being born too. There was a cruel king in a faraway land called Mathura by the name of Kansa. He married his cousin to Vasudev, Kansa was told that the 8th child of this couple would be the one to slay him. As such he decided to lock them away in prison, and every time a child was born to the couple he did a very cruel thing and threw the child against the walls of the cell. Eventually Krishna was born.That night, led by a voice, Vasudev was able to exit the cell and was led across a river to a camp. There he exchanged his son for a cowherd's daughter Maya, who had also been born that night.
One of the next stories is very intense. Many people went to visit Krishna, and eventually Putana came too. She held a secret though. One night, she transformed into a demon and stole Krishna. She intended to kill him that night by feeding him poisonous milk. As she fed him, however, she came to realize that Krishna was actually slowly killing her. She slowly died that night, and Krishna was found the next morning.
As Krishna grew, he became a very naughty child. He became know as the butter thief, or Maakhan Chor. She was told one day that Krishna was eating mud, and as she looked into Krishna's mouth, she did not see mud, she saw the universe itself. Which, in my opinion, would be a terrifying thing to witness.
When they moved, Krishna made the new forest his home, and he took to music. One day he realized something was wrong, and he looked to find his friends. They were dead, killed by the poison in the air and water. It was the home of Kalia the snake. Krishna demanded that all his friends be revived, but Kalia wouldn't listen. So Krishna's music took a more serious turn and he danced on Kalia's hood. Eventually Kalia had had enough and the poison went away.
One of my favorite episodes was the last one. Radha and Krishna grew up together and fell in love. As a test for her love for Krishna, the gopis asked her to drink hot milk. She did so without hesitation, and Krishna bore the marks. On another day, while Krishna was ill, he believed that only the water used to wash a devotee's feet would cure him. Radha wasted no time in washing her feet so that she could give it to Krishna and his suffering could end.
Bibliography. "Epified Krishna" by Epified. Web Source.
The story begins that while Arjuna, one of the Pandavas's was being born, Krishna was being born too. There was a cruel king in a faraway land called Mathura by the name of Kansa. He married his cousin to Vasudev, Kansa was told that the 8th child of this couple would be the one to slay him. As such he decided to lock them away in prison, and every time a child was born to the couple he did a very cruel thing and threw the child against the walls of the cell. Eventually Krishna was born.That night, led by a voice, Vasudev was able to exit the cell and was led across a river to a camp. There he exchanged his son for a cowherd's daughter Maya, who had also been born that night.
One of the next stories is very intense. Many people went to visit Krishna, and eventually Putana came too. She held a secret though. One night, she transformed into a demon and stole Krishna. She intended to kill him that night by feeding him poisonous milk. As she fed him, however, she came to realize that Krishna was actually slowly killing her. She slowly died that night, and Krishna was found the next morning.
As Krishna grew, he became a very naughty child. He became know as the butter thief, or Maakhan Chor. She was told one day that Krishna was eating mud, and as she looked into Krishna's mouth, she did not see mud, she saw the universe itself. Which, in my opinion, would be a terrifying thing to witness.
When they moved, Krishna made the new forest his home, and he took to music. One day he realized something was wrong, and he looked to find his friends. They were dead, killed by the poison in the air and water. It was the home of Kalia the snake. Krishna demanded that all his friends be revived, but Kalia wouldn't listen. So Krishna's music took a more serious turn and he danced on Kalia's hood. Eventually Kalia had had enough and the poison went away.
One of my favorite episodes was the last one. Radha and Krishna grew up together and fell in love. As a test for her love for Krishna, the gopis asked her to drink hot milk. She did so without hesitation, and Krishna bore the marks. On another day, while Krishna was ill, he believed that only the water used to wash a devotee's feet would cure him. Radha wasted no time in washing her feet so that she could give it to Krishna and his suffering could end.
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Bibliography. "Epified Krishna" by Epified. Web Source.
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