Kl05. Kamsa's Fear Of Death Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

KRISHNA LEELA

Vasudeva back in jail,
With the Yasoda's baby girl,
Found every thing normal,
As if it was just a miracle.

The guards heard the cry,
Of a new born girl baby,
Kamsa heard them tell.
And felt he was in hell.

He rushed to the spot,
His blood became hot,
Like a hungry tiger wild
That pounced on a child.

"My dear brother, listen,
This is a girl, not male one
For your death the cause
The old prophecy it was."

"You killed all my children,
The new born, one by one.
As your gift to your sister,
Let her live as my daughter."

Devaki begged and shed tears,
But it went into his deaf ears,
As a heartless demon wild,
He snatched the crying child.

Her two legs he held tight
And against a stone he hit.
Slipping from his hands two,
Up on the sky she flew.

In eight arms she held,
A disc, a lance, a shield,
A sword, a disc, a club, an arrow,
A conch shell and a bow.

She told Kamsa from the sky,
What for she was born and why?
She warned him of the killer child,
Born somewhere in the world.

This fatal warning he heard,
For his death near he feared,
He released them from prison,
And begged for their pardon.

His demon friends, in turn,
Told him to kill every new born,
To make sure there was none,
Anywhere to finish him then.

Orders he issued to capture,
All saintly persons to torture,
And also to kill the new born,
His present enemies sworn.

More sins he did out of fear,
As he foresaw his death near.
Spies everywhere he sent,
And sleepless nights he spent.