Week 14 Extra Reading: Tales of Ancient India: Krishna and the Gods, Part A

Baby Krishna
Source: Wikimedia

I think it's interesting how in traditional stories, there is always a prophecy so that an evil being wants to kill the child. We see it with Krishna, Zues, Jesus, and I'm sure so many others that are simply not coming to mind. Because of these situations, innocents always suffer. I think it is interesting though how the baby girl is almost killed in Krishna's place, but is saved at the last moment. Krishna's parents were willing to kill an innocent baby for their own child. Yes, Krishna is a god, but they made that judgment call to have an innocent killed because of them and their son.

What if she hadn't flown up into the air? How does Krishna feel that he was a totally aware an capable being (he told his parents where to take him), but he let innocent children die in his place? For Zeus, his brothers and sisters were alive and able to be saved. For Jesus, the New Testament god is a pretty hands off guy. It would be uncharacteristic and seemingly against the code of free will if he waved a hand and all the children killed in Jesus' place were saved. However, the Indian gods are always interfering, and yet the story says Kans was killing children to try and stop Krishna.

Krishna's Birth. Cox. Tales of Ancient India: Krishna and the Indian Gods(1891)