Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Reading Notes: Krishna the Defender of Dharma Part B

Baby Krishna Eating Stolen Butter (Wikipedia)

Written by: Shweta Taneja
Artwork by: Rajesh Nagulakonda
Part B: pages 37-68

The Brother's Childhood

They were raised as cow herders.  They spent their time playing music, and tricks on the villagers.  Krishna loved to steal freshly churned butter.  Occasionally they killed assassin demon's sent by Kansa.  Radha and Krishna were childhood sweethearts.  When the were teenagers they entered Kansa's wrestling tournament and won. Then Krishna killed Kansa to end his reign of terror, and restore dharma. Ugrasena (Kansa's father, Krishna's and Balarama's grandfather) is returned to the throne.  Krishna and Balarama go to Ujjain with the guru Sandipani to be educated.  They were taught politics, philosophy, and military science.

Demon Assassins
  1. Kaliya (poisionous snake), killed by Krishna
  2. Bakasura (stork demon), killed by Krishna
  3. Dhenuka (donkey demon), killed by Balarama
  4. Aghasura (serpent demon), killed by Krishna
  5. Pralamba (shape shifting demon), killed by Balarama

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