. The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day . A demon nurse was sent to poi-son him with her venomous milk, but he bit and killedher, while his stepfather decided to remove to a more dis-tant country in order to escape the continued hostilitiesof the king. Krishna slew the huge serpent, Kali-naga,overcame the giant Shishoo-polu, killed the monster birdthat tried to peck outhis eyes, and also amalignant wild also burnt theentrails of the alli-gator-shaped Peck-Assoort who haddevoured him, andchoked Aghi-Assoor,the dragon who at-tempted to s
. The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day . A demon nurse was sent to poi-son him with her venomous milk, but he bit and killedher, while his stepfather decided to remove to a more dis-tant country in order to escape the continued hostilitiesof the king. Krishna slew the huge serpent, Kali-naga,overcame the giant Shishoo-polu, killed the monster birdthat tried to peck outhis eyes, and also amalignant wild also burnt theentrails of the alli-gator-shaped Peck-Assoort who haddevoured him, andchoked Aghi-Assoor,the dragon who at-tempted to swallowhim. When Krishnahad grown to 3-outhhe became the favor-ite of the lasses ofGokula. When hepla3ed the flute everyone of the dancing girls believed that the swain whomshe embraced was Krishna himself. He fell in love withthe country girl Radha, the story of which is sung in theJagadevas poem, Gitagovinda. He protected the cow-herds against storm and fire, and finally marched againstKansa, killed him and took possession of his throne. Krishna plays also a prominent part in the Mahab-. Krishna Nursed by an old and richly-colored Hindu paint-ing. (Reproduced from Moores Hindu Pantheon,plate, 59.) 88 THE HISTORY OF THE DEVIL. harata, the Iliad of the Hindus, which describes the warbetween the Kurus and the Pandus,* both descendants ofBharata and both grandchildren of Vj^asa. Dhritarashtra,the father of the Kurus, was king of Hastinapur, but be-ing blind, Bhishma, his uncle, reigned in his a test of the faculties of the young princes, in which the Pandu Arjuna, the skilledbowman and the Hindu Tell,showed himself superior to allthe others, the oldest Pandu-prince, Yudhishthira, was in-stalled as heir apparent. TheKurus, however, who man-aged to remain in power, triedto burn the Pandus, but theyescaped and lived for sometime in the disguise of men-dicant Brahmans. Having al-lied themselves, by marriagewith Draupadi,! the daughterof Drupada, king of Pancha
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