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

Krishna and Arjuna