Readings Notes: Epified: Krishna, Part B

Krishna taught Brahma a lesson by replacing the cows, his friends, and the village people out of his own self. Even though Brahma was mischievous and attempted to trick Krishna, in the end it was Krishna who humbles Brahma when he realized that the village that he stole was okay because Krishna created these things out of his own self. Hastin was the strongest bull in the village and it was Krishna's brother who wanted to kill Hastin. However, Krishna said that that was wrong and that he would ride the bull by the next full moon. Krishna was successful in his task by being nice and kind to Hastin. Krishna was in love with a woman named Radha and wanted to marry her. However, he could not marry her because he was destined to be the saviour of Dharma, which was revealed to him by the family priest. Krishna was a strong man and he was victorious against all those who wanted to kill him. However, there was one man named Kamsa who was actually Krishna's evil uncle who wanted to destroy Krishna. Therefore, Kamsa gets Akrur (devotee of Vishnu) to invite Krishna to Dhanur Yajna which was organized by Kamsa. However, Akrur was nice and told Krishna the real intentions of Kamsa by inviting him which was to kill him. Even though Krishna's parents did not want him to go, he told them that it was his destiny and he left Vrindavan. The people of Vrindavan were extremely sad that he had to leave but Krishna told them that it was his destiny. When Krishna arrived to Mathura, the city he would now call his new home, he and Balram made friends with the people which people were open and kind back to Krishna and Balram. One of the people that they met was an old woman named Trivakra. Trivakra was waiting for Krishna for many long years because it was Krishna who was destined to heal her of her deformities. Krishna happily healed Trivakra and his heroism and kindness spread throughout the village, even to his evil uncle. His uncle tried one last attempt to kill Krishna by incorporating Kuvalayapida, the large and intimidating elephant that everyone was afraid of. However, in the end it was Krishna who kills Kuvalayapida and comes out victorious. After this victory, Krishna along with his brother, Balram, finally defeats and kills their evil uncle, King Kamsa. At the death of Kamsa, the people of Mathura cheered and were overjoyed because they were no longer under the rule of the evil king. As people were happy, Krishna had to perform an important task that Akrur had to remind him of. Krishna freed the father of Kamsa (Krishna's grandfather) who had been imprisoned by his own son. After freeing his grandfather, Krishna frees his birth parents. It was Krishna's grandfather, Ugrasen, who redeems the throne of Mathura. Now there were some people who were sad by the death of Kamsa that they waged a war against the city of Mathura which made Krishna feel bad. He did not want the people to suffer he wanted them to be safe. Therefore, Krishna and his grandfather decided to shift the city of Mathura to Dwarka. It was Dwarka that became Krishna's kingdom.

Bibliography: Krishna by Epified (link)

Lord Krishna. Source: Wikimedia Commons.