Daksha, Shiva's father-in-law, had never given his ascetic son-in-law the respect due to him. Sati, Daksha's daughter, unable to bear the continued insults meted out to them, consumed her body in a fire generated by her own powers. The grief- stricken Shiva after punishing Daksha,forgave him and then entered his grove on the Himalayas to meditate. Meanwhile, Tarakasura, an enemy of the Devas, invaded heaven. When the Devas went to Brahma for help he told them that Sati, reborn as Parvati, the daughter of Himavan, was destined to marry Shiva. The son born of Shiva would lead them to victory over the evil Asura. Impatient to win back his kingdom, Indra, King of the Devas, sent Kama,the God of love,with Rati,his wife,to awake Shiva to the charms of Parvati. Kama succeeded- But an enraged Shiva burnt him to ashes with the fire of his wrath. How the bereft Rati was reunited with her beloved husband is retold in th$ story of Pradyumna who was Kama reborn.

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KAMA* THE GOO Q F LOVE, DISTRACTED SHIVA WHILE HE WAS MEDITATING.

WHEN H E SAW THAT KAMA WAS THE CULPRIT* SHIVA WAS ENRAGED. HE OPENED HIS THIRD EYE AND, TO THE HORROR O F RATU KAMA'S WIFE*BURN^F, THAT OOP TO CINDERS.\ ‘ " ----- " ‘ WHO HAS ^ DARED TO DISTURB ME&

I amar chitra katha BUT UNKNOWN TO RAT/* KAMA VMS REBORN AS PRAPYUMNA* THE ELPEST SON OF KRISHNA ANP RUKMINI. THE PEOPLB OF PWARAKA REJOtCED. f

A WEEK LATER, AN EV/L A SURA CALLEP SHAMBARA HAD A PREAM.

BEWARE 3 WICKED SHAMBARA. YOU SHALL BE KILLEP BY PRADyuMNA. KRISHNA sS SON

MY SON,YOU ~ SHALL GROW UP TO BE A VALIANT HERO LIKE YOUR ^ FATHER. Jk PRADYUMNA H E MADE HIMSELF INVISIBLE.

HA |HA! BEFORE THAT HAPPENS 1 .SHALL KILL PRADyUMNA.

AND FLOATED THROUGH THE AIR. ■—...... —: ' * " 11,*‘11 1 ‘'"

I SHALL FINISH h im BEFORE HE TU R N S IN HIS CRADLE. om ar chitra katha PRADYUMNA A UTTLE LATER , RUKMINI SUODENU WOKE UR

f MY SON • N WHERE IS MY SON? WHERE IS ® PRADYUMNA?.

THE SLEEP/MG MAIDS , WOKEN BY HER RUKMINI WAS SO UPSET SHE COULD CRIES, CAME RUNN/NS UP TO HER. BARELY SPEAK, r~ ' ' ^TTg)' "|

r HE-*HEJS WHAT IS MISSING FROM HIS CRADLE* THE MATTER, THE PRINCE! ^ O QUEEN? WHERE IS THE V PRINCE? A amar chitra katha THEY RAN TO KRISHNA, W DO NOT ( WORRY. I THE PRINCE IS SHALL SENP M(SSIN<3 ■OUT A SEARCH FROM HIS k PARTY. A d CRAPLE. A

ANY NEWS KR/SHNA THE ALL-KNOW/N<5 OF TH E REMA//VEP UNPERTURBED, L PRINCE?

W H A TS O -^ EVER AND RUKMINI IS ’ PISTRAU6HT/ WITH /; SRIEF. M

BY THEN, SHAMBARA WAS FAR, FAR AINAY FROM PWARAKA. PRADYUMNA amar chrtra katha PRADYUMNA

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THE POOR CREATURE STRUGGLED HARO^ B U T /N VAIN. ,

THE F/SHERMEN HAULED /T /A/TO THE/R BOAT

IT WILL MAKE A FINE MEAL . FOR L SHAM BARA v amar chitra katha MEANWH/LE RATI, THE BBRBFT W/FB OF •"A HEAVE/VLV VO/CG STOPPED HER* KAMA % LIT4 PYRE AND WAS ABOUT TO ' ' m m ENTER IT WHEN • • • WAIT! ON tHE PAV SHIVA G E TS m a r r ie d ..

••• KAMA SHALL BE TOURS’ ONCE M o r e . . WHAT SHOULD I DO MEANWHILE?. PRADYUMNA amar chitra katha w e HEAD COOK WAS /MPPeSSED BY S H i /s h e l o o k s N EA T AMP CLEAN ANP HAS A / CHEERFUL U : I M — A ^ c e . 11 //\ I WOULP / \D O WELL TO SSmW^^SL V \ EN G A G E ■, ^ § k r \ HER. A

