Week 13 Reading: Shri Krishna of Dwarka Part B

For this week’s reading diary, I chose to read Part B of Shri Krishna of Dwarka re-told by C. A. Kincaid. In Chapter 8: The Syamantaka Jewel, I thought that it was interesting that Krishna didn’t think Satrajit, a “mere noble,” was worthy of the Syamantaka necklace. It was quite sudden that just as soon as the evil Prasena put on the jewel he was killed and then the same thing happened to the evil lion. These stories are always so entertaining. For one, the nursery rhyme was so cute:
"Baby Bear! Baby Bear! The jewel is yours to keep and wear. For he who would take the lovely thing must first fight Daddy, the great Bear King!"

Next, it was quite humorous to me that the Bear King Jambavat and Krisha struggled against one another for 22 days. After all of the business about Krishna’s importance in Part A of Shri Krishna of Dwarka, I can’t believe that people actually thought his end had came from his want for a necklace but then I remembered that he was not fighting for the necklace but for his own clean reputation, which is why he returned that necklace he fought so hard for to Satrajit.

It is so strange to me that all of the characters’ first reaction is usually to kill. Satrajit merely gave his daughter’s hand in marriage to Krishna as a thank you gift (this was normal at this time) and all of the sudden everyone wanted to kill him because they also wanted his daughter… and they did kill him. 

Here is a comic cover that shows Krishna fighting for the Syamantaka necklace. 

Source: ExoticIndiaArt.com.