Everyone
looked sideways at an old but still extremely well built royalty. The grand
patriarch Bhisma was speaking:
‘Jarasandha knows the might of
Bhisma too well and would never dare to pick up a fight. But hear me O King,
the issue is not Jarasandha.’
‘Then what it is about, Sire?’
–Dhritarashtra reverentially asked.
‘The fact of the matter is that’,
Bhisma continued, ‘I have been closely keeping a track of the course of events
in Mathura and Vrindavan. Right after his birth Shrikrishna has been
manifesting divine powers - accomplishing impossible deeds, which can be done
only by almighty God or his incarnation. As a child he has killed several
ferocious demons with great ease.’
To many
courtiers, these revelations came as a surprise. But Vidur seemed to be aware
of most of these and he nodded approvingly as if to register his agreement.
Bhisma continued,
‘Even Lord Brahma and Indra, the
king of the heavens, are convinced Shrikrishna is the incarnation of Lord
Vishnu. Both had gone for a confrontation with the child Shrikrishna and learnt
lessons the hard way. At the end they had to seek his forgiveness…’
Bhisma paused
for a while before he resumed,
‘I am sure he does not need any protection from us. On the contrary,
he has descended on the earth to protect dharma and the virtuous.’
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