W MY N A M E V r IS MAYAVATI. ' I SEEK WORK IN THE KITCHEN, , OF s h a m &ara'sJ L B4LACE, S&

THE CHIEF MAID. PAT/ PASSED HEP DAYS m SHAMBARA'S 'IS ILL .YOU MAY KITCHEN, HOPEFULLY WAITING FOP HER v WORK IN HER J HUS&AND TO COME BACK TO HER*yrWm ^ PLACE. A PRADYUMNA ONE GAY THERE WAS A COMMOT/ON WM A CORNER OF THE KITCHEN. ------miasm

r WHAT IS p THE MATTER? V TH ES E OH] WHAT A FISHER' L ARSE MEN HAVE v FISH ? a BROUGHT IT FOR SHAMBARA;

I SHALL COOK IT FOR HIS DINNER .TONIGHT. arr\6r chitra katha WHEN HE SLIT OPEN THE r w h * > STOMACH OF THE FISH* TO WHAT IS i^ B ^ A H ! WHAT A ^ | H/S ASTONISHMENT; ABEAU- fe. THIS* , i 'm K ? y r k s BEAUTIFUL )| T/FUJL BABY G UR G LED A T HIM. ^ V BABY.

u t t e r l y c o n f o u n d e d , h e m m m : y POOR, POOR \ TO MAYAVATI. 1— ~ m sm ------— \\f BABY. WHOSE x PLEASE TAKE' \ j CHILD ARE YOU? HIM AND LOOK > I HOW DID you AFTER HIM. I C O M E HERB? PERHAPS | WHAT DOES THE 30ME DAY HIS |LFUTURE HOLD / PARENTS MIGHT \ FOR YOU? A COME PRADYUMNA AS MAYAVAT! WONDERED THUS* SAG>e NARAPA SUDDENLY APPEARED, PWHO^ 4S THIS ■HEM'S NONE ^ W WELCOME* BABY OTHER -T.Hf-'< W VENERABLE 1 ANQ«W YOUR HUSBAfJP SAG6.YOU WILL L KAMA! A CERTAINLY BE ABLE ^ TO SATISFY m A ^CURIOSITY.

MAYA COULD SCARCELY HIDE HER EXCITEMENT.

f A T T H A T TIM E , RUKMIKJIN WAS ABOUT TO HAVE A BABY. SO KAMA WAS 6R AN TEP . m his wish. A

r WHEN KAMA ^ WAS BURNT TO ASHES THAT FATE­ FUL DAX, HE &EGQEP SHIVA TH A T HE MIGHT BE REBORN-AS V KRISHNA'S SON. amar chitra katha THE SON OF. \ • KRISHNA TO SAVE AND RUKMINI r HIS OWN LIFE ^ WAS DESTINED SHAMBARA STOLE T O SLAy THE TH E BABYaPRADyUMNA ^ WICKED I AND CRUELLY IsSHAMBARA. / FLUNG HIM INTO * k THE ANGRY j A I ■j&i OCEAN.

■ P . LOOK N. f BUT ^ f AFTER THE II PRADyUMNA N CHILD AND REAR DID N O T DIE. HIM WITH CARE. HE WAS WHEN HE IS OF SW ALLO W ED AGE LET HIM BY A HUGE KNOW WHO k HE IS AND ALL FISH AN D-- j. THE REST L WILL END A Ik YOU KNOWJ WELL.

kND NARAOA WENT AWAY. PRADYUMNA RRA&YUMNA BECAME A FAVOURITE /N THE KITCHEN. f I SHALL\ f N O , fe e p HIM I SHALL. .HIS LUNCH VOU GAVE \TODAY. J HIM HIS l/IORNtNCi VMEAL*

H E SOON GREW IA/TO A MISCHIEVOUS BOV,\

WHERE IS THE BUTTER I HAP SET ASIDE FOR • £j SHAM BARA?

r » PIP NOT ^ TOUCH IT. I KNOW NOTHING V A B O U T IT. A

J AH! HE IS THE SON OF KRISHNA ALL PIGHT.THE SAME > LOVE FOR BUTTER ANP THE SAME , LOOK. OF INJURED I INNOCENCE WHEN \ S CAUGHT REP- J \ HANPEP! r

17 amar chitra katha SO THE DAYS PARSED AND PRAD~ SO CHARMING WAS He,THAT ALL THE MAIDS YUMNA GREW UP INTO A HAND­ IN THE KITCHEN FOUGHT FOR >11S ATTENTION. SOME YOUNG MAN. MERE IS A SWEET I MADE SPECIALLY

AM SURE YOU WOULD RATHER HAVE TH IS F R E S H BUTTER.

MAYAVAT WAS ANXIOUS SO SHE CALLED PRADYUMNA ASIDE YOU A R E A YOUNG M AN NOW AND SHOULD NOT WASTE y o u r t i m e A m o n g I TH IN K IT KITCHEN IS TIM E I TO LD HIM WHO HE REALLY IS.

