Epified: Krishna, Part A
- Against the odds, Krishna was born despite so many attempts
to prevent it. He went on to become a king and had many friends and foes who
did not know of he wasn’t part of their world.
- An aakaashvaani fortold the cruel ruler Kansa of Mathura that the eighth child of his cousin Devaki and Vasudev. Rather than kill them after learning of his fate, Devaki talked him down from the ledge of that decision and he decided instead to kill all the children of this couple instead in a show of his demonic ruthlessness. He managed to slay six of them. The seventh fetus was transported from her womb to that of Rohini (Vasudev’s first wife) by the goddess Mahamaya and many suspected she suffered a miscarriage. The eighth child she bore came with a great spectacle- and in devalok the gods and animals were joyful at the thought of Vishnu’s eighth incarnation until word got to Kansa.
- Vasudev held his beloved child but felt a divine urge to embark with his newborn to the Yamuna, so in the downpour he set out with his son. Once arrived, he beheld it’s vicious waters and from it emerged a serpent which used it’s body to shield the man and his child while he walked through the waist-deep river. On the other side was a cowherd camp where he found Nanda’s wife who just gave birth to a baby called Maya, and he switched their babies.
- When Kansa awoke from a nightmarish rest, he approached the couple’s cell full of anxious thoughts having heard about the boy slayer being born but noticed the baby was a girl upon arrival. He laughed out loud at the thought of a little girl bringing about his demise, and when he was about to kill the child from Yashoda she transformed into Durga. She criticized Kansa for his foolishness for underestimating her strength on account of her womanly form and reminded of the many demons (more mighty than him) that she had already annihilated. She also admitted to Kansa that the eighth incarnation of Vishnu was alive and safe, and that at the appropriate time they would meet and their fates fulfilled.
- Nanda’s wife, Yashoda, was surprised to find newborn Krishna in place of the baby girl she had remembered birthing but loved him and another boy she had been elected to take care of like her own children. After hearing about the many newborns being slaughtered by Kansa in Mathura in his anxious attempt to kill his future assassin, she became all the more protective of her children. So many people—merchants, travelers, holy men, and many more visited Gokul to see her kids, including a woman named Putana whom her children took to quickly and became close to the family. Until one night, she turned into a wicked demoness with intentions to kill Krishna with her poisonous breast milk. However, the tables turned and baby Krishna ended up sucking her strength, powers, and the hatred in her heart from her in the process. This is when it became apparent to his adoptive mother that he was different.
- Krishna was known in the neighborhood as a naughty kid who with his friends got into trouble and was known as the boy who stole butter. In an attempt at disciplining her boy after learning he was eating mud, when Yashoda went to examine his mouth saw not mud but the entire universe within—sun, moon, stars and all creatures and galaxies and cosmos connected by strings stretching eternally. It was at this point she came to terms with the fact that he was the Bramand itself.
- After learning of collective dreams urging the citizens to move elsewhere, Nanda and his subjects evacuated Gokul for Vrindavan, where Krishna and Balram explored endlessly. Krishna had an innate talent for the flute, and while playing one day he heard the sounds of his friends playing cease and upon investigation found that the poisonous air in the lake of Kalia the snake had made them all unconscious. Krishna with his rhythmic music played the snake back into the deep which in turn cleared the water and the atmosphere of poison. This is only one of many different monstrous terrors sent to the town from Kansa that Krisha ended up overpowering against all odds.
- Inda brought torrential rain upon Vrindavan after feeling neglected with Nanda agreed with Krishna’s appeal that they would instead worship the Govardhan Hill. The people ran to Krishna to seek shelter from the storm, who lifted the mountain with his litter finger making it like an umbrella and urging Indra to put his pride aside and ask the mighty god of gods his forgiveness.
- Krishna was enamored with a Gopi named Radha, who was equally devoted to him as proven from a prank to drink scalding milk that was said to be an order from Krishna himself that resulted in Krishna’s somehow taking in the blisters and pain from the show. She also allowed him to lick her feet when he was ill since it was said that was the only thing that could cure him.
