Krishna is the most endearing and ennobling
character in Indian mythology. He is at once the
common cowherd engaging the milk-maids in play-
ful banter and the supreme intellectual engaged in
the exposition of the Gita philosophy.
Krishna has a particular appeal for children
because he is one of them as no other divine
Krishna the boy is mischievous; he is naughty.
He has irrepressible energy for innumerable esca-
pades. He is no prig; he is no puritan. He has
divine powers. But he humanises them and remains
a boy. This powerful human element is the secret
of Krishna’s universal popularity. He is secular
even as he is sacred, and so he remains throughout
his life. That is why Krishna becomes a living
presence to all children who have listened to the
stories about him.
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VASUDEVA, A NOBLEMAN,
he
y MARRIED PRINCESS DEVAK/ OF
WIS BRIDE HOME.
MATHURA, HE WAS TAKING
DEVAKI?S COUSIN, PRINCE KAMSA, WAS DRIVING THE
CHARIOT. HE WAS CRUEL AND THE PEQPLE FEARED HIM,
f| HA! Look AT
THEM RUN
VASUDEVA!
WAS HEARD.
KAMSA, 4OU
UST THEN A HEAVENLY VOICE
ois
|_/ SHALL SOON DIE.
THE EIGHTH CHILD
BORN TO DEVAKi A
WILL SLAY You! \ 4
IF SHE LIVES
TO HAVE THAT EIGHTH
CHILD! ILL SLAY HER
BEFORE THEN!
KAMSAt
DON’T! amar chitra katha
VLL_SPARE
YOUR SISTER HAS DONE
OU NO HARM; KAMSA. AS
FOR THE CHILDREN WHO
ARE YET TO BE BORN,
KAMSA CONFINED DEVAK/ ANP
‘| VASUDEVA IN A PALACE. HE
VISITED THEM EVERY TIME A
BABY WAS BORN,
1 SHALL GIVE EACH ONE
TO 4OU, THE MOMENT.
IT 1S BORN. | PROMISE,
i it
W/ DEVAKI, GIVE )==_—
ME THE =
BABY.
V LAM
{ HELPLESS,
DEVAKI!
THUS DID THE COUPLE
CHILDREN. WHEN THE S:
FROM THAT
T4RANT, KAMSAP
WE WILL NEVER
SUCCEED.
WE MUST
TRY AND SAVE
THIS CHILD,
DEVAKI. KRISHNA
WHO WILL HELP \4ES. KING
US? WHO WiLL DARE ) UGRASENA’S
RAISE A FINGER PLIGHT IS NO
AGAINST ONE WHO
HAS IMPRISONED HIS ATHAN OURS;
OWN FATHER?
BUT
DON?T ites
HEART. \
REMEMBER THE
PROPHECY.
THE SEVENTH CH/LD WAS M/RACULOUSLY:
CARRIED TO ROHINI, VASUDEVA'S SECON.
WIFE, IN GOKUL.
}
AND KAMSA WAS TOLD THAT. PRADYOTA, HAVE
DEVAK/'S BABY WAS STILL-BORN| VASUDEVA ZN ORK
rm ee PUT |
: GOOD. THE |
NEXT WILL BE
THE EIGHTH ONE
— THE SLAYER
OF MIGHTY
KAMSA. HA! amar chitra katha
AB THE MONTHS WENT BY, HONEVER JR
VLL BE AT
{ PEACE ONLY WHEN
me VE KILLED THE}
THE COURT lalate
THIS,
17 RAINED HEAVILY ON THE Big ae
OF THE WANING MOON OF SHRAVA)
(7 WAS PAST MIDNIGHT
WHEN THE CKILD WAS
;ORN.
% RECKONED AS THE MONTH OF BHADRAPAD, iN NORTH (NDIA KRISHNA,
AND THE
DOORS HAVE
OPENED! IT’S
“ahi!
THE CHAINS
HAVE FALLEN
OFF.
LL TAKE
HIM TO OUR
FRIEND, NANDA,
IN GOKUL. amar chitra katha
GOKUL WAS ON THE
OPPOSITE BANK OF THE
RIVER YAMUNA WHICH
BS VASUBEVA APPROACHED, HONEVER, THE WATERS PARTED.
