Story of Krishna's death

Did you know that Gandhari had cursed Krishna a death as ghastly as that of her own sons, the Kauravas?Yes that's right, she did curse him. Let us read in detail what had actually happened....

Gandhari cursing Krishna

Mother of the Kauravas, Gandhari believed that had the all powerful Krishna wanted, he could have easily ended the terrible Kurukshetra war. But he did not do so and the war eventually led to the deaths of her sons. Considering Krishna to be at fault, she cursed Krishna that his entire Yadava lineage would too meet its end by killing each other, similar to way the Kuru clan ended up killing each other.

Thirty six years after this incident, during some festivities, a drunken brawl broke out amongst the inebriated Yadava men, that soon became a big fight and ended with them killing one another.

Balarama, disgusted with the behaviour of his men, left the palace to give up his mortal body. Krishna too knew that he had fullfilled the goal for which he had taken birth on earth and it was time to go. So he left for the forest to perform penance and give up his mortal body. At that moment, a hunter named Jara was hunting there.

Through a small clearing in the dense jungle, he saw the soft pink ankle of Krishna, which he mistook for a deer. He aimed his arrow at it which proved fatal for Krishna.

Interestingly, Jara was the king Vaali in his previous birth, who was killed by Rama (Krishna's previous birth) from behind.

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