Showing posts with label Satyaki. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Satyaki. Show all posts

Wednesday, 24 May 2017

Krishna and Satyaki insult each other

Krishna smiled and said I am aware of your valor. I want to hear from you. I know you fought with Karna once and then had to flee. You fought Drona and there too you fled. Bhurisharava would have killed you, if Arjuna had not intervened. You killed Bhurishrava when he was nearly dead, with his hands cut off. You are not fit to be a hero. Go elsewhere and set your own clan.

All who heard this wondered. Satyaki was very dear to Krishna. How could Krishna say this to him?

Satyaki had been drinking. He started shivering in rage. He said - How dare you talk to me thus? You think no one knows off your great deeds? You knew of the attack on the sons of Pandavas thus you told them to sleep elsewhere. You used cunning methods to win the battle, and then you sit, praised by all. You are s shrewd person, a sinner. You grew up among the cow herds of Vrindavana and are thus known as Gopala. You have become proud. How could you insult me? When Yudhistira performed the Rajsuya sacrifice, Bhishma suggested that you be worshiped. Many kings protested. You did not say anything. I even doubt your parentage. Vasudeva Vasudeva had gone to attend the swayamvara of the daughter of the king, Devak. Your father, seeing her, captured and took her away forcibly. Your father was attacked by the other suitors. My father helped Vasudeva escape. Somdatta was a person was defeated. He had then prayed to avenge the insult and Bhurishrava was born.
Pandavas are dear to you. You brought about their downfall.It is because of you, that they lost their dear ones.

Friday, 27 January 2017

Bhurishrava dies

With his hands cut off, Bhurishrava fainted. Regaining consciousness, he said to Arjuna - Shame on you. You cut off my hands in an unfair manner. I was fighting Satyaki. Why did you interfere? You will go to hell for this.
Arjuna was ashamed.
Krishna said - Do not fear Arjuna. Bhurishrava talks of fair war. What did he do when Abhimanyu was killed by unfair means?
Bhurishrava said Krishna, I know no one as evil as you.
He then realized he was cursing the Lord and kept quiet.
He then said I will not go anywhere cursing the Lord.
Krishna said Leave all ill will aside and go off to Vaikuntha.

Bhurishrava sat quietly. Satyaki, seeing his enemy, sitting on the ground, jumped with a sword in his hand.

He cut off Bhurishrava's head. The kauravas seeing this started showering arrows at Satyaki. Satyaki them jumped on his chariot and began fighting.

Wednesday, 25 January 2017

Bhurishrava catches Satyaki

While Arjuna had gone to look for Jayadratha, Yudhistira was worried. Finding no one, he asked Satyaki to lead the battle.

Satyaki went inside the formation and started killing warriors. The king Bhurishrava, seeing this came and attacked Satyaki. Satyaki cut off the arrows of Bhurishrava.
Bhurisharava asked Satyaki to come down on the ground and fight.
Satyaki jumoed down and both started fighting with their swords.

Krishna saw this and asked Arjuna to help Satyaki. He said Bhurishrava has caught Satyaki by his hair and is about to cut off his head.

Arjuna then aimed arrows at Bhurishrava, cutting off his hands.

Janmajeya asked Satyaki was able to defeat all, but how was he easily overcome by Bhurishrava? 

Monday, 25 April 2016

Balarama hears of the defeat of the Yadava army

Balarama decided to enter the battle when a messenger came to him. The messenger said Subhadra was controlling the chariot and Arjuna was fighting. No one was able to withstand the might of his arrows. The messenger also told Balarama that the chariot belonged to Krishna and Daruka, was in the chariot, tied up.

Balarama then realized that this was all Krishna's doing. Krishna then came there, and in anger, Balarama did not look at Krishna.

Krishna asked what was the matter. Krishna said Arjuna had borrowed the chariot and how was he to know that Arjuna would kidnap Subhadra. Also the chariot is being driven by Subhadra, so why blame me or Daruka.

The messenger asked what he was to do next.

Krishna said he was aware of Arjuna's skill and no one would be able to win over him. It was correct within the kshatriyas to forcibly carry over women and marry them. Is Subhadra was against this, she would not have helped Arjuna, by driving the chariot. If something happened to Arjuna, Subhadra would kill herself. Let a nice sweet person go, talk to Arjuna. That person will bring Arjuna over and Subhadra would married to him as per the rites.

Balarama said Do what you want to do.  Satyaki, go and get Arjuna over. 

Monday, 11 April 2016

Krishna reaches heaven

Narada then said, Narakasura, the evil son of Prithivi (Earth) had stolen the earrings of Aditi, mother of Gods, along with many other valuables from heaven. Narada asked Krishna to first go and kill Narakasura.
Krishna, along with Satyabhama, went first where Naraka lived, and in a fight, Naraka was killed.
Sixteen thousand maidens had been held prisoner by Narakasura. Krishna freed them and then married all of them.
Then he returned the earrings of Aditi, and resumed his journey towards Indra's captital, Amaravati. In the garden, he saw the Parijata tree. Krishna asked Satyaki to fetch the tree. When Satyaki went there, he was confronted by the guards guarding the tree. Satyaki told them to tell Indra that they had come to get the tree.
The guards went to Indra and told him that a few people had come on top of Garuda and wanted to take away the parijata tree.
Angry, Indra with his thunderbolt in his hand, went to fight Krishna. Indra's wife. Sachi, said she would come along to see the fight.

Climbing on top of the elephant, his mount, accompanied by a friend, Jayadeva and his son Jayanta and his wife, Indra set forth for the place where Krishna was.