Z LZ. BFP AB \ KRISHNA
IC AND SURELY
KAMSA WOULD
IY NOT KILL A BABY
| GIRL.
$0 VASUPEVA LEFT HIS EIGHTH
CHILD IN NANDAIS HOUSE AND.
CARRIED THE BABY GIRL TO MATHURA. amar chitra katha
AS SOON AS VASUDEVA ENTERED THE
PALACE, THE DOORS CLOSED, MINUTES
LATER— aa
DID YOU HEAR =
THAT ? IT’S THE
WAIL OF A NEW-
BORN BABY!
THE EIGHTH
CHILD! | WILL BE
/ COME!LET’S \_
REPORT THIS
TO THE KING!
(GNORING HIM; KAMSA SEIZED THE
8484 BY /TS LEGS AND WAS ABOUT
| 70 DASH /T TO THE GROUND WHEN*++-
THE ONE WHO
SHALL DESTROY
YOu STitL KRISHNA
THEY SAq THAT VY) YES. AND HE
pl NANDA’S SON IS {HAS A BEAUTIFUL,
VERY BEAUTIFUL. 4 = TOO—
2MSA_ SET DEVAKI AND VASUDEVA FREE,
(ER, HE WANTED TO TRACE THE EIGHTH)
LD. SO HE SENT FOR THE WICKED PLTANA,
"LL SMEAR
MY BREASTS
WITH POISON AND)
FEED THE
BABIES,
M4 BABY! WHAT'S!
LATER — gees HAPPENED TO MY
P2484 ? AND WHERE J
1S PUTANAP
WHAT A SWEET
BaB4! MAY | HOLD]
ITT
AFEW MINUTES
THE MOTHER WAS FLAT TERED.
|_| SHE GAVE THE BABY TO PUTANA. ‘amar chitra katha
2
PUTANA HAD MADE HER WAY TO GOKUL!| | WHEN PUTANA FOUND KRISHNA
WHO IS THAT \ HE IS KRISHNA, THE LONE
SON OF NANDA, HE
WAS -BORN IN THE
( WHERE IS
KRISHNA? | HAD
LEFT HIM HERE!
SHE 1S DEAD!
THE EVIL PUTANA,
IS DEAD! i
THEN SHE MUST BE
PUTANA! PUTANA THE
BABY-KILLER. SHE HAS
KILLED MANY BABIES,
IN MATHURA. KRISHNA
KRISHNA t
COME. | HAVE.
SOME FRESH
BUTTER FOR
You. -
ARS WENT BY, KRISHNA
AN ADORABLE LITTLE
MAY
HAVE. SO! HERES
: MORES BALARAMA*!GO
MOTHER? AND pea WITH
HIM.
= TWO BOYS RAN OUT
[EET THEIR FRIENDS,
aaa
KRISHNA,
LET’S GO AND »
T WAIT,
a PLA ON THE 7 (LL JOIN dou
f IN A MINUTE.
S Sal
Na
CHILD, LOOKED AFTER BY ROHIN/ amar chitra katha
KRISHNA TIPTOED INTO A NEARBY
ae T
HOUSE
TRAIGHT TO THE POTS.
EN
——— I You NAUGHT4.
BOY! WHAT HAVE
SHE DRAGGED KRISHNA
TO YASHOPA.
KRISHNA HAS
EATEN ALL THE
BUTTER IN MY
HOUSE,
G74 KRISHNA DID THAT?
iT. WHY,
WHOLE
SISTER, (OU MUST
KEEP THE MILK AND
tad BUTTER BEYOND
THE REACH OF 4s"
CHILDREN.
) ‘2 KRISHNA
JERE THE PRANKS KRISHNA PLAYED A 5
\SHODA FOUND 1T- WAS DRINKING THE |. iz
7B eae WILK STRAIGHT hae
FROM MY COW! amar chitra katha
AND THE BUTTER
ON 4OUR FACE? WHO
GAVE THAT TO
YOu? THE GWALA
BOYS SMEARED IT!
ON M4 FACE. ALL
OUT OF SPITE. FF
‘90 SHE TIED KRISHNA 70.
