Reading Diary A: public domain Krishna and the Gods

I read the first half of Cox. Tales of Ancient India: Krishna and the Gods. I really enjoyed it. A couple of chapters that I really enjoyed reading was How Krishna Stole the Milk and Slew the Demons. In this chapter, Krishna steals milk and is eventually gets caught and punished.

Another story that I enjoyed was the story of how How Rukmini Became the Bride of Krishna. . In this chapter, there is a maiden named Rukmini. She is described to very beautiful. Her beauty was talked about all across the world. She was set to get married to Shishupal even though she did not want to. She really did not have any choice. Her only option was to call out the God Krishna. Krishna heard Rukmini's prayers and replied that he would save her. This put her at ease. Krishna tried to take Rukmini away but had to face an army before he could. There was not way that only Krishna could have created this army but because of his strong love for Rukmini, anything is possible. Fortunately, Krishna was able to save Rukmini from a horrible married with Shishupal.

The only thing I wished about this story is that I wish that there were pictures. There are so many colorful indian pictures that could have been included. It would have been a nice visual aid. I am curious as to what Rukmini looks like. She is described as very beautiful. The story seems to emphasize her beauty a lot. It is just kind of hard to imagine so it would be nice to have an image to refer to.

(Pukmini)