Krishna Gopeshvara: The Truth of Vrishnis (Book 1 of the Lord Krishna Trilogy) by Sanjay Dixit

Author:Sanjay Dixit [Dixit, Sanjay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Folklore & Mythology, Fiction, Historical, General, Fairy Tales; Folk Tales; Legends & Mythology
ISBN: 9789387457966
Google: ic9eDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2018-06-29T18:30:00+00:00

PART IV

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FURY

K aṃ sa was pacing up and down in his private chambers. Younger brother Kaṅ ka was the only one present. His face was blood red. Kaṅ ka had just brought him the news that entire Gokul had shifted to Vrindāvan, where they had built defences. He also brought the news that almost the entire youth of Vrindāvan was now being compulsorily trained in hand and weapon combat. Kaṅ ka also told Kaṃ sa that Balarāma, the son of Rohiṇ i had become a well-accomplished combatant at the age of twelve, and the eight-year-old Krishṇ a was being taught use of astra weapons by a trainer from Hastināpur.

Kaṃ sa was wringing his hand, as if he had just lost something valuable. His expeditions to Gokul had failed every time, but he ascribed them more to the bad luck and incompetence of the persons who undertook the job. He was losing faith in Bāṇ akanṭ aka’s ability to take out Krishṇ a. He still retained his liking for him for his ability to terrorise the people of Mathurā and to entertain his loins with a new young woman every day. He had abstained from these pastimes for a few years under the influence and advice of Anantagupta, but as soon as his health returned to its pink, he was back in the grip of Bāṇ akanṭ aka. After Pūtanā’s death, he had taken seriously ill. That was the little time he had abstained from evil pastimes.

Kaṅ ka kicked the ground with disgust. ‘Brother, I have always told you to stay clear of Bāṇ a. His reputation is so bad among the Maathurs 166 that he is earning you enemies by the hour. His savage cult is becoming more and more reckless. Till now, it was the lay public that bore the brunt of his atrocities. Now, he has started threatening Yādava elites as well. Unless you control him, you would have a full revolt facing you. Moreover, even Maagadh 167 commanders cannot countenance his temple breaking activity. If the Maagadh turn against you tomorrow, at least I am not going to be surprised.’

Kaṃ sa was taking all this in, but his mind was elsewhere. Kroorasena had been temporarily out of favour, but Kaṃ sa was getting increasingly jittery with all the news floating in from Gokul and Vrindāvan. He was hearing about the exploits of young Krishṇ a in highly adulatory terms. That was causing him even more worry. All his expeditions, full five of them, had failed. Even worse was the fact that his subjects had come to know about them, and attributed the failures to a divine power residing in Krishṇ a. Even if the cowherd was not the eighth son of Devaki, and what Kroorasena predicted was all balderdash, this legend being woven around him would make him a natural leader of resistance against him. As a matter of fact, Kaṃ sa was quite sure that Kroorasena was responsible to a great extent for creating this halo around Krishṇ a.

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