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Week 11 Story: Makhan Chor

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In the village of Yumana lived a woman named Yashoda who had received a unique child from the gods. The child, whose name is Krishna, had supernatural powers and was talented beyond any other child in the village. He was placed in Yashodas bed the night Krishna was born to protect him from his enemies. Yashoda thinks that she is the birth mother of Krishna but does not understand where all his power is coming from. Little does Yashoda know that she is raising a gifted avatar. Krishna was just a boy when he started to realize his talents and started using them to stir up trouble. He was always getting yelled at by the villagers to stop his nonsense, and sometimes they would even go as far as returning him to his mother. Yashoda did not know what to do about her son's playful demeanor. Krishna felt as though this was just harmless fun that older people did not understand. One day he decided that he wanted to try a new prank out by stealing butter from female workers and see if th...

Reading Notes, Krishna Part A

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-Krishna had enemy's before he was ever born that tried to keep him from being born - Kunti gave birth to Indra's son Arjuna, the same day as the birth of Krishna -Kansa was an evil ruler and was told from a boom in the sky that the eight children born from his cousin Devaki and his wife Vasudev would slay him -Kansa was mad and tried to kill his cousin and her husband, but she begged him to spare them - He put them in prison and decided to kill their eight children instead; he later decided to kill all of Devaki's children a total of six -When Devaki was pregnant with her seventh child, a goddess transported the child into the womb of Radhini, Vasuduvs first wife. -Krishna was born, and the child could not be harmed -Vasudev was told by a voice to go the Yamuna -Kansa had a horrible dream about his fate -The little girl Mya turned out to be a form of Durga -Durga told Kasma that his slayer was safe somewhere far away -Yashoda was very confused because she though...