Bhagawat - The Krishna Avatar (Special 9-volume hardcover edition)

256 Pages·2006·52.72 MB·English

by  Anant Pai

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Krishna Avatar
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KRISHNA-THE DARLING OF GOKUL
PRREEJ(SIfJr. THE SON OF "BlfIMANYU.· WAS i.lSTENIf/6 Wlffl RAPT RTTENTION TO THE
$TORY OF illS FOItEFIfTHEI{S NlllllfII7ED BY SHUKAPEV.4.
HAVE TOLl' ME LISTEN,
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ABOUT THE KINGS OF PAREEKSHIT, THE
SOLAR ANP L.UNAR STORY OF KRISHNA IS
. NOW TELL ME,IN SUOi THAT J
• THE SToR"t OF LORD THE NARRATOR AND THE
WHO SAVeD ME ARE ALL
BY IT.
THE MAHABHARATA
wAR.
LONG. lONG IIGO, IN TifE tMY5 OF
THERE WIIS II KING NAMED
OF TIlE YIIPIIVR RRCE. WHORl/LED OV£/(
THE KIN(jlJ{)M OF M ATHlJRIi. VASUIJEVR
HIS SON.
•
NEWLY WEDS WERE ABOUT TO
IN THEIR CHAifIOT. WHEN •• •
•
•
•
"'"_ ______________- ;1 HE BHAGAWAT Pt.'RANA
" ... RNP INSISTEP ON P!?IVINti THE FOLLOW/Nt; THeM. AT A liTTLE PIS7IINCE WERE
I
ChARIOT HIMSELF. FOUR Ht.JNPREO CAPII/?lSONED ELEPHANT6.r:f~TEEN
THOUSRNO HORSES, NUMEROUS C/fIU~/Ors CRRRYING
THE GIFTS SE5TOWE"P ON THE BR/Pill PAIR BY PEVAKJ'
FOND FATHER. TJ1,.t) HUNPRED BEfiUTIFtlLL't BE"DECKEO
MRIDS WERE IILSO IN THE RE TINUE .
6UOPE/'ILY, EVEN AS THE NOTES OF MUSIC REACHEP A CRESCENDO, A VOICE
!IAN6 OlIT FROM THE IfERVENS.
BEWARE, 'IOU FOOl.~
THE EIGHTH- BORN
Of THIS VERY WOMAN
WilL SL.AY 'YOU I,
THE CRUEL KIUtI/SA, IlSL!lZE WITH IT DOES NOT
i9NtiE/? AND Fllltmr; PREW HIS swaNP. BECOME YOU TO
STOP KAMSA! 'fOU KILL PEVAf<! ,A WOMAN,
I WILL KILL MER ARE THE GL.ORy OF YOUR OWN COUSIN I'
RIGHT AWAV ! '10UR RACE. MIGHTY AND THAT TOO ON HER
WARRIORS REL.ATE WEDDING DAY.
STORIES of YOUR
VALOUR.
AFlER All, whOEVER VRSUDEVA TRlef) HI5 BEST ' RLOUP HE $RIP-
15 BORN IS DES TINED TO TO PIS5lJ"IPE KIIMSIi WJ71f
DIE ONE DAY SPARE YOUR PRAISE ANP RellSON/Ny, BUT YOU HAVE NO REA50t-J TO
INNOCENT LITTLE IN VI~/N_ FEAR THIS DAMSEL. ACCORD·
r--...C.O..U SIN. ING 10 THE CELESTIAl.
VOICE., IT IS HER SONS WHO
I MUST SAVE POOR
POSE A TH REAT TO YOU.
DEVAI<I'S LIFE NOW .
I PROMISE I WILL BRING
I WIl.l PROMISE 10
EVER'Y CHilD TO YOU AS
GIVE MY SONS TO
SOON AS IT IS BORN.
HIM . WHO KNOWS,
PERHAPS MY SON
MAy REAllY KILL
HIM. PERHAPS
KAMSA HIMSELF
MRY &E PEAD
SOON, BEFORE
ANY SON IS
BORN.
KIIM511 KNEW HE COlIlP TRUST lIN/> DEVRKl OH! TAKE THIS
WORPS. NETURN~P NOME. """",,.~ LITTLE ONE AWAY. AS
BY /WPONE IT IS YOUR EIGHTH 'YOU
I BELIEVE
CHIl.D WHO 15 SAY
SPARE DeVAICI:5 I
KAMSA. HERE --:;/'"",,,,6'1
BUT BE SURE SUPPOSED TO
15 M'V ME.
'YOUR PROMISE
I(IRTIMAN AS I
ED, I HAVE: BROU6HT
HIM lO 'YOU.
VIfSUDEIIA WAS NOT FUllY
CONI/IHUD
KAMSA. TAt(E CARE . DEVAKI ,
WHATEVER HE MA'V SA'!. VASUDEVA, NANDA,IN FACT, I HAD
I CANNOT Tllu~r I(IIMSA ALL THE INHABITANTS OF BE WA~Y OF
HE MA'V CHANuE HIS BRAJA ARE INCAIlNArrONS THE SONS Of
