Reading Week 10: Epified Krishna Tales Part A

These notes are from this playlist of Epified videos

• Krishna Intro
• "He had enemies before he was even born"
• They tried to prevent his birth and then prevent him from living past childhood
• I've always heard so much about him, but I don't know much about his origin or what/who exactly he is!
• He became a king--powerful allies, friend to some, enemies to those who hated him
• They didn't know he was "not of their world"well damn. 
• Kamsa 

• A birth far away
• Bring about the end of an age (aid the Pandavas)
• He's a cool guy
• Cruel king! The people wanted change
• The eighth child would slay the king
• King throws them into prison--wants to kill the 8th child
• So he kills all the children!
• When she gets the 8th child-there's a gold light- animals even feel happy!
• The 8th incarnation of vishnu (no power on earth will harm the child)
• The king is worried about "the birth of his slayer
• Vasudev Meets Yamuna
• It's raining 
• He's looking at his divine son
• Dad worries about the evil king
• Guards are sleeping/chilling
• He takes his son!
• Bye Boi
• He walks on with little bby Krishna
• He gets to the big river (Yamuna)
• A big snake!
• With jewels!
• It protects him!
• Was that Yamuna
• He meets huts (cow herd)
• He takes a baby girl, and leaves Krishna (to save his own life?)
• "The world is about to change!
• Durga Speaks to Kamsa 
• King dreams of his own downfall
• He finds out about the 8th child
• He goes to the prison (what will happen)
• The child is a girl! He is happy--defeats death?
• Tries to kill the girl
• Explosion of light--this is a magic girl! It's a god? Durga
• She says, "You are A FOOL" DONT DOUBT A WOMANT
• She tells him about his slayer--the avatar will come back--and fulfill their destiny!  
• Putna 
• The child she had is now a boy--that's a bit strange
• This is about the mother
• She wants to protect the babies!
• She realizes how many people love the little Krishna
• They love him!!
• Putna goes to the house (she's nice!) 
• They like her
• Is she hiding something?
• Everyone loves Punta...until??? Noooo it's a demon!!
• Steals Krishna! To kill him??
• The baby starts to kill/eat the demon
• Punta dies lol
• The mom is like "Whoa"
• Putna was sent by the evil king. Wild! That was a great story!
• Maakhan Chor
• Danger follows this kid
• A cart rolls down the hill, but the cart was broken
• Did Krishna kick the cart? 
• He's a troublemaker!
• He steals butter lol
• All the farmers get mad, lol
• He's bad! ("But he would never!)
• He did tho
• How should mom handle this? 
• He ate some mud??
• Krishna's Mouth
• ate mud
• mom is mad lol
• what is he eating?
• Not mud!! The universe??
• Sun, moon, stars?
• creatures?
• strings of eternity
• She saw the cosmos!
• This child is scared of the mother--the mom is freaked
• This is a child is the Brahman!
• Dream's and Music
• A haze filled the minds of the village
• They wanted to leave after getting weird dreams
• Krishna goes!
• He loves the forest!
• They make it into a home
• Krishna likes to play the flute--has he always know music?
• The lake is poison!
• The snake did it!
• Krishna is mad, wants to punish/kill the snake!
•  He dances on the snake's head
• The lake goes back to normal!
• Everyone now knows that Krishna is an avatar/badass
• Kamsa's Terrors
• Krishna is now a young man
• He stole clothes from young woman!
• Why are they okay with this?
• Krishna keeps beating ass on demons
• So now they love him! 
• Kamsa keeps sending these monsters, but he keeps loosing! 
• He's still too young to fight the king
• The Govardhan Hill
• Krishna wants to worship at the hill
• Lord Indra is mad about this?
• The cowherds go to Krishna for help!
• Krishna lifts the mountain--and uses it has an umbrella
• Indra is mad that he's not as cool as Krishna
• He begs for forgiveness from Krishna lol 
• Radha's Love
• I think I wanted to write about her
• He sang, and played the flute!
• They danced around him
• He like Radha/
• They are one soul?
• He gets jealous of her, paints her black?
• Ask Radha's to drink hot milk, but Krishna gets the blisters
• When he was sick, he needed water from Radha's feet
• Radha needed to save his life
• So she does it, even if she has to go to jail for it!

Image Info: 
Krishna Painting 
By: Rajesh Babu Ponnayyan 
Found on: FineArtAmerica.com 
Currently for sale by artist!