Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Reading Diary B: Public Domain Krishna

I read the second half of Cox. Tales of Ancient India: Krishna and the Gods and really enjoyed it. I liked how it did not focus on just one character but several characters. One of my favorite chapters was Surya. This chapter was obviously about the God Surya. Surya is described as God of life and life. He was brave and strong. Eventually he went out and sought a bride. He found Sangna. They wedded and she bore him 3 sons. Sangna was weak and tender and therefore could not tolerate Surya's bright light form so she left him by replacing herself with Chhaya. She had Chhaya fool Surya into believing that she was Sangna but Surya did not fall for it. Instead he went after Sangna. he eventually found her and pleaded her to come back. Sanga eventually gave in and came back to him.

Another story that I enjoyed was Rama. The story begins by introducing King Dasarath. King Dasarath is described as a wise and loving king. Everybody loved him. Although King Dasarath was wealthy in many aspects of his life he was not wealthy in children. He prayed to the Gods that one of his wives would bore him a son. His prayers were answered. Rama is then introduced as the son of King Dasarath. He was the eldest of King Dasarath's son therefore was next in line to be king. King Dasarath also had another son named Laxman. Laxman and Rama were best friends. They truly loved each other. Rama eventually married Sita. He did so by winning her in a competition that no one could accomplish. He shot an arrow with ease.

(Surya and Sangna)

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