Reading Notes: PDE Mahabharata, Part D

Part D

Death of Krishna
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• The Pandavas knew that something was going to occur because of the omens they had seen, but did not know what was going to happen
• Soon enough, it was known to all that the city of Dwaraka was fated to be destroyed
• A mysterious horror, shaped as a human was creeping through the night
• It was colored yellow and black with a bald head and misshaped limbs
• The men suspected it was the God of the dead, named Yama
• The city was plagued with rats, a dread tempest ravaged the land, and the moon became eclipsed
• At sunset, there were visions of headless men competing in battle
• Krishna, a major deity, forbid the people from drinking wine and instead to perform devotions on the seashore
• When the night came, a black woman who had yellow teeth walked the city, and grinned at all the house doors
• The people in the city became extremely scared and were consumed with fear
• Evil spirits had also inhabited the city and began to cause mischief. The spirits stole jewelry from the women and weapons from the men
• The people went to the seashore as instructed and held a large feast
• Fighting broke out and sons killed their fathers, fathers killed their sons. It was a mad house
• Krishna and Balarama fled from the city and soon perished in the jungle
• Krishna was mistaken for a deer by a nearby hunter
• The hunter struck Krishna with an arrow conveniently in the one place where he could be wounded
• Krishna departed to heaven, which is also known as Go Loka
• The bodies of Krishna and Balarama were cremated
• Arjuna and a group of people departed the city and the city was swallowed by the ocean
• People who did not depart the city were taken down with it

Bibliography:

Death of Krishna

Author: Donald Mackenzie

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