One day, Aghasur, the younger brother of Bakasur, took the form of a very big python. He opened his giant mouth and lay on a road in Vrindavan. He was very angry at the killing of his brother. He intended to take the revenge of his death from Krishna. When Krishna and the gopas reached […]
When Krishna was three years old, he became very stubborn. He now started insisting that like the other gopas, he would also take his cattle for grazing in the fields along with Balrama. His family did not like this but at last, his father agreed to this and allowed him and Balrama to take the
Maya Danava was the king of demons. His son, Vyoma, was a close friend of Kans. He wished for the goodwill of his dear friend. So, he decided to visit Vrindavan and kill Nanda’s son, Krishna and all his gopa friends. He took the form of a gopa child and went to play with Krishna
One day, Baka, a demon of Kans, took the form of a giant crane and visited Vrindavan. He sat near a river. When the gopas along with Krishna took their cattle near the river to quench their thirst, they were frightened to see the giant crane of the size of a mountain. The gopas started
The demons of the cruel Kans had started to visit Gokul frequently, trying to kill little Krishna and to trouble the Gokul residents. They caused great damage to the life and property of the Gokul residents. Everyone was worried about the repeated visits of the demons. The two Arjuna trees at the gate of Nanda
One day, Krishna was playing with his brother Balrama at home. Just then, a street vendor reached their gate. He was carrying a fruit basket over her head and calling out people to buy fruit. Krishna heard his voice and hurriedly ran towards the gate to see the street vendor. He was attracted by juicy
There were two little mules. They loved to roam about in the corn fields. Whenever they would be hungry, they would feed on the corn. Then they would play around in the fields. They were happy living a free life. One day, as they were roaming around, they came to a huge meadow. The elder
One day, mother Yashoda got fed up with Krishna’s mischievous behaviour. She angrily decided to tie Krishna to a mortar. She took a rope and started tying Krishna but the rope was short. So, she took another one but unfortunately it was short too. She tried many ropes but none could perfectly tie Krishna to
One day, mother Yashoda sent all the servants for the preparation of Indra Yagya. She herself was busy in churning curd. While she was busy with her work, little Krishna woke up from his sleep and started crying loudly. Yashoda put the curd aside and held her son in her arms. She started feeding him
The gopas were a tribe of holy shepherds living in Gokul. Nanda and Yashoda were their king and queen respectively. The female shepherds or the wives of the gopas were called gopis. All the gopis had a great attraction for little Krishna. They knew that Krishna dearly loved butter and curd. So, the gopis would
One day, little Krishna was playing with the gopas, his shepherd friends. He suddenly saw the mud on the ground and was attracted towards it. He hid from his friends and ate some of the mud. But, unfortunately, the gopas saw him and complained to mother Yashoda about his behaviour. Yashoda held a long stick
Kans was horrified after hearing that his killer had been born in Gokul. He sent his demons in different parts of Gokul to kill all new-born babies. One of these demons was Trinavart. He reached Nanda’s place where Yashoda was carrying little Krishna in her lap. Suddenly, the weight of the baby became so heavy
Some thousand years ago, Kans the cruel king of Mathura was travelling with her sister Devki. Suddenly, he heard a voice from the heavens stating that one of Devki’s son would be an incarnation of Lord Vishnu and he would kill him one day. So, he put Devki and her husband Vasudeva in prison. Kans
There was a farmer who had many animals. Among them was a black hen. She would go around the yard, clucking around, searching for insects and grains. One day, she did not come out of her nest under the guava tree. The farmer called out to her, but she said, “Master, I am ill today
One evening, a bull was grazing with his friends near a forest. When the sun set, his friends called out to him to go home. But the bull did not listen. When the bull stopped grazing, the moon and the stars were shining in the sky. He noticed a pair of eyes looking at him