Saturday, October 31, 2015

Week 11, Reading Diary B, Krishna

This is the second half of the reading for Sister Nivedita's book "Cradle Tales" about Krishna.

Return to Mathura

  • Kansa the Tyrant invites Krishna and Bolarama to fight in a tournament
  • Krishna and Bolarama fight all the wrestlers and win
  • Krishna grabs Kansa and kills him and all his brothers
  • Krisna and Bolarama reunite with their mother and father
Charioteer of Arjuna
  • This is the story of Arjuna and Krishna
  • Krishna becomes Arjuna's friend
  • Helps Arjuna defeat the Kuravas Brothers
The Lament of Ghandari
  • Duryodhana's mother comes forth to grieve
  • asks Krishna and curses him at the same time
  • Krishna thanks her and tells her the truth she already knows
The Doom of the Vrishnis
  • This is a story where the rumor of a kingdoms end actually causes the end
  • the curse of Duryodhana's mother comes true
  • Krishna leaves to the forest and never returns again

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