Who killed Muchukunda?
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Who killed Muchukunda?
The person on whom Muchukunda’s gaze falls is doomed to instantaneous death. Kalayavan in a fit of anger and unable to see in the dark attacks Muchukunda mistaking him to be Krishna. When Muchukunda opens his eyes, his gaze falls on Kalayavan who is immediately burnt to death.
Who killed Kalyawan?
Kalayavan, the great Yavana warrior king, was killed by Muchukunda’s gaze in the Indian epic Mahābhārata. Kalayavan was undefeated and unmatched in battle due to a boon, but he was also merciless and cruel.
Who was Kalyavan in previous birth?
According to the Vishnu Purana and Harivamsa, Kālayavana was a Yavana king. He was the partial incarnation of Krodha. The legend goes like this: Jarasandha, Kansa’s father-in-law, and the ruler of Magadha attacks Mathura seventeen times but is beaten by Krishna every time.
What is Kalyavan boon?
Kalyavan was given a boon by Lord Shiva to never be defeated on the battlefield. Kalyavan, with his large army, attacked Mathura. However Krishna and his brother Balaram had already established a new kingdom in the eastern sea named Dvaraka.
Why Krishna did not save Abhimanyu?
He had been humiliated by the Pandavas earlier. He performed severe penance and sought Shiva’s boon due to which he could stall any army single-handed but without Arjuna and Krishna only. Hence, he trapped Abhimanyu. However, Abhimanyu caused great destruction to the Kaurava army before sacrificing himself.
Why is Krishna called ranchod?
Lord Krishna is said to have several names each gained from his different Leelas. One such name that he has been given is ‘Ranchod’ which is derived from two different words namely ‘Ran’ which means war and ‘chod’ which means to leave. Hence the meaning of Ranchod is the one who ran away from the battlefield.
Why did Krishna run from Kalyavan?
If lord Krishna wanted he could easily kill kalyavan but if he had done so it would be a disrespect to lord Shiva as he had granted the boon of being undefeated to kalyavan. So in order to respect lord Shiva he didn’t kill kalyavan and ran away from the battlefield knowing that demon would follow him.
How old was Abhimanyu when he married Uttara?
Since Pandavas wanted to have an ongoing relationship with king Virata, they agreed to fix the marriage of Abhimanyu with Virata’s daughter Uttara, when he was just a teenager (16-18 year old). Actually, in those days the custom of early marriage was not prevalent.
Who was more powerful Ram or Krishna?
Both had equal powers and chivalry because they both were incarnation of sheshnaga in his human form and both possessed nearly same qualities of heart and body- be it extreme anger, show of power , extreme love for ram and krishna in respective cases and so on.
Why did Lord Krishna not save Abhimanyu?
Shri Krishna is not Supreme God that’s why he could not save his nephew Abhimanyu from death during the Mahabharat. In Mahabharata, it is said that all five Pandavas were so big warriors that they could defeat the whole world, but they failed to save their own son Abhimanyu.
