The Pandav Princes by Wallace Gandy
This week, I am finishing reading The Pandav Princes by Wallace Gandy. Last week, I was unable to read more than one part of the story so this week I plan on finishing the next three parts this week. At the beginning of this section, A Fatal Passion, Sisupala (king of Chedi) went on and on about how Krishna should not receive any honor because he is neither "a priest, preceptor, king nor chief." At this, Krishna took no offense and basically forgave Sisupala even after all of his insults. He said that Sisupala is one of his own, because he is the son of one of the daughters of his own race. He goes on to talk about how Sisupala burnt down Krishna's seaport of Dwarka. Sisupala was not a good man. He did many wrongs to many people. After some time, Krishna took his mighty discus and severed Sisupala's head. Many people took this as a sign that Sisupala's sins and wrongdoings had been washed away. He was pure again. Yudhishthira ordered Sisupala's last rites to be completed with full regal honors. I have a cool idea to write a story based on this short scene from the book. I am thinking about writing a short story where Krishna explains all of Sisupala's wrongdoings and then as he is going to finish him with his discus, something happens to Sisupala's body. Instead of his head cutting off, I was planning on writing about how his body sort of floated into the air. His body went back in time and he fixed all of his wrongdoings.
(Krishna kills Sisupala. Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Bibliography. The Pandav Princes, Wallace Gandy. (1915)
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