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 is- 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. © BH Publishers Pvt. Ltd., Bombay 400 026. All ights reserved. Published by H.G. Mirchandani for IBH Publishers Pvt. Ltd,, 22, Bhulabhai Desai Road, Bombay 400 026 and printed by him at IBH Printers, Marol Naka, Mathuradas Vissanji Road, Andheri (East), Bombay 400 059. Editor: Anant Pai Artwork: Ram Waeerker2 Zi An VASUDEVA, A NOBLEMAN, HAD MARRIED PRINCESS DEVAKI OF MATHURA. HE WAS TAKING \ 22 Qs DEVAKI?S COUSIN, PRINCE KAMSA, WAS DRIVING THE Vf HAY LOOK AT CHARIOT. HE WAS CRUEL AND THE PEOPLE FEARED HM. J THEM RUN, on VA! YUST THEN A HEAVENLY VOICE IF SHE LIVES WAS HEARD. Z 2 TO HAVE THAT EIGHTHamar chitra katha VLL_ SPARE KAMNSA CONFINED DEVAK/ ANP. -| VASUDEVA [NM A PALACE. HE VWSITED THEM EVERY TIME A BABY WAS BORN, 1/ DEVAK!, GIVE alt | ME THE . | T\_ 3a84. HW ae aI YOUR SISTER HAS DONE OU NO HARM, KAMSA. AS FOR THE CHILDREN WHO ARE YET TO BE BORN, 1 SHALL GIVE EACH ONE TO 4OU, THE MOMENT IT 15 BORN, | PROMISE, ‘ies THUS DID THE COU CHILDREN. WHEN ABOUT TO BE BORN — TRY AND SAVE THIS CHILD, DEVAKI. FROM THAT T4RANT, KAMSAP WE WILL NEVER SUCCEED,KRISHNA WHO WILL HELP US? WHO WILL DARE RAISE A FINGER AGAINST ONE WHO HAS IMPRISONED HIS A THAN OURS. OWN FATHER? HEAT REMEMI PROPHECH. THE SEVENTH CHILD WAS MIRACULOUSLY CARRIED TO ROHINI, VASUDEVA'S SECOND. WIFE, IN GOKUL. = } PRADYOTA, HAVE VASUDEVA AND DEVAKI PUT IN CHAINS, AND KAMSA WAS TOLD THAT. DEVAKI'S BABY WAS ST/LL-BORN| se =| GOOD, THE NEXT WILL BE THE EIGHTH ONE — THE SLAYER OF MIGHTY KAMSA. HA!‘amar chitra katha PLL BE AT PEACE ONLY WHEN VE KILLED THE WHY DON’T 4OU COME TO THE | GYMNASIUM 2 IT WAG PAST MIDNIGHT WHEN THE CBILD WAS BORN. at -—-— % RECKONED AS THE MONTH OF BHADRAPAD, /N NORTH /NPIAKRISHNA, aay — Se | SUDDENLY: LOOK! THE CHAINS HAVE FALLEN OFF. AND DOORS HAVE OPENED! IT'S os ul ID VABUDEVA WALKED PAST GUARDS WHO HAD FALLEN ; ASLEEP, a ; ' ANE THE‘amar chitra katha GOKUL WAS ON THE TE BANK OF THE [fo ao VaSIDEVA WALKED ToNARES cox, TON (al. LLS50 VASUDEVA LEFT HIS EIGHTH A ¢ IN NANDA'S HOUSE AND é CARRIED THE BABY GIRL TO MATHURA. 1S QUIET, AND Yz My THE GUARDS yey ARE STILL ASLEEP. HILD EA”amar chitra katha THE EIGHTH CHILD! | WILL BE THERE IN A MOMENT. 4S SOON AS VASUDPEVA ENTERED THE PALACE, THE DOORS CLOSED, MINUTES. LATER— J DID YOU HEAR THAT 2 17S THE WAIL OF A NEW BORN BABY! COMENLET’S \_ REPORT THIS = TO THE KING! /@ ‘GNORING HIM, KAMGA SEIZED THE B98Y¢ BY /7S LEGS ANP WAS ABOUT 70 DASH IT TO THE GROUND WHEN +++ S| FZ —y +++/T ESCAPED FROM HIS GRIP | Fea AND FLEW TOWARDS THE SKY+ :KRISHNA, THEY SAY THAT NANDA ’5 SON IS VERU BEAUTIFUL KAMSA SET DEVAK] AND VASUDEVA FREE. ER, HE WANTED 70 TRACE THE EIGHTH SK. 7 VLL SMEAR LD. 80 HE SENT FOR THE WICKED PUTANA. : Bes / ny eeeasTs Fim WITH POISON AND FEED THE WHAT A SWEET || A FEW MNUTES | M4 BABY! WHATS BABY! MAY | HOLD] | LATER — gees HAPPENED TO MY. we BD 8484 ? AND WHERE J 1S PUTANA? -B" THE MOTHER WAS FLATTERED, SHE GAVE THE BABY TO PLITANA.amar chitra katho: WHEN PUTANA FOUND &RISHNA | PUTANA HAD MADE HER WAY TO GOKULE IS THAT \HE IS KRISHNA ,THE SON OF NANDA. HE { WHERE [5 | \ KRISHNA? | HAD Ox HIM HERE! THEN SHE MUST BE SHE 1S DEAD! F PUTANA! PUTANA THE THE EVIL PUTANA 4) BABY-KILLER. SHE HAS IS DEAD! i KILLED MANY BABIES IN MATHURA.KRISHNA 5S WENT BY, KRISHNA V KRISHNA! ADORABLE LITTLE | COME. | HAVE Bi] «SOME FRESH BUTTER FOR 4 / MAY | HAVE SOME MORE» MOTHER? NO, KRISHNA. 3 | THAT?S ENOUGH FOR TODAY. TNO BOYS RAN OUT" KRISHNA, ET THEIR FRIENDS, ff LET’S GO AND VLL JOIN YOU IN A MINUTE, ge 8 a. AKI'S SEVENTH CHILD, LOOKED AFTER BY ROHIN/amar chitra kat KA TIPTOED INTO A NEARBY Bes T STRAIGHT TO THE POTS. DENLY— =a YOU NAUGHTY aie ——— B04! WHAT HAVE > ee DONE? SHE DRAGGED KRISHNA TO YASHOPA, KRISHNA HAS EATEN ALL THE BUTTER IN MY CKRISHNA s\/ BUT MOTHER, \3'\* THE COW GAVE IX IT TO ME.‘amar chitra katha AND THE BUTTER ON YOUR FACE P WHO GAVE THAT TO ? RAMA ae ante ME. VLL GO TO HIM,BUT WHILE HE WAS ON H/S5 WAY THE MORTAR WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO TREE AS THE NEWS SPREAD, A CROWD GATHERED AT THE SPOT. fae Pal if Aes > Fe HE PULLED WITH ALL His| HIS. MIGHT TikL » MA. THESE STRANGE HAPPENINGS FRIGHTENED « THE PEOPLE. SO THEY DECIDED TO LEAVE GOKUL AND GO 70 VRINDAVAN. aamar chitra katha AT VRINDAVYAN— | MOTHER, MAY 1 GO WITH THE OTHERS TO GRAZ! THE CATTLE? ra WELL, THEN, PLL HERD THEM FROM HERE, KRISHNA, WE ARE TOO TIRED THE GOPIKAS STOPPED THEIR CHORES TO LISTE THE MELODIOUS STRAI OF KRISHNA'S FLUTE, tes pee eae HIS MUSIC : FILLS ME WITH A STRANGE YEARNING.KRISHNA PLEASE COME BACK, KRISHNA HE?LL HURT You, AS, KRISHNA WEARED HM, THE BULL SNORTED 4 FIERCELY AND —S QUIET, MY SS SS FRIEND. | WON’T| HURT YOU, ONE PAY KRISHNA FOUND ONE OF HIS. THUS DID KRISHNA, FIRMLY BUT 4, % | FRIENDS CRYING. | | GENTLY, CALM THE ANGRY BULL, igeieS WHAT?S THE m4 cows Md MATTER? WHY ARE)/ ARE DEAD.THEY \ BS 4OU CRYINGP DRANK WATER: See FROM KALIYA'S ; . POOL, é Rh Bae‘amar chitra katha OUR COWS WILL) | KAL/44 WAS 4 POISONOLIS SNAKE WHO, | NOT BE SAFE AS WITH AIS FAMILY, LIVED IN THz POOL, LONG AS KALIVA KRISHNA DECIDED TO CONFRONT HIM, QE xisuna, \ ( wHEere Are §KRISHNA ! KRISHNA! PLEASE \ 5-5 COME BACK! KALIGA WILL KILL Ou! KRISHNA, TURN BACK, BUT KRISHNA DIDN'T |~ - 7 KRISHNA HAS V DISAPPEARED. RUN AND TELL NANDA,amar chitra katha vs ONLY TO FIND KRISHNA DANCING ON) “| THE HOOP OF A MEEK 4 ALISA. ONE PAY, AS WE WORSHIP THE PEOPLE OF |. INDRA BECAUSE WE ARE AFRAID OF HIM. WE OUGHT TO WORSHIP MOUNT GOVARDHANA SUT WHILE GOVARDHANA WAS BEING WORSHIPPED, LOUD CLAPS OF THUNDER WERE HEARD» +. = RAINING HEAVIL. INDRA IS ANGRY. WE \. SHOULDNT HAVE WOR- SHIPPED GOVARDHANA,KRISHNA SUDDENLY A ff, RUMBLING SOLIND A\\I WAS HEARD, IT’S RISING! YOUR CATTLE WITH 4OU AND TAKE SHELTER, IT 1S DRY MIRACLE! KRISHNA 1S HOLDING THE MIGHTY GOVARDHANA) ON HIS LITTLE FINGER! KRISHNA SHELTERED THEM FOR SEVEN DAYS BAW SEVEN NIGHTS TILL INDRA?S FURY WAS SPENT. 