Thursday, April 28, 2016

Week 14 Reading, continued: Bhagawat

Reading: Bhagawat: The Krishna Avatar, Amar Chitra Katha

 This section of the story deals with Krishna's life as a prince after beating Kamsa. After beating Kamsa, Krishna made up for lost time in his training as a warrior. He and Balarama managed to complete their training in 64 days, and to thank their teacher, they brought his son back from the dead. Also, stereotypical training montage (Although I guess if he did it first, it wasn't stereotypical then.):
Krishna and Balarama Training
taken from Bhagawat

Krishna was attacked several times by a relative of Kamsa. Every time, he brought a army numbering in the tens of thousands, and every time, his army was slaughtered. I swear, I keep thinking this book couldn't describe anything more amazing, and it keeps stepping it up.

This chapter is named after the fortress Dwaraka that Krishna makes during this time. However, this section doesn't seem to have a set goal like the previous chapters. The biggest thing it seems to be doing is setting up for Krishna's interactions with the Pandavas. Other than that, it seems to just kind of ramble on with different stories.

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