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Reprinted: Mo.rch 2006 IS8N: 81-7508-287-9

Published .. nd Printed IOOi .. 8001
YOUR OWN COUSIN AND THAT TOO ON HER WEDDING DAY.

STORIES of YOUR

VALOUR .

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AFlER All, whOEVER 15 BORN IS DES TINED TO DIE ONE DAY SPARE YOUR INNOCENT LITTLE COUSI N.

VRSUDEVA TRl ef) HI5 BEST TO P IS5lJ"IPE KIIMSIi WJ71f PRAISE ANP RellSON/Ny, BUT I N VI~/N_

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I MUST SAVE POOR DEVAI DEVRKl

' RLOUP HE $RIP YOU HAVE NO REA50t-J TO FEAR THIS DAMSEL. ACCORD· ING 10 THE CELESTIAl. VOICE. , IT IS HER SONS WHO POSE A TH REAT TO YOU . I PROMISE I WILL BRING EVER'Y CHilD TO YOU AS SOON AS IT IS BORN .

NETURN~P NOME. """",,.~ BY /WPONE KAMSA . HERE 15 M'V I(IRTIMAN AS I ED, I HAVE: BROU6HT HIM lO 'YOU.

OH! TAKE THIS LITTLE ONE AWAY. IT IS YOUR EIGHTH CHIl.D WH O 15

SUPPOSED TO

ME .

AS 'YOU SAY

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VIfSUDEIIA WAS NOT FUllY CONI/IHUD WHATEVER HE MA'V SA'!. I CANNOT Tllu~r I(IIMSA HE MA'V CH ANuE HIS MIND ANY liME .

KAM SA . TAt(E CARE . DEVAKI , VASUDEVA , NANDA,IN FACT, ALL THE INHABITANTS OF BRAJA ARE INCAIlNArrONS OF THE DEVAS . THEY HAVE

PESCENPEP TO .~:~;E;~" IT OF CRUEL 4

•

I HAD BE WA~Y OF THE SONS Of OE.VAKI.

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_ __ __ ,T,HE 8H ...G .... W ... T PURAN;; A..._ .....,..".._ _ _

CAPTURE VASUDEVA AND DEVAKI. THROW THEM INTO PRISON, TI~HTL'f BOU ND IN IRON CHAINS.

kllMSII NOW SEGIIN ro REVEll' HINl5ELF IN H/.S TRUE COUHJRS HE pur HIS F"TN~ "~RItSEH" IN PIt/SON, ANO TrJOI( OVE'" THE kINGPOM . IIM ONG H IS FRI ENPS WERE THE WI CNEf) A$UlfII6 -

C/fIlNt/IM ,,:.:":::P::...._{

PROV. p TO 8E II .!ITIiON6 5UT CIlUEL . /(IUEP POOTIINII. HE PICKEiJ UP HIS (.ITT/.E,sON AND

KISSED

WHAT VASUDEVA PROPHESIEP HAS

COME TRUE . HOW AMAZIN~ !

Offior

kuthQ

ON HIS FOREHERD R6IIIN liNt> /16I11N .

THE BHAGAWAT PURANA

J

TilE NOISE OF THE VESSELS THE GUESTS 70 THE SPOT.

SEE! THAT CA~T HAS OVERTURNED ON ITS

OWN!

o mo r l"hitr-a kutho

r -__________~____________~K~R=IS~H~N~Ac.; "THrE~OA~R=L=IN~G~O~F~GOK~=U=L__________~._~----------_, THE SMAll BOYS WHO WERE PlAYING NEARBY SRID_

DON 'T LISTEN

TO THEM . UTTLE BOYS ARE ALWAYS IMAGIN I NG

IT WAS TIff LITTLE KICKED THE

THINGS .

CAIlT.

.. . "

"

" HAP MEANWHILE TII!(EN THE

SAl'! AWRY /WD SOOTHED . PEOPLE WENT BRCIERLY MIIN.