21amar chitra katha WHEN NEWS OF KRISHNA'S DEEDS REACHED! MATH PRADYOTA! 1 HEAR THAT KRISHNA HELD THE MIGHTY GOVARDHANA ON HIS LITTLE FINGER. 7 You FOOL! wHY HAVE 4OU LET HIM LIVE 50 LONG? | DIDN'T | ORDER 4OU TO HAVE HIM KILLED SOMEHOW?| | HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING. EVEN THE MAD BULL, JARISHTA, AND THE WILD HORSE, HAVE IT ANNOUNCED THAT IN A FORTNIGHT] | WILL PERFORM THE BOW SACRIFICE Jf ++ AND + «+ INVITE ALL , INCLUDING KRISHNA. 4OU MUST SEE TO IT THAT HE DOES NOT RETURN CHANURA! IF KRISHNA IS NOT KILLED BY PRADYOTA, CHALLENGE HIM TO A MATCH AND DON’TKRISHNA, : THEN HE SENT FOR THE WISE AKRURA, 1 WANT THE WHOLE Bee WORLD TO KNOW OF ae KRISHNA. ASK HIM TO COME TO MATHURA , FOR THE BOW SACRIFICE. HE ALSO SUMMONED THE CHIEF OF MAHUTS, 4Ou WILL STAND AT THE ENTRANCE 10 THE GAGNA HALL. WHEN KRISHNA COMES THERE SEE THAT HOUR LEPHANT TRAMPLES HIM TO DEATH. NO, AKRURA. 1 DON’T TRUST KAMSA. | WILL NOT SEND M4 » SON. SAW THAT XI J, HE LX NANDA? j KRISHNA IS THE] | SON OF PRINCE > VASUDEVA, =. 23amar chitra katha 50 AKRURA NARRATED THE STORY OF +++| SEEK THE \ VERY GOOD; KRISHNA'S BIRTH AND HOW HE WAS ERMISSION OF MY ]M4 BOY! THE BROUGHT TO GOKUL. YADAVA CHIEFS KRISHNA , DID. WILL SEE THAT YOU HEAR THAT ? AKRURA NO HARM COMES SAYS THAT DEVAKI 1S YOu (OUR MOTHER. | AM ! YOUR MOTHER, AREN?T |? THE NEXT MORNING , KRISHNA , ACCOMPANIED BY SALARA -— 3 TAKE CARE \ OF YOURSELVES, Jp CHILDREN. ‘iKRISHNA, AS THEY NEARED THE CITY OF MATHURA, KRISHNA DECIDED TO WALK. SUDDENLY — RISE, WOMAN! WHY Do You FALL T MY A MIRACLE! HE MUST BE THE NEWS SPREAD AND A CROWD FOLLOWED Rls ID BALARAMA TO THE GATE OF THE BUT IT 1S! EVEN {\ THE MIGHTY WRESTLER ZX CHANURA CANNOT LIFT IT,amar chitra katha. +++AND BROK! | | THE JUBILANT CROWD RUSHED. INTO THE SACRIFIC/AL HALL. SS WHEN ee WENT TO KAMSA WITH THE NEWS — a KRISHNAamar chitra katha THEN WITH BALARAMA, HE TOOK HIS PLACE | /KRISHNA , KAMSA HAS q W Tie ARENA WHERE THe GAMES WERE WEARD MUCH ABOUT YOUR > Gy \ STRENGTH AND YALOUR, - HE HAS INVITED YOU TO WRESTLE ITH ME! FIRST MUSHTIKA Wd | BAL2RANA AND MUSHT/KA FACED. WILL WRESTLE [KU KOKOK WITH YOUR BOY AGAINST , MUSHTIKA HE’LL BE KILLED.KRISHNA, DISAPPOINTED, CHANURA RUSHED MADLY AT HiM. IBUT KRISHNA M/MBLY STEPPED) ASIDE AND PICKING HIM UP +++‘amar chitra katha AS KAMSA'S SOLDIERS MOVED **+*KRISHNA RUSHED TOWARPS TOWARDS THE YAPAVA CHIEFS. ++ KAMSA +++ a “AND. THROWING HIM TO THE GRIND, KILLED HIM. 0 THE CROWD WAS STUNNED INTO SILENCE, pee LIFTED THE CROWN ER WANSASHE WALKED PAST THE GUARDS «++ NT UP TO KANSA’S FATHER, 4 LORD! | HAVE BROUGHT WHAT RIGHTFULLY BELONGS TO YOU. LONG 70 TRIUMPH OVER ALL EVIL. 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