Life And Times

Of

Lord Krishna III

Excerpts from Sri Mahabhagavatham
Authored By Rishi Vedvyas
Krishna –Early Childhood
 Krishna Feeds The Cat
• On Further Search ,Mother Yasoda found
Krishna on the Grindstone feeding butter
to the cat!
 Yasoda Ties Krishna
On to Mortar (Rice Pounding Stone)
• Angry at this Mother
Yasoda tries to tie
Krishna to a Rice
Pounding Stone.After
several attempts of
perpetual shortage of
the coir required, she
could finally tie him
as Krishna took pity
on her and “yielded”.
Krishna Gives Deliverance
• Krishna toodles ,with the heavy
mortar rolling behind him and
while passing between two
trees ,the mortar fells the twin
tres and two Angels (Yakshas)
appeared out of tree and
praised Krishna for their
deliverance as they both Nala,
and Koobera became trees on
the curse of Narada ,the divine
sage for their indifferent
indulgence in a pond with
divine ladies
 Cowherds Fleeing Ambadi
Considering all the
instances of “accidents”
“mishaps” the Cowherds
of Ambadi-,ruled
by Krishna’s step father
,Nanda –decided
to move out in a Procession
and resettle in Vrindavan

With Krishna coddling in the Lap of Mother Yasoda,wife of Nanda, in

the Leading Chariot,the maids of Ambadi did not feel the distance
and time or tiredness !
Krishna Explores Vrindavan

Krishna,alongwith
Balarama waded
Through the woods
Of Vrindavan
He liked
Vrindavan,its lush
Greenery,rolling hills,
The birds,the bees,
The peacocks,swans,
Lotuses and everything !
Krishna Kills a Demon
• Once Krishna saw a
demon in the form of
a quadruped moving
among the
cows.Krishna hurled
it by its hind legs and
it died,giving up its
demon ghost !
Krishna Kills a Stork Demon
• Another day a demon by
name Bakasur in the shape
of a Giant stork
Overpowered Krishna and
swallowed him.
When Krishna made himself
hot like an ember in its
stomach,the stork vomitted
him out,upon which
Krishna killed the demon
by tearing its beaks
Krishna and the Python Demon
• Another day the cowherds
entered the cavernous
mouth of a serpent demon
Aghasura,mistaking it for a
cave.Fearing the safety of
his friends,Krishna too
entered and choked the
Python by Enlarging his
body and helped the
cowherds escape by the
hole punctured at its neck .
Brahma Becomes Jealous
• Once Brahma,the
Creator God
among the Trinity
grew Jealous of
Krishna and hid the
cows and
Cowherds making
the whole woods
appearempty
Krishna Recreates The
Cowherds
• But Krishna recreated
all the cows and the
cowherds and without
anyone noticing the
difference,took them
to their homes .Thus
after an year brahma
accepted defeat and
released all the cows
and cowherds and
apologised Krishna!
End Of Dhenukasur
• Anotherday
Dhenukasur a
demon in the form
of a quadruped fell
from the palms
when Balarama
shook the palms
for its fruit.Krishna
bade Balarama to
kill the demon
Suppression Of Of Kalia
• Another Occasion
The people of Vrindavan
Complained to Krishna
about a deadly serpent
Kalia whose poison was
polluting the Kalindi
river.Krishna took on the
monstrous,multiheaded
serpent,defeated him and
forced him to leave Kalindi
for ever !