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CHAPTER-4

        Kamsa having heard about the birth of Krishna became 
overwhelmed with fear and anger  and decided to send evil forces to 
kill him. Poothana, who has power of maya, was sent by him to gokula 
and she entered while everyone was asleep, taking the form of 
Yasodha, and started breastfeeding Krishna who sucked her life along 
with milk In Bhagavatha we find detailed description of the Poothana 
episode which mentions her killing newborn babies everywhere and 
assuming the form of a high born woman which impressed everyone in 
gokula including Rohini and she is said to have offered her poisonous 
breast to Krishna. But in the work of Desika the devotional element 
reigns supreme rather than the narrative details.

        Hearing the shouts of Poothana and the crying of Krishna 
Yasodha came running  and grasped  Krishna, 'sasambhramaavegamupethya 
bheethaathamagrheeth durgraham aagammaanaam.' He is durgraha not 
easily graspable even by aagamaas, ie.vedas and Yasodha grasped Him 
so easily.

        Nanda also came there and was relieved to see that no harm 
was done to the child. Poothana  fell down dead assuming her real 
form and the the gopas cut her large body into pieces and threw them 
at the outskirts of the city to be eaten by carnivorous animals. Then 
they put on Krishna, the goptha,the protector of all, an ornament, to 
ward off the evil effects of the planets, consisting of the 
miniatures of Panchaayudha of Narayana, namely sudarsana, the disc, 
paanchajanya, the conch, saarnga, the bow,koumodhaki, the mace and 
nandhaki, the sword, which in tamil is called aimpadaithaali 

        Desika while describimg the Poothana episode says, 'Sthanyena 
krishnah saha poothanaayaah praanaan papau lupthapunarbhvaayaah.' 
Krishna drank her life along with milk as a result of which she 
attained the state of immortality, lupthapunarbhava. It  itself is a 
wonder,  that  to one who gave poison, the Lord repaid with the 
purushaarthapradhaana, that is moksha, which is attainable only 
through bhakthi.

        Yet there is another wonder mentioned by Desika,'yadhadbutham 
bhaavayathaam janaanaam sthanandhayathvam na punarbabhoova.'  Those 
who contemplate on Krishna sucking the breast of Poothana never again 
lapse back into the state of shanadhyaithva, suckling infant. That is 
they are not born again. Appayya dikshitha commenting on this says 
that it is against thatkrathunyaya, the principle called thatkrathu , 
mentioned in the aaranyaka portion of the vedas that by thinking of 
something one becomes that. This is further elaborated in a later 
chapter which we shall see when we come to it.
        One more leela of Krishna as an infant is described by 
Desika. Once Yasodha placed him near a cart  and he started crying 
and His feet hit the cart and the moutaunous cart fell into pieces 
with a  great sound. The sakatasura who came to kill Krishna was 
destroyed. Bhagavatha does not mention sakatasura but simply desribes 
the cart overladen with food toppling over when Krishna kicked at it 
and Yasodha and others hazened there hearing the great sound and didi 
not believe the words of the children that Krishna did it. But in 
Yadhvaabhyudhaya and Narayaneeyam we find Sakatasura mentioned and in 
Narayaneeyam the poet describes how even the dust of the sakatasura 
in the form of cartwheel was not to be found and ascribes it to the 
effect of the sarirasambandha of tha Lord. Desika says that Yasodha 
touched the lotus like foot of Krishna to see whether it was 
hurt.'Yadhrcchayothkshipthapadhe kumaare sailopalakshye 
sakatenirasthe  sarojagarbhopamasoukumaaryam pasparsa 
thathpaadhathalam yasodha.'








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