Krishna Slays Kansa

Krishna Slays Kansa

You all have heard of the story of how Krishna easily defeated Kansa. Krishna came out as the strong hero and Kansa as the weakling who did not put up a fight at all. Well, according to a source of ours, it was not that easy of a win. I guess Krishna did not want us to know that he struggled fighting Kansa. I mean a win is a win. You do not have to keep stuff from us, Krishna. We will always love you; we just want the truth, that is all. It is a good thing you have us, the Insider, to tell you the truth. Let’s start from the beginning, since apparently Krishna left that out. 

Before Krishna could get to Kansa, he had to fight off an elephant. You heard us right – an elephant. You all probably think that this was an easy win but this elephant was not like any ordinary elephant. It was Kubaliya. Kubaliya was known to be a mad elephant of Kansa. His sole purpose was to protect Kansa. Krishna probably left this small detail out because of the fact that he nearly lost to the elephant. I mean it makes sense why he would. No one wants that an elephant nearly best them on their record. 

After the elephant knocked him down and dragged him around, Krishna FINALLY managed to get up and slay the elephant. Next was Kansa. 

Now when Krishna tells the story of how he defeated Kansa, he said that the two had a sword fight. A sword fight that did not last long because, according to Krishna, he was the superior swordsman and easily defeated Kansa. Our source, who asserts that he witnessed the fight, says differently.

Apparently, it was Kansa who made the first blows and he made them with a two- handed sword.  Kansa was a wild fighter, making him unpredictable. This made him difficult to fight with for Krishna. Krishna may be a God and all  but that must have hurt! Both Krishna and Kansa struggled. Their battle was so great it went up to the heavens. Both gods and men held their breath as they watched. 

After a while, Krishna grabbed Kansa’s hair and bashed him into the ground. I do not know about you but hair-grabbing is kind of a cheap shot -- in my opinion. Maybe that is why Krishna did not go into great detail about the fight. Hair-grabbing does not necessarily shout out heroic battle.

Okay, so, back to the story. Where did we leave off again? Oh yeah, Krishna bashed Kansa into the ground. This instantly killed Kansa. And the gods and men rejoiced and blah blah. Krishna comes out as the hero – as usual. 

I do not really know why Krishna  did not just tell us the whole story in the first place. He still came out of the story as the winner and hero. I guess he did not want us common folk to know that even he struggles sometimes. He does not want us to see him in the same playing field as us. Hmm, it kind of sounds like Krishna has some insecurities. 

Well, you are a god, Krishna, so you do not need to worry about us thinking you anything lower than that. Next time give us all the details, please and thank you. 

(Krishna slays Kansa)

Author’s Note

My story is based on the story “How Krishna Slew Kansa and Performed His Funeral Rites” from Tales of Ancient India: Krishna and the Gods. I kept the main ideas but left out some small details. I kept the main ideas that Krishna had to face an elephant before facing Kansa. I left out that Krishna did not defeat the elephant alone and that the elephant had a rider. I also kind of exaggerated the fight between Krishna and the elephant. I made it seem more like the elephant put up a fight. I also left out the fact that after Krishna defeated Kansa, Kansa’s eight brothers came after him. Krishna defeated them as well. I left this out because I felt like it unnecessary in my specific story. I also left out that Krishna held a funeral for Kansa. The queens of Kansa came and wept for Kansa. Krishna comforted them. These did not relate to the theme of my story so I left it out. I just wanted to focus on the battles that Krishna fought between the elephant and Kansa. I chose the image above because it depicts the hair-grabbing that I mentioned earlier. It emphasizes the idea that it was a cheap shot. 

 “How Krishna Slew Kansa and Performed His Funeral Rites” from Tales of Ancient Indian by Edmund Charles Cox (1887). Web Source: Public Domain. 

Krishna the Go To God

Krishna the Go To God

 Today we are going to tell you about the God Krishna – shocker. Everybody knows Krishna as the powerful and supreme God. Nothing is impossible for him. This being said, a lot of people like to ask for favors from Krishna or ask him to grant their prayers. This can kind of get a little tedious or even annoying. I mean think about thousands of people bothering you 24/7 about their complaints, sufferings, and wishes. I mean I would get pretty annoyed.

Well, according to a confidential source, who is pretty close to Krishna, there are many stories of Krishna that are not publicly known. This is due to the fact that Krishna does not want anyone to know about all of his success because if they did then they will keep pestering him about their problems. If he seems less powerful or willing to grant people’s wishes, then maybe people will leave him alone. Well, guess what, no one is going to be leaving you alone Krishna because all of your stories have been leaked, – leaked to us. And like no offense but some of the stories are kind of embarrassing. Let’s start with the first story that our confidential source gave us.

The story starts off with introducing a man who used to be Krishna’s teacher. First of all, when did Gods have teachers? I guess, you have to start somewhere. Okay, back to the story. So apparently the teacher lost his son to some ocean monster or something and was begging for Krishna to help him. And Krishna being the powerful and noble God he is agreed to help.

So Krishna went out on his rescue mission and into the ocean asking around for his teacher’s son. First he asked the waves and they referred him to the dragon Shankhasur. Yeah, I know. Who knew waves could talk? But if they did Krishna would be the one talking to them.

(Krishna in the Ocean)

Krishna finally found the dragon Shankhasur and with his sword cut off his head and ripped up his belly. There was no kid in it. He then went to the city of the Angel of Death because I guess since the kid was not in the dragon’s stomach he must be dead so he is in the land of the dead...? There are just some things about Krishna that cannot be explained. There he finally found the kid. Third time's a charm.

He took the child back to the land of the living men, where the teacher reunited with his son. And, you guessed, it they lived happily ever after. Spread this to the masses, Krishna is a genie. He will and is able to grant your wishes. Oh Krishna, you cannot hide stuff like this from everyone. Be proud that people idolize and need you. You are a God that just wants to give people want they want. I guess, you can say we are kind of god-like; we too just want to give people want they want -- gossip and insider knowledge. I am just kidding.

Stay tuned for our next story on Krishna!
 



Author's Note
My story is based on the story of "How Krishna Went Under the Ocean." I kept the main ideas of the story but left some minor details out that did not really significantly affect the story. In the original story, Krishna's brother goes with him to find the teacher's son. I chose to leave Krishna's brother out because I wanted the story to just focus one character, Krishna. My portfolio is mainly about Krishna so I did not want to detract from that. I also kind of left the beginning part of the original story out about Krishna and his brother exploring and learning about stuff. I felt like it was kind of not necessary. I also left out the very end where the people are worshiping and praising Krishna for saving the teacher's son. I did this because I introduced the story as a story about Krishna that is not known to the public. Therefore if I did keep the ending, it would contradict what I said in the very beginning about how it was a story that has been kept secret. I kept my gossip tone throughout my story. That is pretty much all that I changed. I kept my gossip tone throughout the story to maintain the insider and gossip style of my portfolio.



"How Krishna Went Under the Ocean" from Tales of Ancient India: Krishna and the Gods" by Edward Cox (1887). Web Source: Public Domain.

Portfolio The Insider

Krishna's Birth
This story is about Krishna's family and how he escaped from his evil uncle.

 Yasoda: Foster Mother to Krishna 
This story is about Krishna's childhood and how his uncle continues to try to kill him.

Krishna the Go To God
This story is about how Krishna saves a child from the ocean and reunites him with his father, who is also Krishna's teacher. 

Krishna slays Kansa
This story is about what Krishna had to go through in order to finally slay Kansa.