Reading Notes: Krishna Krishna, Part B

(The cover of the "Krishna Krishna" audio book. 
Screenshot by me, Hannah Mulder)
  • Part B
    • Jarasandha Provoked
      • Krishna became a politician.
      • Jarasandha planned to attack Mathura.
      • Krishna and Balarama went to scope out a new weapon, the boomerang.
    • The Retreat of Jarasandha
      • Jarasandha made it to Mathura just to find out Krishna was gone.
      • Krishna trained the Pravarshana Hills people for war.
      • Krishna planned to move the people of Mathura to Dwaraka, an island.
      • Jarasandha went to Dwaraka for war but surrendered because of the threat of the new boomerang weapons.
    • Destination Dwaraka
      • The landscape of Dwaraka was described in this chapter.
      • Narada laid out all the things that needed to be changed on the island before there could be inhibitors, but Krishna already had plans of his own for the new city.
    • Rukmini's Wedding
      • Rukmini is the daughter of Bhishmaka, the king of Vidarbha.
      • Rukmini wanted to marry Krishna.
      • Rukmi, Rukmini's brother, was a follower of Jarasandha.
      • Rukmi was following Jarasandha's orders to ruin his marriage with Krishna with the incentive of becoming king after Jarasandha.
      • Krishna of course had plans to counteract Jarasandha's plans.
      • Jarasandha and Kalayavana were planning to attack Mathura again, so Krishna finally migrated the people of Mathura to Dwaraka.
      • Rukmini voluntarily got kidnapped by Krishna.
      • Rukmi caught up with the runaway couple. Krishna won the fight. Meanwhile Jarasandha and his army were marching to invade Mathura.
    • The End of Jarasandha
      • Krishna deeply supported love in young minds, no matter what the circumstances were.
      • Kalayavana was stopped by Krishna before he got to Mathura. He was shocked at his findings of Mathura.
      • Jarasandha found out about the ruins of Mathura.
      • It was Jarasandha's destiny to die at the hands of Bheema.
      • Jarasandha chose to wrestle Bheema, and after a while of wrestling Jarasandha died.
    • Draupadi's Swayamvara
      • Draupadi was a wife of the Pandavas.
      • Krishna and Draupadi had a talk about love, and Krishna confronted Draupadi that he only loved her as a sister.
      • Draupadi insisted on marrying the master-archer.
      • Yudhishthira was in love with Draupadi.
      • Kunti asked the brother to share Draupadi as a wife.
      • Krishna set up Duryodhana convincing him that Draupadi would marry him if he won the contest.
      • All this was before the fall of Jarasandha.


Bibliography: Krishna Krishna by Indira Parthasarathy. No Web Source. Bought on Kindle.

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