Reading Notes: Bhagawat: The Krishna Avatar Part G

This chapter of the graphic novel is titled Krishna: The Victorious. It presents a lot of storylines to the reader. Many of them have to do with Krishna marrying new women. It starts with Krishna interacting with Arjuna, the great warrior of the Pandavas. It is cool to see how they interact when presented in Krishna’s story. When we read the Mahabharata there was less development of Krishna, so it is cool to understand his character better.

The first adventure that the two share is when they are riding near a river and see a beautiful woman sitting next to it. She is obsessed with Krishna and is determined to marry him. She does end up marrying Krishna. There is another woman named Maravedi, who is the princess of Ujjayini, a faction hostile to Krihsna. She is also obsessed with marrying Krishna. Her brothers forbid it, but Krishna just shows up and rides off with her in his chariot. 

Another girl who Krishna marries is Satya. She is the daughter of Mangajit, the king of Ayodhya. This is the same city that Rama was born in and ruled over, so it is kind of weird that Krishna marries someone who might be his descendant. 

Krishna apparently also marries thousands of women. The demon Mura had stolen some precious artifacts of the Earth mother, so Krishna went to get them back. After defeating Mura, Krishna realized that there were thousands of princesses being held hostage. He saved them, and then built palaces for them, and then married them all on the same day by taking multiple forms. 

Krishna’s son married the daughter of Rukmi, but Rukmi did nothing about it because the son was born from Rukmini. Pradyumna, the son, then had a child name Aniruddha. This son was kidnapped by this girl who had a vision that she would marry him. The father of this girl was angry that there was a boy in here room, so he went to war with Krishna and lost.

Banasura getting mad that there is a boy in his daughter's room, Screenshot.

Bibliography

Bhagawat: The Krishna Avatar. Amar Chitra Katha. Link