WICKED POOTANA • THE CART FALLING I THAT HORRIBLE WHIRL WIN~ PiCk ING HI M UP AND OASHING HIM DOWN . AND THOSE TWO TREES FALLING ~ nJANK GOO NO ONE WAS INJuRED.

SUCH CRLAMITIES HAVE BEGUN TO HAPPEN IN OUR aUIET GOKUL .

I FEEL 1l 19 TIME TO LEAVE THIS PLACE FOR THE WELFARE

OF OUR )'DUNG ONES.

o mo r'

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THE BHAGAWAT PURA NA

WE HAVE SEEN PROTECTED GOD'S MERCY SO FAR . BUT BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE HAPPENS, LET US ALL GO AWAY. THERE IS A WONDERFUL PLACE CALLED VRINPAVANA . IT HAS GRASSFIELt>S, PLENTY TREES AHD BE IPEAL FOR OUR CATTLE .

FO""'.',';

WE WILL LEAVE FOR VRINDAWlNA AS SOON AS WE CAN. TELL EVERYONE

TO BE PREPARfD 10 LEAVE """",y

",

"

... .

: THE SUBDUER OF KALIYA VYIlSo'f, W,.qS TEJ.J.INfi PIiREEKSHIT. STONY OF KRISHNA .

'1E5 >THE ELDERS OF THE CLRN THOUGHT IT WAS WISER TO LEAVE GOKUL . KRISHNA , THE BELOVED SON OF THEIR LERDER ,

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INVOLVED.~~~~l;A;~'

HAD BEEN MAN'J MISHAPS IN THEY ALL WENT 10 TO SETTLE THERE .

FOUNt> V!?INPIIVAN ro BE II BEIII.ITEOUS sPOT IN ~tlSH SURROUNDIN4B. MOUNT GOVAR(;IIf/lN t.OOMEt> liT Ii PISTRNCE, RNO THE RIVER YRMliNIi, WITH }76 (i,"" ~IISSY~~~::;j F~OWEP (jENT/.y P.II5T. ~

PURANA.:

ANI' KR/SHNII WERE PEJ./(iHTEO TO BE IN V!?INOIIVAN. IN 711EIR SWEET VOICES TilEY WOlli.O OFTEN PRRISE mE/I( NEW pi.llet.

THEY W I5HEP TO EXPLORE THE FOIIEST NO! YOU ARE TOO SMALL

10 GO TO THE

Ior-'\,"--r-;f""'~ FOREST.

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r.-c_ _ ___________~'~R='SM~'=''__'i THf. SUBDU£ROF KALIYA THEY PI.IIYEP THEIR Fi.t/TES RNP O,llNCEO TO THE RHYTHM OF THEIR

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'RNl(iETS " •

... OR THEY WOUlD PRETENO

I _~TO~B~E:..:B~U~L:L~S~F~/G~H~T::"~'''~._-=-_.b"'''''

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ONE PIIY, KRISHNA liND HIS FHIENj;)tj WERE HEROINt; THEIR CIITTLE TOGETHER IUOHti TilE BliNKS OF THE ynMUNR. 5tJf)DENl.Y KRISHNA STOPPED TO STARE AT SOMETHING liE NIIO

BALARAMA! SEE THAT BlACK CAl.F! SUREL\' HE 15 HOT ONE

OURS .

YES, HE LOOkS A LITTLE

BHAG AW AT PURANA-2

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IN ONE IfRND, TIVIRJ..EO 111M RliOUND.

U

u T/TEN W17/T A TWI ST OF HI$ HE THREW THe (}ENlON CJU.F ON 'TO THE TOP OF A r--,.--r--' WOOO-APPJ..E TItEE.

THE PEMOIV RESIIINED IfIS TIUIE FoRM AS HE FELL TO HIB PERTH. CRlISHIN(j II NUMB ER. OF TREES UNOER HIS WEIGHT.

