Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purānic . lesh. This was merely a device by which Krishnadiverted the worship of Indra to himself ; for uponthe summit of the mountain Krishna appeared, say-ing, I am the mountain, and partook of much foodpresented by the Gopas ; whilst in his own form asKrishna he ascended the hill along with the cowherds,and worshipped his other self. Having promisedthem many blessings, the mountain-person of Krishnavanished. Indra, greatly incensed at the disregardshown him by Nanda and others, sent floods to des-troy them and their cattle ; but Krishna, raising themountain Govard
Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purānic . lesh. This was merely a device by which Krishnadiverted the worship of Indra to himself ; for uponthe summit of the mountain Krishna appeared, say-ing, I am the mountain, and partook of much foodpresented by the Gopas ; whilst in his own form asKrishna he ascended the hill along with the cowherds,and worshipped his other self. Having promisedthem many blessings, the mountain-person of Krishnavanished. Indra, greatly incensed at the disregardshown him by Nanda and others, sent floods to des-troy them and their cattle ; but Krishna, raising themountain Govarddhana aloft on one hand, held it as anumbrella and thus sheltered his friends from the stormfor seven days and nights. Indra then visited Krish-na and praised him for what he had done ; and hiswife Indrani entreated Krishna to be a friend of theirson Arjuna. 212 THE PURANIC DEITIES. Krishna did not by any means confine his attentionto the wants of the cowherds amongst whom he spenthis early days. On one occasion Satrajit, a worship-. KRISHNA HOI-DING UP MOUNT GOVAKDDHANA. per of the Sun, who had received from his lord a mag-nificent jewel named Syamantaka, came to visitKrishna at Dwaraka, adorned with his jewel, which THE KRISHNA AVATAR A. 213 shone so brightly that the inhabitants thought theSun himself was present. It was a most marvellousgem, for its possessor received through it eightloads of gold daily, and was free from all fear of por-tents, wild beasts, fire, robbers, and famine; butthere was this strange condition attached to its pos-session : although it was an inexhaustible sourceof good to a virtuous person, when worn by a man ofbad character it was the cause of his death. Think-ing it possible that Krishna, on learning the excel-lence of the gem, might wish to keep it, Satrajit gaveit to his brother Prasena. When this brother washunting, having taken the gem with him, he was kill-ed by a lion. Jambavat, the king of the bears, see-ing the gem in the lions mouth, ki
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