MIND ANY liME. OF THE DEVAS . THEY HAVE OE.VAKI.
PESCENPEP TO .~:~;E;~"
IT OF CRUEL 4
•
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_____ ,T,HE 8H ... G .... W ... T PURAN;A;. .._ ....., ..".._ __
CAPTURE
VASUDEVA AND
DEVAKI. THROW
THEM INTO PRISON,
BOUND IN
TI~HTL'f
IRON CHAINS.
ro
kllMSII NOW SEGIIN REVEll' HINl5ELF PROV. p TO 8E II .!ITIiON6 5UT CIlUEL .<INti.
IN H/.S TRUE COUHJRS HE pur HIS F"TN~ IMP THE SUPPORT OF "ARASRNDHR~ THE
"~RItSEH" IN PIt/SON, ANO TrJOI( OVE'" THE EMPEROR WHO RUL.O FROM MAGRPHII. BEel/lISE
kINGPOM.IIMONG HIS FRIENPS WERE THE OF 1119 OPPRESSIVE RUJ..E. HIS 51.18..JEcrS IJE6IIN
WICNEf) A$UlfII6 - TO nEE THE KIN600M TO 'AKE .!JHELTER IN 07NER
C/fIlNt/IM ,,:.:":::P::...._{
PARTS 0, THE COUNTRY
TRINIfVARTA
W/IEN HE~ SEVENTH CNU O /NilS PU6, PEt/liNt 's
kliPP/NESS WIIS AIIIIIN CLOUDE/) OVIIR II'f
IIPf1IlEHEN.'ON$
OH! HOW
CRUEL IS THE
THAT AWAITS OUR
(HILl' KAM5A WIL.L
....
SUR-ELY KilL IT
BIRTH
ornor
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KHI~HNA. THE DARLING Of GOKUL
ALTHOUGH SHE WAS NOT AWARE
OF IT, DEVAKI '5 SEVENTH CHILD WAS
NONE OTHER THAN SHESHA, ON WHOM
LORD VISHNU RECLINES. LORD VI~NU
INSTRUCTED Y06.AMAYA·, TO
TRANSFER THE BABY FROM
DEVAK, TO ROtiINI,VASUDEVA'S
"~ECONO wlI=e WHO WAS IN
...
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LArER,ON THE VERY DAY
THAT LORD VISHNU WOULD BE
AS THE EIGHTH SON OF OEVAkI.
YOC.AMAVA WAS TO TAKE BIRTH
AS 'VASHODA'S DAUCiHTER.
PEVNt'1 FOuNP
H~I? RIIOIRNT BEIIUTY
SHONE THRQU6H THE BIIRS OF
THE ""ll LIKE THIIT O~'N ~E i.'·A71l
CONCERLED IN ;,,'• •••
i'h:;;;~;;";;;";~'';';;';;A;;;;;;;;;o ~""HAl CAN
I BuT I 002
NtJTIeII) THE IF , I(Hl UER NOW,
611tA11ti14LOWON I WILL NEVER BE ABLE
HtIIIItI" FIla. TO LIVE DOWN THE
I ';TtGMA OF KILLING
DE-VAK' NEVER
l.()OI(ED LIKE THIS A WOMRN,MV OWN
roo
BEFORE SUREL"t (Ol1SIN AND THAT
WHEN SHE 15 WITH
15 THE PRESENCE CHILD
VISHNU HIMSELF
I I
,
THE BHACAWAr PUR ANA
lRS T THE IIUSPICIOUS DIIY P/iWNEP. THE ENTIRE lINIVEIlSE SEEMED TO
CElEBIlATE THE EVENT.
LORD! YOU HAilE. I kNOW. LORD.
TAkEN BIRTH IN OUR THAT 'fOU WILL SE
HOUSE: IN ORDER TO OUR .sAVJOUR. BUT
PROTECT THE EARTH. BUT DO NOT LET kANlSA
THE CRUIiL ICAMSA WILL SEE YOU IN nils
HASTEN TO DESTROY YOU DIVINE FORM,
.
AS SOON AS HE- HEARS I BESEeCH
"'"
THE f\lEWS.
,
KRISHNA THE DARLING OF
GOK[~'~;~~~r;;~~~~f~~~
IN ThE TWINKliNG O~ AN EYE, /fRO HE
THE BIlBY RSSUAlfE() THE FORNI THIW
OFRN OIWIN~RY NEW-BORN.
CHAINS AND
FE"'';;;;';
HAVE FALLEN
(HILD TO ME.
OFF! DEVAKI, GIVE THE
IHI' M. . M ..... "' .... 1 "'IR .... N ....
~ON~ RE~IiCH~ING- (iO-Ktll~, HE~ ':O~t/ND~ ON /?ERCHING NANPR:S HOt.I.SE, HE PlACEO HIS
THE PEOPLE PEEP IN SLUMBER. BOY BY THE SIDE OF YRSHOOII, IVIINM '0 WIFE;
PIC/(EO UP flER NEW-BORN PAUtiHTER.
MY DEAR
BROTHER,PLEASE
,5PARE THIS CHILD
SURELY YOU WOULD
NOT I<lLL A FEMAlE~
ALLOW ME TO KEEP
THIS LAST CHILD
OF MINE.