Pallavi Hota

Mahabharata is an ancient Indian epic about the brothers, Pandavas and kauravas. It describes the battle between them in the Kurukshetra war for the throne of Hastinapura. It is an epic tale that combines war, religion, philosophy and Hindu history. Following is a story from “The Mahabharata.” In Mahabharata, Bhishmacharya addresses Lord Krishna as ‘Damodara sahah’ which means Lord Damodara - the one who is very tolerant. In Mahabharata, the Lord is called by many names such as Krishna and Vasudeva repeatedly, but the word Damodara is used only in 2 or 3 instances. One such instance is related to the birth of Sishupala, Lord Krishna’s cousin. When Sishupala was born he had three eyes and 4 hands. And as soon as he was born, he screamed and brayed. His parents were scared and they wanted to abandon him. However at that time there was a celestial voice which spoke, “Do not abandon this child. He will be very superior in strength and power and a very fortunate person. You can’t slay him now. That person who will slay him is already born.” Then his mother folded her hands and asked the corporeal voice, “Please tell me who will slay my son.” The voice replied, “When your son sees that person, his additional eye will disappear and when you keep the son on the lap of that person his additional two hands will fall off. That person will be the killer of your son.” This news spread across like wildfire and when kings of different provinces heard about this, they were astonished and they came to see the child. When they came, Sishupala’s mother kept the child on their lap to see if the eyes and hands were disappearing. Even after thousands of kings saw the child and put him on their lap, the change which the celestial voice said did not happen. One day Lord Krishna and Balarama visited Sishupala’s place to see the child. As soon as the child was placed on&nbsp;Lord Krishna’s lap, the additional eye and the additional two arms disappeared. Then Sishupala’s mother became anxious and asked, “Please forgive all the offences of my son Sishupala for my sake.” The Lord was called by the name Damodara here. He was addressed by this name because He tolerated all the offences of Sishupala till Sishupala’s time came in the Rajasuya sacrifice, a yagna performed by ancient kings to be declared the King of Kings, which was done by Maharaja Yudhishtira. Lord Krishna slaughtered Sishupala’s throat with his chakra after his deeds became intolerable.

This is a story of Krishna and Sishupala.

Lord Damodar and Sishupala’s deliverance

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arjun

karna

dhritarashtra

pandavas

duryodhan

Shibi

dronacharya

ashwatthama

draupadi

kauravas

eklavya

Pandu

gandhari

bheem

gatotkach

hidimba

shakuni

Sishupala

Shantanu

bishma pitamah

drona

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sishupala stories

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Lord Damodar and Sishupala’s deliverance

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