Krishna and Kaliya
Krishna was unique. When he was born it seemed the world was already out to get him, but that didn't stop him from growing up. In fact, nothing could, the child was an avatar of Vishnu. God weren't well know for how easily they died.
When he was born, he was already one of the most troublesome children to take care of. He screamed and yelled when he didn't get his way, and often seemed to be much smarter than any recently born child would be for his age. He was demanding, only made worse by the extreme strength that was bestowed upon him at birth.
In the earliest instance of someone trying to kill him, a demon named Putana tried to poison him with her terrible breast milk. To her surprise, Krishna enjoyed it enough to suck her dry, ultimately killing her....oops! Poor King Kansa needed to find other ways to kill this "baby".
And so it was decided that a large giant demon would be sent to destroy the child; the child who was already able to break his crib with a small kick of his foot. Krishna, upon seeing the demon laughed like a child looking at it's mother. He grabbed it's neck and tossed it around, playing with it, until it died. He was seen sitting atop of it's dead body suckling his thumb as if nothing bad had occurred.
You would think Kansa would stop trying at this point, but no. Kansa sent his best...a giant demon serpent, to kill Krishna. To be fair, Kansa had hear this baby would be the death of him, it's was hard for him to give into his fate. The serpent at first seemed to have the upper-hand on Krishna, only to be surprised when Krishna broke free of it's coils and again, threw it around like a toy. Krishna had a bit more self control this time; he spared the serpent's life only after stomping on it's head a little.
See, Krishna had learned good from evil and decided everyone needed a second chance, and so that's why he gave the demon one. Ultimately he lived up to his godly name.
Title: Shri Krishna of Dwarka and Other Stories
Author: C. A. Kincaid
Year: 1920
Authors Note: I missed last weeks story so I thought I'd go back and do a story on Krishna's time as a child. There were a lot of instances of him being attacked only to have the demons die or flee so I thought I'd give a good summary of the story, adding some comedic flairs!
I love your use of writing about Krishna. I found the stories abut him to be very interesting and I always wanted to read more abut his life, in different perspectives. I enjoyed how you faced him against more than one obstacle, and kept sending demons his way, as he defeated them one by one. The imagery was nice as I could picture Krishna swinging around the demons, killing them off, but showing his true innocence as he spared the life of the last one. Great job overall!
ReplyDeleteHi Callie! I loved your version of this story. I think you did a great job of changing it up just slightly while still keeping the original plot that keeps it true to it's storyline. I really enjoyed your style of writing because it kept me very interested. I felt like I was almost having a conversation with you instead of reading words off a screen. Great job with this story! I hope I get to read more of your stories in the future!
ReplyDeleteHello again, Callie! I really enjoyed reading your story. I liked that you chose to write about Krishna. With that being said, a suggestion that I have is to change from “..well know for how easily they died” to “… well known for how easily they died.” Also, you can just take out either “screamed” or “yelled” because they both mean the same thing.
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