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Krishna, Defender of Dharma
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The first story in the fourth section of this book is about
the great battle of Kurukshetra. In this battle, the feud between the Pandavas and Kauravas comes to a violent
conclusion. Krishna gives aid to Yudhishthira by providing him guidance and
wisdom about the coming battle. Krishna also gives guidance to Arjuna and other
Pandavas in order to be successful in battle. After all of the fighting was
done, the vast majority of both families had been slain in battle. One of the
big things that stuck out to me about all of this was how Krishna spoke about
the ideas of Dharma and Adharma. Dharma is essentially the idea that justice
and righteousness will always prevail but only when people do what is
necessary, even if it means doing something that doesn’t normally seem right. It
makes me think of the phrase, “little evil for greater good.”
The second story in this section is about the finality of
the Yadu dynasty. After the war of the Pandavas and the Kauravas was over,
peace had spread all over the land. Dwarka had been affected by this as well
but not in a good way. The warriors of this new peaceful era had grown lazy and
arrogant and became complacent. A curse placed on Krishna set off a series of
events that led to Krishna himself killing everyone while on their way to a
ritual Krishna knew that the time had come for him to return to heaven and for
the city of Dwarka to be reclaimed by the sea. To me, this story is about the
finality of all things, even things that are good. One of the things that stuck
out to me was how in peace, everyone had become arrogant and complacent. To me
it shows that justice and righteousness often have to be fought for and earned.
I very much enjoyed reading this graphic novel. It provided colorful
and interesting illustrations to add to everything that I was reading about the
life of Krishna.
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