Reading: Krishna Part B


Krishna and the Syamantaka Sun Stone



Krishna marries the Bear King's daughter,
Jambavati
http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2015/12/reading-guide-kincaid-krishna-chapter-8.html

 The more we talk about Krishna, the more I like him. There are many things that I have to say that I disagree with (more than one wife) but as a whole image I imagine this epic character to be one of commendable qualities. Krishna actually reminds me quite a bit of Beowulf. There can't be any possibility that I am the only person who has considered the parallels in both epics. In chapter 8, Krishna much fight the Bear King to retrieve the Syamantaka jewel-  a radiant stone gifted by the son god, Surya. Our hero fights a battle with this bear that lasts 21 days, until the beard asks to be spared. (The bear is hungry and tried.) All the while, Krishna's attendants were at the mouth of the cave, awaiting for his return. They feared the worst (without going to check) and assumed that their champion had perished in search of this coveted stone. Funeral rites were performed and my favorite line from this chapter follows:
"They had just finished the rites and were about to return sadly to their homes when the eastern sky was lit up with such a radiance that, although the sun was sinking in the West, the mourners thought that another sun was rising in the East."
Krishna had with him a woman, Jambavati, the Bear King's daughter and the hero's new bride. What a glorious tale. I enjoy these so very much.






Bibliography: C. A. Kincaid (1920) 

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