The Open court . ac- Chandra, assisted by the Monkey King ulously saved from the prosecutions of Hanuman, vanquish Ravana. the tyrant of Mathura. tected by the serpent king, over the river Jamuna, and exchangedhim in Gokula for a girl which Yasuda had just borne to the cow- THE AVATARS. 473 herd, Nanda. Kansa seized at once the girl baby, but before hecould kill her she raised herself into the air, explained to the wrath-ful king that Krishna had been saved, and disappeared in the formof lightning. Kansa now decided to have all the babies in his em-pire killed, but Krishna escaped again. A dem
The Open court . ac- Chandra, assisted by the Monkey King ulously saved from the prosecutions of Hanuman, vanquish Ravana. the tyrant of Mathura. tected by the serpent king, over the river Jamuna, and exchangedhim in Gokula for a girl which Yasuda had just borne to the cow- THE AVATARS. 473 herd, Nanda. Kansa seized at once the girl baby, but before hecould kill her she raised herself into the air, explained to the wrath-ful king that Krishna had been saved, and disappeared in the formof lightning. Kansa now decided to have all the babies in his em-pire killed, but Krishna escaped again. A demon nurse was sentto poison him with her venomous milk, but he bit and killed her,while his stepfather decided to remove to a more distant country inorder to escape the continued hostilities of the king. Krishna slewthe huge serpent, Kali-naga, overcame the giant Shishoo-polu,killed the monster bird that tried to peck out his eyes, and also amalignant wild ass. He burnt the entrails of the alligator-shaped ^^€... Krishna, the Favorite of the Country Lasses of Gokula.(Reproduced from Coleman.) Peck-Assoort who had devoured him, and choked Aghi-Assoor, thedragon who attempted to swallow him. When Krishna had grownto youth he became the favorite of the lasses of Gokula. When heplayed the flute every one of the dancing girls believed that theswain whom she embraced was Krishna himself. He fell in lovewith the country girl Radha, the story of which is sung in the Jag-adevas poem, Gitagovinda. He protected the cowherds againststorm and fire, and finally marched against Kansa, killed him andtook possession of his throne. 474 THE OPEN COURT. Krishna plays also a prominent part in the Mahabharata, theIliad of the Hindus, which describes the war between the Kurusand the Pandus,^ both descendants of Bharata and both grand-
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