Week 11 Story: Destiny Awaits You

Destiny Awaits You

Krishna kills King Kamsa from Wikipedia

Many years ago, in Mathura, there lived a King named Kamsa. The people of Mathura were unhappy with the King and lived a very dreadful life. King Kamsa destroyed anything or anyone that would threaten him or Mathura. But his destiny was awaiting him.

King Kamsa had a cousin sister name Devaki. She recently got married to a man named Vasudev. While arranging their marriage, the universe told King Kamsa that Devaki's eighth child would bring misfortune to him. Hearing this, King Kamsa was enraged and decided to kill them right then and there. But seeing that it was his family, he decided to not kill them. Instead, King Kamsa imprisoned Devaki and her husband.

King Kamsa was aware each time Devaki gave birth to a child. As evil-minded as he was, he decided to kill every one of the babies she produced to be cautious. This brought so much grief to Devaki and Vasudev. On the night the eighth child was born, Kamsa knew that his time had come.

That night Vasudev, guided by his intuition, left Mathura with baby Krishna. As he stepped out of the cell, he noticed that all the guards were fast asleep. As he reached the waters of the Yamuna, he wondered how he would cross the raging waters. Immediately a majestic serpent came out of the water. The serpent protected Vasudev and baby Krishna across the waters to the village of Gokul. Here a woman named Yashoda just gave birth to a baby girl that night. Vasudev replaced baby Maya with baby Krishna and left Gokul.

Upon return to Mathura, he placed baby Maya next to Devaki. Within a few moments, King Kamsa entered the cell and beamed with cynicism seeing the eighth child. He immediately picked the child up, but before tried to kill baby Maya, she fell out of his hands. Startled, he looked up to see the mighty Goddess Durga appear in front of him. She spoke words of wisdom and truth.

“King Kamsa! You undermined me because I am a woman. Nonetheless, you cannot run away from your destiny”.

Goddess Durga disappeared and King Kamsa, Devaki, and Vasudev were left in the prison cell. King Kamsa knew he would not be able to outwit his own destiny.

Author’s Note: I really enjoyed watching the story of Krishna and found the theme of destiny to be fascinating. So, I retold the story of King Kamsa running away from his destiny be killing all the children of Devaki and Vasudev.

Krishna Part A by Epified 

Comments

  1. Hi Aarushi, this was a fun story to read! I enjoyed the perspective from King Kamsa as it made me feel like I could understand what the antagonist of the story was going through. The focus on him rather than the original protagonists of the source material made for a unique and interesting take on this tale. The writing felt natural and I didn't get the feeling that you had to force elements into the plot or rush the ending.

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  2. Hi Aarushi! I loved reading your retelling of this part of Krishna's tale. I myself was also fascinated by this story, especially what Devaki and Vasudev must have been going through. I also think a retelling in which Kamsa realizes the error of his ways and changes so that Krishna doesn't have to kill him would make a great story.

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