COM E, LET us DRIVE THe cows TO WARDS THE LRKE . THEY MUST BE THIRSTY

NOW .

o rnor

COWS

PER.CHEO BESIPE 111E WIITE!? wAS Ii CRANE . STRONG

THEIR

flND H(./GE. IT POUNCEP ON I PICKEp HIM

SUODENLy-

VP IN ITS SHRRP BEllI< .

.vr 118 ~ lIS KRISHNA

/llllCHEP PrJWN THE II1OU'fH

.7111 PEMON. 1116 CRSITvlf~ IWT lIN UNUllRABLE H~RT

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HI. """OAT..•

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r.o---------------------------, ~.~"~G~'W ~"~~ ~'2'~'~'--c_--c_------c_------------_, TItE CRANE WR5 NONE OTHER 8IU(IISL/RA. fl ':RIENP OF K/iMS/I . ENR.RaEI>~

He ,ATTRCKEP

KRISHNA

WITH HI5 SHARP BEI/K.

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NOW KRISHNA SP~IIN6 tiP. GRABBEO TIfE CREATURE . ••

KRISHN"

TilEY HURRIECJ HOME TO RELIITE The IAlCIO~NT TO Tlfell? PARENTS . THE (iOPA5 AND (iOPII(RS GIITIfEREO T06ETI'IER 10 HERR THE

WE WERE 80 RELiEvED TO SEE. HIM SAFE!

ONCE A6AIN THIS BOY HAS ESCAPEP FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH .

6AR&ACHARYA WAS RlaHT. THIS BOY 15 INDEEP

GREAT .

• .. ANt> SPEND THE PAY 8PlJRTING IN THE FOREST ANt> FIELDS. THEY WOULD R/)ORN THEMSELVES WITH WILl? FlOWER8~

MESH Bl.OSSOMS liN/) PEIICfXJ( FEATHERS •••

COME! LET's SEE WHO CMJ fWN AND TOUCH KRISHNA FIRST .

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..• OR IMITATE TIfE BIRPS WilLI< fiNO DANCE.

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W ITH

:::i~vItVS'o. H A ,,\

KRISHNA! KR.ISHNA ! RESCUE

'J'OUR FATHER.

ACCEPT MY PRAYERS,O LORD. FORGIVE MY SERVANT FOR SEIZING "fOUR FATHER. YOU ARE A WITNESS TO ALL ACTION.

HOW RESPECTFULLY AND HUMBLy VARuNA APPROACHES KRI6I-1NA.

WILL HE EVER REVEAL TO uS HIS "TRUE SELF~

ornor

Su" THE

PEVOTION OF

1==,*~ ~

THE. GOPIKAS

""As

NOT D1VINE; IT wAS EARTHl)' LOVE.

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o VI LE SERPENT GO AwAY! PON'T 'fou KNOw I HAvE TAKEN SIRTH TO PUNISH THE WICKEP?

I AM 6A8Y

KRISHNA, AND 100 ARE THE CART.

PLL CRY AND O'IIERT(JRN 'fOU VIIl11-i MY FEET.

KRISt-lNA, WE LONG- TO SEE WE BESEECH TO COME B~CK TO US.

IF' APPEAR AND DiSAPPEAR FROM AMltlST )'OU, IT IS ONLY TO "TeST "{OUR PEVO"Tl0N. SEE HOW 'PEAR I BeCAME TO YOU WHEN I WENT AWAY \' I AM TOUCHED BY ""OUR AFFECTioN.

LORD

BORN

SIN FROM ESoTABLlSH HOW COULD

BEHAVE ll-IU S I THE ~OPIKAS .

a mo r , h ,lra kOlha

KRISHNA: VICTORY OVER KAMSA WAS ENGR.065EP IN Ll5TENfNG TO THE NlfliRIfTfON OF 5HUKIfPEVA .

ON !HE AU~PICIOU5 DAI{ 5HIVARA1Rl, KRISHNA, NANDA OTHER COWHERDS VI51TED AMBIKAVANA,A FORE~T NEAR 61{ •

., A RIVER, WHICH 15 SAID TO HAVE JOINED GANGA AND YAMUNA NEAR PRAYA~

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KRISHNA C/tME AND GFlVE II w~HTLE KICK 1[) THE PVTHON. WITH THE HIERE TOUCH OF HIS FOOT, THE PVTHON VIINISHEO .

