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| THE CHILDHOOD OF KRISHNA
WAS INDULGED IN PRANKS |
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| KRISHNA AND BALARAMA STEALING BUTTER |
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KRISHNA - THE 'MAKHAN
CHOR' -
THE STEALER OF BUTTER CREAM |
When Krishna became five months old, Trinavart, the demon of storm and whirlwind,
attacked him. The demon seized child Krishna and whirled him into the air. Yashoda
and other cowgirls with men-folk searched the child everywhere. On the other
side the child-god forced the demon down on the ground and dashed him to death
against a rock. After a while the searching team discovered Krishna playing on
the chest of the dead demon. Filled with great joy Yashoda picked the child and
hugged him to her bosom.
Both the brothers grew up at Gokul. When Krishna started walking he indulged
in his naughty pranks: stealthily entering the houses of cowgirls and stealing
their cream, curd and butter.
Though they sometimes caught Krishna yet by his
innocent talks he always outwitted them and they went back bursting into laughter.
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| KRISHNA DRAGGING THE MORTAR
BETWEEN THE TREES |
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| KRISHNA CONFRONTING THE
DEMON-COW |
Once Yashoda became very angry and tied him to a mortar. Hearing a loud crash
Yashoda came running and found Krishna had dragged the mortar between the trunks
of two trees, pulled them down and was quietly sitting between them. As the legend
goes two young men by the names of Kuber and Nal had been imprisoned in these
two trees and Lord Krishna had released them by this action.
By this time Nanda and Yashoda left Gokul and had settled in a forest region
called BRINDAVAN also known as BRIJBHUMI. Krishna was now five years old. A demon
named Vatsasur turning himself into a cow mingled with the herd. His presence
was recognized by Krishna, who seized the demon-cow by the hind legs, whirled
it round his head and dashed it to the ground. He was then confronted by another
demon, Bakasur, who attacked in the form of a crane. This huge bird opened its
peak and engulfed Krishna. The incarnate Lord then tore its beak in two. Krishna
was later on attacked by a snake-demon, Ugrasur. It sucked the Lord in its mouth.
Krishna expanded his body to such an extent that the snake burst into tiny bits.
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