Week 9 Reading Diary B: Krishna

Krishna is now twelve years old. He returns to Mathura, the kingdom ruled by King Kansa, with his brother. Upon entering the kingdom, there were several assassination attempts by King Kansa. One of those attempts included releasing an angry elephant to destroy Krishna, but the boy slain the elephant. After defeating all of his enemies, Krishna killed King Kansa as predicted by the prophecy. Instead of becoming king himself, King Ugrasena (the father of Kansa), became king while Krishna became a prince.

Later, Krishna runs into the Pandavas when they were competing for Draupadi's hand in marriage. Krishna befriends Arjuna, one of the Pandavas. Arjuna and Krishna became such great friends that they even fought in the battle of Kurukshetra together as Arjuna's charioteer.

 An interesting point about Krishna was that he had eight wives known as the Ashtabharya. The Ashtabharya include his first wife Rukmini, Satyabhama, Jambavati, Kalindi, Mitravinda, Nagnajiti, Bhadra and Lakshmana. That's way too many wives with such complicated names that I probably will never remember.

Overall, what I learned about Krishna is that he's portrayed as a playful boy with super human powers. He can destroy everything and anyone. So far as I read, he has only used his powers for good. Everyone who meets Krishna admires him as a leader and praise him. He is known a protector of the universe from great evil.

Krishna battling the elephant. Source.