- An aakaashvaani fortold the cruel ruler Kansa of Mathura that the eighth child of his cousin Devaki and Vasudev. Rather than kill them after learning of his fate, Devaki talked him down from the ledge of that decision and he decided instead to kill all the children of this couple instead in a show of his demonic ruthlessness. He managed to slay six of them. The seventh fetus was transported from her womb to that of Rohini (Vasudev’s first wife) by the goddess Mahamaya and many suspected she suffered a miscarriage. The eighth child she bore came with a great spectacle- and in devalok the gods and animals were joyful at the thought of Vishnu’s eighth incarnation until word got to Kansa.
- Vasudev held his beloved child but felt a divine urge to embark with his newborn to the Yamuna, so in the downpour he set out with his son. Once arrived, he beheld it’s vicious waters and from it emerged a serpent which used it’s body to shield the man and his child while he walked through the waist-deep river. On the other side was a cowherd camp where he found Nanda’s wife who just gave birth to a baby called Maya, and he switched their babies.
- When Kansa awoke from a nightmarish rest, he approached the couple’s cell full of anxious thoughts having heard about the boy slayer being born but noticed the baby was a girl upon arrival. He laughed out loud at the thought of a little girl bringing about his demise, and when he was about to kill the child from Yashoda she transformed into Durga. She criticized Kansa for his foolishness for underestimating her strength on account of her womanly form and reminded of the many demons (more mighty than him) that she had already annihilated. She also admitted to Kansa that the eighth incarnation of Vishnu was alive and safe, and that at the appropriate time they would meet and their fates fulfilled.
- Nanda’s wife, Yashoda, was surprised to find newborn Krishna in place of the baby girl she had remembered birthing but loved him and another boy she had been elected to take care of like her own children. After hearing about the many newborns being slaughtered by Kansa in Mathura in his anxious attempt to kill his future assassin, she became all the more protective of her children. So many people—merchants, travelers, holy men, and many more visited Gokul to see her kids, including a woman named Putana whom her children took to quickly and became close to the family. Until one night, she turned into a wicked demoness with intentions to kill Krishna with her poisonous breast milk. However, the tables turned and baby Krishna ended up sucking her strength, powers, and the hatred in her heart from her in the process. This is when it became apparent to his adoptive mother that he was different.
- Krishna was known in the neighborhood as a naughty kid who with his friends got into trouble and was known as the boy who stole butter. In an attempt at disciplining her boy after learning he was eating mud, when Yashoda went to examine his mouth saw not mud but the entire universe within—sun, moon, stars and all creatures and galaxies and cosmos connected by strings stretching eternally. It was at this point she came to terms with the fact that he was the Bramand itself.
- After learning of collective dreams urging the citizens to move elsewhere, Nanda and his subjects evacuated Gokul for Vrindavan, where Krishna and Balram explored endlessly. Krishna had an innate talent for the flute, and while playing one day he heard the sounds of his friends playing cease and upon investigation found that the poisonous air in the lake of Kalia the snake had made them all unconscious. Krishna with his rhythmic music played the snake back into the deep which in turn cleared the water and the atmosphere of poison. This is only one of many different monstrous terrors sent to the town from Kansa that Krisha ended up overpowering against all odds.
- Inda brought torrential rain upon Vrindavan after feeling neglected with Nanda agreed with Krishna’s appeal that they would instead worship the Govardhan Hill. The people ran to Krishna to seek shelter from the storm, who lifted the mountain with his litter finger making it like an umbrella and urging Indra to put his pride aside and ask the mighty god of gods his forgiveness.
- Krishna was enamored with a Gopi named Radha, who was equally devoted to him as proven from a prank to drink scalding milk that was said to be an order from Krishna himself that resulted in Krishna’s somehow taking in the blisters and pain from the show. She also allowed him to lick her feet when he was ill since it was said that was the only thing that could cure him.
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Author: Epified
Title: Epified: Krishna, Part A (Playlist)
Source: YouTube
Author: Epified
Title: Epified: Krishna, Part A (Playlist)
Source: YouTube
(Image Source: Screenshot by me of episode 1, YouTube)
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