MORTAR. ere
As
BALAI
WILL UNTIE ME.
LL GO TO
ig: KRISHNA saner|
BUT WHILE HE WAS ON HIS WAY
THE MORTAR WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN
7WO TREES.
THE NEWS SPREAD, A CROWD
OATHERED AT THE SPOT.
3 h HE PULLED WITH ALL HiS\ Va
Ww SAIS MIGHT TiLL
THESE STRANGE HAPPENINGS FRIGHTENED ;
THE PEOPLE. 50 THEY DECIDED TO LEAVE x
GOKUL AND GO TO VRINDAVAN. pes | ; amar chitra kathe ;
AT VRINDAVAN— | MOTHER, MAY | [IN 7HE EVENING — iy
160 WITH THE KRISHNA, WE y i
OTHERS TO GRAZE) Bt are Too TIRED .
THE CATTLE?
TO HERD THE
CATTLE,
WELL, THEN,
PLL HERD THEM
FROM HERE,
KRISHNA TOOK t/P BC LOOK AT THE
HIS FLUTE, cows!
HIS MUSIC
FILLS ME WITH
A STRANGE
YEARNING. KRISHNA
PLEASE
COME Back,
KRISHNA
HE?LL HURT
You.
AS KRISHNA
NEARED HIM; THE
BULL SNORTED
FIERCELY AND
QUIET, MY
4 (FRIEND. | WON’T|
HURT 4OU,
ONE DAY KRISHNA FOUND ONE OF HIS
FRIENDS CRYING, yo
WHAT?’S THE 7 M4 COWS
MATTER? WH4 ARE, ARE DEAD. THEY
BX4OU CRYING? _ DRANK WATER
FROM KALIYA’S
POOL, fe amar chitra katha
OUR COWS WILL | | K94/49 WAS A POISONOUS SNAKE WHO,
NOT BE SAFE AS WITH HIS FAMILY, LIVED IN THE POOL,
LONG AS KALIYA KRISHNA DECIDED TO CONFRONT HIM,
/ KRISHNA!
WHAT ARE 4ou Ji
DOIN!
IG? KRISHNA
BUT KRISHNA DIDN'T [>=
TURN BACK,
KRISHNA!
KRISHNA! PLEASE \ |
COME BACK!
KALIYA WILL
KILL YOu!
W xristNa HAS
DISAPPEARED. RUN J amar chitra katha
+6 ONLY TO FIND
KRISHNA DANCING ON|
THE HOOD OF A MEEK
4 KALIYA,
a ae
WE WORSHIP
INDRA BECAUSE
WE ARE AFRAID OF
HIM. WE OUGHT TO
WORSHIP MOUNT
GOVARDHANA
WHOM WE
BUT WHILE GOVARDHANA WAS BEING
WORSHIPPED, LOUD CLAPS OF THUNDER
WERE HEARD.» Sox m1
INDRA |S
ANGRY, WE
SHOULDN?T
HAVE WOR-
SHIPPED KRISHNA
SUDDENLY A
RUMBLING SOUND
WAS HEARD,
YOUR CATTLE
WITH 4¥OU AND
TAKE SHELTER,
IT IS DRY
5 HOLDING THE
MIGHTY GOVARDHANA
ON HIS LITTLE
KRISHNA SHELTERED THEM FOR SEVEN DAYS
BAND SEVEN NIGHTS TILL INDRA?S FURY WAS SPENT.
21 amar chitra katha
VF jou FOOL! WHY
HAVE YOU LET HIM
LIVE SO LONG?
DIDN’T | ORDER
YOU TO HAVE HIM
KILLED SOMEHOW?|
PRADGOTA! | HEAR
THAT KRISHNA HELD THE
MIGHTY GOVARDHANA ON
HIS LITTLE
FINGER -
FOR A WHILE, THEN—|
HAVE IT ANNOUNCED
\ THAT IN A FORTNIGHT]
| WILL PERFORM
THE BOW
SACRIFICE?