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WHY? WHAT IS WRONG? NO! YOU ARE AM I NOT PRADYUMNA- ONE OF v T H E M ? ^ <

•••THE SON OF TH EN RUKMINl AND « AM r COM E. v K R IS H N A . I HERE? SIT DOWN AND I SHALL EXPLAIN L ALL. amar cKitra katha

r MY POOR, N PEAR MOTHER. SHAMBARA SHALL PIE FOR THIS. f RUKMINI, VOUR I SHALL KILL HIM MOTHER, STILL RIGHT AWAY. I WEEPS FOR YOU. SHE THINKS YOU V ARE PEAD. ^

PATIENCEj PRAPYUMNA. HE WAS A CLEVER PUPfL AND SOON I SHALL TEACH YOU CER­ MASTERED THE SPELLS. I------r t f TAIN SPELLS THAT YOU WILL NEED TO COUNTER v SHAMBARA’S MAGICAL, POWERS,

TR Y ^ ANP FIND ™ WE BY USING T H E CHARM T O MAKE THE? INVISIBLE; , VISIBLE. J k

AND MAYAVAT! BEGAN TEACHING P/?ADYUMNA. MAYAVATtj BY HER MAGICAL HE WENT TO SHAMBARA*S PALACE AND BEGAN - POWERS* PROI//DED HIM WITH TAUNTING HIML ALL THAT HE WOULD A/EEP*

COME OUT, O VALIANT ASURAaWHO HEROICALLY STOLE A FROM HIS G E N T L E M OTHER’ S SI PE, COME O U T AND FIGHT. S S E i a S HMAA UNE T HE H N E H W E G A R /TH W ED BURN SHAMBARA ...... -El - ■ THE T S. TS N U TA E H T D R A E H ( HAVE DISCLOSED DISCLOSED HAVE MY SECRET? SECRET? MY WHO COULD ^ ^ COULD WHO a m a r ch itra katha itra ch r a m a a

TEACH YOU YOU TEACH SHAMBARA. SHAMBARA. SAL N SHALL I UPSTART, UPSTART, YOU YOU NSULT L U S IN WHOEVER WHOEVER O T T O N O MAY YOU Y N U P

PRADYUMNA A MIGHTY COMBAT ENSUED BETWEEN THE TWO.

W/TH A THUNDEROUS POAR SHAM- BARA SWUNG HIS MACEATPRAD- YUMNA - a ------amap chit ra katha BUT PRADYUMNA WARDED OFF THE BLOW WtTH H/S OWN MACE.

b u t r e s o r t i n g t o m a g /c , s h a m b a r a s u d d e n l y b e c a m e jn v /s /b l e ; PRAD-YUMNA PRADYUMNA "QUICKC/ CAST THE SPELL THAT MAYAVATI HAD TAUGHT HIM

AND DRAW//V6 H/S SWORD ^ 'S E V E R E D SHAMBARA% H EAD FR O M H IS BODYI amar chitra katha I THEN HE WENT TO MAVAVAJL

I HAVE KILLED GOME THEN! SHAMBARA L E T US NOT WASTE TIME. MOTHER RUKM1NJ HAS SUFFERED to.. .. ENOUGH. PRADYUMNA

THE CEREMONY WAS HARDLY OI/ER WHEN KAMA SHALL THE GODS CAME TO HfM. r^ y CERTAINLY BE RESTORED WE BES OF YOU TO RATf. TO RESTORE I TOO AM NOW K AM A T O R A TI., * HIS SLAVE. 1

THE LADIES MISTOOK HIM TO BE KRISHNA. r ^ T T

T H E LORD HAS C O M E ! ^

WHO IS T H E AT THAT MOMENT /N DWARAKA, PPADYUMNA BEAUTIFUL AND MAVAVAT! ENTERED THE INNER APART­ LADY M ENTS OF KR/SHNA* S PALACE. WITH HIM? 27 amar chitra katha

------V ------5 IN FACT HE EXACTLY LIKE MY LORD} HIS FEATURES, HIS ©AIT, SMILE AND ! WHEN PRADVUMNA WAS A B O U T T O WHO ARE ^ REPLY* KRISHNA YOU,0 HAND-\ AND NARAPA EN­ SOME YOUTH? TERED THE ROOM, WHO IS THIS MAIDEN WHO I SHALL ANSWER YOUR STANDS QUESTIONS.- MODESTLY J BY YOU? £ k

REJOICE, ^ RUKMINI. THIS IS PRADVUMNA, WHO IS KAMA YOUR U0NT6 WAS DESTINED TO KILL LO ST SO N UAC SHAM BARA AND M EET THE DEVOUT fcATJ RETURNEDj IN THIS BIRTH v T O Y O U -J amar chitra katha PRADYUMA/A TURNED TO RATI.

THE GENTLE MAVAVATI WHO ’ STANDS BEFORE YOU IS N O N E O TH ER TH A N RATI, KAM A’ S A \ W IFE .

RATI AND PRADYUIYINA THEN FELL AT THE FEET OF NARADA,KRISHNA AND RUKMINI. PRADYUMNA RUKMtNl THEN EMBRACED THE YOUNG COUPLE .

TH E CITY OF DWARAKA RESOUNDED WITH EXCLAMATIONS OFJOV WHEN.THE CITIZENS HEARD THAT THE LONG-LOST PRADVUMA/A HAD RETURNED VZ/TH A WIFE ,

OUR PRINCE AND TH E HAS RETURNED STEA D FAST AS IF FROM RATI-IS TH E DEAD. | HIS QUEEN.

TODAY IS INDEED A FO R TUN ATE DAY FOR DWARAKA. RAMU TURNS DETECTIVE

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