Krishna's Death
“After Balarama's departure, Krishna is alone, his purpose complete, his time approaching. He sits in meditation beneath a tree, peaceful and accepting, knowing that the time has come. A hunter named Jara, searching for deer, mistakes Krishna's foot for a deer and shoots an arrow. The arrow strikes Krishna, and as he accepts the wound with peace, he knows that this is the fulfillment of Gandhari's curse—that he would be killed by a hunter, that his clan would be destroyed, and that his time would come. With profound acceptance and reverence, Krishna departs from the world, completing his divine purpose, fulfilling the curse with dignity, and leaving behind a legacy of wisdom, love, and divine grace. This is a transcendent departure, a divine completion, a moment of profound reverence.”
Contains: death, mature themes, tragic content, divine departure, arrow wound
Story Summary
After Balarama's departure, Krishna is alone, his purpose complete, his time approaching. He sits in meditation beneath a tree, peaceful and accepting, knowing that the time has come. A hunter named Jara, searching for deer in the forest, sees Krishna's foot from a distance and mistakes it for a deer. He shoots an arrow, and the arrow strikes Krishna. As Krishna accepts the wound with peace, he knows that this is the fulfillment of Gandhari's curse—that he would be killed by a hunter, that his clan would be destroyed, and that his time would come. With profound acceptance and reverence, Krishna departs from the world, completing his divine purpose, fulfilling the curse with dignity, and leaving behind a legacy of wisdom, love, and divine grace. Jara, realizing his mistake, is filled with horror and grief, but Krishna, in his final moments, comforts him, showing that even in death, there is compassion, that even in departure, there is grace. This is a transcendent departure, a divine completion, a moment of profound reverence—the death of Krishna, the fulfillment of Gandhari's curse, and the completion of a divine purpose.