Eo
"AND + «+ INVITE
ALL , INCLUDING
KRISHNA. YOU MUST
SEE TO IT THAT HE
DOES NOT RETURN
WHEN PRADYOTA LEFT, KAMSA SENT
7 CHANURA! IF |
KRISHNA IS NOT
KILLED BY PRADYOTA,
CHALLENGE HIM TO A
MATCH AND DON?T
LET HIM ESCAPE KRISHNA,
HE ALSO SUMMONED THE CHIEF OF
you WILL STAND
AT THE ENTRANCE 10
THE YAGNA HALL. WHEN
KRISHNA COMES THERE
SEE THAT YOUR
ELEPHANT TRAMPLES
HIM TO DEATH.
FOR THE BOW
ON A/S MISSION.
THEN HE SENT FOR THE WISE AKRURA,
| WANT THE WHOLE
WORLD TO KNOW OF
KRISHNA. ASK HIM TO
COME TO MATHURA,
AKRURA SET OUT |Z
NANDA!
KRISHNA IS THE}
SON OF PRINCE
y> VASUDEVA. /
V NO, AKRURA.
1 DON’T TRUST
KAMSA. | WILL
NOT SEND MY
SON. amar chitra katha
$0 AKRURA NARRATED THE STORY OF s++| SEEK THE VERY GOOD,
KRISHNA'S BIRTH AND HOW HE WAS PERMISSION OF MY )/M4 BO4! THE
BROUGHT TO GOKUL. KRISHNA, DID ELDERS TO GO To / YADAVA CHIEFS
YOu HEAR THAT P AKRURA MATHURA! WILL SEE THAT
NO HARM COMES
$AdS THAT DEVAKI 1S
~ YOUR MOTHER. | AM TO 4Ou.
. GOUR MOTHER,
AREN?T 1?
TAKE CARE
OF YOURSELVES,
CHILDREN. KRISHNA,
LOOK AT TRIVAKRA!
HER HUMPED BACK
HAS St Ten Jaf
UT.
AS THEY NEARED THE CITY OF
MATHURA, KRISHNA DECIDED TO WALK.
SUDDENLY —
A_MIRACLE!
HE MUST BE
OUR
SPREAD AND A CROWD FOLLOWED
BALARAMA TO THE GATE OF THE
SIR, | AM
KRISHNA. MAY
| INSPECT THE
\\_ Bow?
BUT IT 1S! EVEN
{\ THE MIGHTY WRESTLER
ZX CHANURA CANNOT
LIFT IT.
A,
Ce]
j FI)
i
ZN <
25 amar chitra katha
E +*AND BROKE /T, LK
BW victory 10 KRISHNA!
HE AVIOUR
-
WHEN PRADYOTA WENT TO KAMSA
WITH THE NEWS— [oe cing
BROKE THE ows ‘\ i
SJ AND You STOOD ANI x
2 WW
WATCHED HIM
Be DO IT! A -
— HAD
ORDERS TO KILL
\ HIM; HADN'T
4Ou?
| KNOW,
m4 LORD! BUT
THE CROWD THAT
D HIM KRISHNA, amar chitra katha
[/KRISHNA , KAMSA HAS Wa
HEARD MUCH ABOUT YOUR
STRENGTH AND VALOUR,
HE HAS INVITED YOU
TO WRESTLE---
FIRST MUSHTIKA *
oe WeesrLe J)
ITH 4OUR
IT 16 UNFAIR OF ‘J
BROTHER. KAMSA TO PIT THIS
BOY AGAINST F
MUSHTIKA! HE’LL
BE KILLED. -
BUT THE CROWD
WAS IN FOR A
, K.
oo;
aan Poo
A
way =
S77 was
BALARAMA KRISHNA,
WOW CHANURA STEPPED FORWARD.
7 ARE YOu
READY,
KRISHNAP,
DISAPPOINTED, CHANURA
IN HIS:
CHANURA TRIED 70 CRUSH KRISHNA RUSHED WADLY AT Hit.
MIGHTY ARMS. BUT KRISHNA SLIPPED AWAY, Fs
= A z
BUT SRISHNA NIMBLY STEPPED)
ASIDE AND PICKING HIM UD +++ amar chitra kaha”
AS KAMSA'S SOLDIERS MOVED +++ KRISHNA RUSHED TOWARDS
TOWARDS THE YADAVA CHIEFS++« KAMSA +++
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