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NAMED OIIVASI WFl5 IN M'f CHARIOT,' SAW RISHI5 OF 1l1E. ANGIRA5 GROUP. PROUD Of M'1 WEAL.TH AND GOOD L.OOKS ,I LAUGHED AT SEEING THEIR UGLlf FACES.THEY CURseo (fiE:.

TO 6ECCIYIE A

..

r _ ___,-__,-,-_c-:-,-,,-:---'>S WERE S7flNDfNG flROUNO,PROTECTING IT. IGNORING 7HEIR RUICHEO FOR. THE mIGHT'! BOW.

"AT .5(JN5ET, THE8 RE.7URNEf) TO THEIR. CAMp, WHERE THEIR CRKT!3 Hill;) ~E£N KEPT. AFTER. WASHING UP 111'10 ERTINt; A MEAL OF OEUCRClES 111/10£ OF MILl
ILI.USORY POWER

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HIS PARENTS, WEHT TO HIS GRANOFATHER WHO HAP SEEN KEPT IN

KIlM5A.

CRUEL KlfWy OF HIS FLEE TO THE NEI6H8(}(JRIN(J KINGlJOMS. KRIStINA WELCOMEf} THEM BReit; /lNfJ SETTLE{) THEM IN 7HEII? OWN HOME£; . . NOT ONL"i ARE WE BACK HOMe. BUT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN ENOUGH WEALTH TO &TART LIFE oveR AGAIN.

,NOW \5 KILLED WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO A SAFE AND <JOI.(F(JL LIFE UNDER KRI&HNA'S

PROTEClIOH.

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r_---,_________~-~KRlStI' ... NOW I WilL TELL 'fOU

iHE GIWATRJ MANTRA IN 40UR EAR.

TIlIo 1 ORO Of DV.ARAKA

~'~'X~R;./~SH::N~h~h:N=P~.. ~(~R~~~M~n~TH~.~N~S~.=T~au~T~-------~ FOR THE.. ASHRflMA OF SAGE. SflN{)IP!lNI IN IWIlN7I '!

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CRIlFT8.

'0

ME MV 5OH,WH O WA5 DROWNED PRA6HASA.

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FOIlKl OF A I1UMAN, THE OCEAN AI'P6AREO NFIJIl£ KRISHNA . I(KISlfNA AP()RE!J6EO

THE GO() OF THE OCUW o 1II""

I BOTH OF U,,5"lAi\R~E"V;'N~;;'5

oN l NOW WI::

NAVE TO FACE. TWO ENEMIESo, JARA5A NDHA AN D KAU\'fAVANA.

WE MUS"T HAVE. AN INVINCIBLE FORTRESS BUILT WHERE NO ENE/YIV CAN ENTER. ONLI{ AF"TER PLACING OUR PEOPLE INS1DE 5(JCH A WILL WE FIGH"l KALAYAVAHA.

REPELLING K fORCES AH D JARA5A NDHA AL50 ATTA CKS, HE MAl.( OVERPOW ER, OUR PEOPLE.

CONSUL1ING 8fiLfiRfif"J1A,I BEGAN 70 RuN.

700 BEOAN 70 FOUOw HIM A7 II /?IJPIO

IlET THEM BE BROUGHT TO DWARAKA.

SEVENTEEN 71ME5 cJlfRASlfNPHA fIIIO IITTIICXEP MliTHtJIlII fINO ~VENTEEN 11h1$5 K/lI5/1H11IWP 8/lLIlRAM/I HAD oRlllEN /tIM KRJ3I1HR

BHAGAWAT PURANA · 6

r--------:;------"..., OF COURSE. I KHOW "IOU A~ HOi. &tiT PRETEND A'tH WIW.lET U5

It

WHEN ,JIlRA6FlNOI1I1 /lHD HIS

HE (£/{ItO NOT BELIEVE WHIIT HA ! HA! HA! LOOK Frr THEM

RUH.

RUH!THEVARE SCARED OF ME.

"111.. 7HOUf;H mE"! ~ ON FOOT, KRISHNA IINP Bl!I..~RllNlIl

LE.T'S fOLLOW THEM. QUICK!

HIIO II GOOf) LEIID.

HURR"I! WE MU5T CATCH

UP WITH THE.M . THE'i ARE NOT EVEN ARMED. WE CAN FINI SH "THEM OFF EASILY.

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K RISHNA T H E EN(~c~"~n:~'~;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FI.IIN1E5 5 SHOC)(.

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GET OVER, '«)UR. GRIEF, CANNOT AlWIWf!.> HAVE 'lVHRT we:

o SHietlUPRLR. we ~&H

FOR.

LOOK AT ME! SEVENTeEN TIMES WAS I DEFEATEf) IN BATTLE BIf KRJSHNA,L05tNG 23 AI(5HAUHtI'HSo TIME. 6tH. FINALL'f. IN M'I EIGHTEENTH AlTEMPT, I

sua:,,",,,,,1

•.

OF KRISHNA J R/JKMI IU..oNE.

OF THEm WITH EltSE. RUJ(M"S NO IJO(lNOS.

K~I::.llNA

r;:;;:;~o.l;NIff.;;';;NNcP','R;;:U;;At<E OF 1HE 5'1AMAN1AlKJEP WITH PV£ CEI?EMONt;'. SON WHO WIitS /YAMEP

OPEl? ,sHONI71'/Pt/IM I }tillS OF lORP 8HIYR. ONE PR¥-

1/ qRERr

AH! LORD SHIVA 15 DANCING THE

TANDAVA* I WII..!.. MI.f THOUSAND

~SE

ARMS TO PROVIDE MUSIC.

BANRSlIlfA Plf.llt'EP VR/'(IOt/5 Mt.lSIc.qL INSTRUMENTS TO IICCOMPI9Ntt LORP SH/vR'S DANCE . I AM WITH ON'T WORR4 .

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WI L L PROTECT

'fOO .

o rnar

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MENA CINGI.", THE PlSC SET THE FIENl> .

our

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THE DI5K FOLLOWEP THE FIRE FIEND TO KASHI . AFTER DE6rRDI.IINca THE FIEND, THE SUDAR;SHANA (HA/(RA WAS RESTORED J-_ __

L...-- --""-

TO LORD KRISHNA .

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KRISHNA: AN ALLY OF THE PANDAVAS PfiREEKSHIT WHO ffflO MEN LiStENING WIlt( RAPT ATTENTION 70 SH(/I(~PEV-'l NOW THE SliGE'5 NHRRli7fON OF kRI5I1NfI'!j EXPLQr7S.

DO TELL ME

,HE ADVENTURES

JOURNE~IHG

OF THE GALLANT

ON

MOUNT RAlWl1"AKA,

6f\LARAMA .

HE MET AN APE

CALLEtJ DV, v 'DA .

I MUST AVENGE

THE PEFnH OF MH DEAR FRIEND NARAKASURA.

", CORRESPONDING 1'0 MODE.~H 5J'lURfl5H1RA

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NOW PICI(E{J UPII dAR

/1.

AN AlLY Of THE PANDAVAS WHeN PVlVIPA Sl!W 811LIIRltMA IIPPROACHING HIM WITH HIS FAt'OURI78. WEAPONS , HE UPROO7EO,q 511lA TI?£e..

C/.. ENCHEO filS FIST AND HIT I'fT TilE COLLII/? 80NE OF OVlVlDA . THE APE COU,IIP$EO AHO THE ENTIRE FOREST SHOOK 115 HE FEU.

WE WilL CA PTURE HIM . LET 'THE VADAVAS COME AND FREE HIM 'THEN.

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II BUT KRISHNA's :;ON FACEO 1HE WIIRl