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KRISHNA & N ARAKASURA BUT THE GUARDS WERE HELPLESS AGAINST NARAKA AND HIS RUTHLESS HORDES. ROUND UP TH E CHARIOTS AND HORSES! S E IZ E TH E MAIDENS. V THEY SHALL ADORN MY PALACE. .

LATER, AT NARAKA’S CAPITAL, PRAGJYOTISHA

r SIXTEEN ^ HOW MANY THOUSAND AND MAIDENS HAVE ONE HUNDRED. WE CAPTURED V 0 KIN©. J . SO FAR? am ar chitra katha ENOUGH! HOW THEM ON TO MANY FOUR- AMARAVATI ! THOSE TUSKED ELEPHANTS ELEPHANTS SHALj DOES INDRA ADORN MY

RODE INTO AMAQAVAT! • • • KRISHNA & NARAKASURA /A4D*/4 COULD ONLY FUME WITH IMPOTENT FURY. HE’S TAKING AWAY MY ELEPHANTS!BUT WHAT | CAN I DO? I DARE NOT OPPOSE THE ASURA. HE IS INVINCIBLE. Bgjast

THUS DID THE WICKED NARAKA HARASS THE DEWS , omar cM ra katha THEN■ FOR SOME REASON THE ASURA LAY LOW WE SHALL HOLD FOR A WHILE. \----- m -----77------\\ UVV\ A FEAST TO CEL­ EBRATE OUR NEW­ NARAKA SEEMS FOUND PEACE. A TO HAVE T/RED OF HIS WICKED WAYS, AT LAST.

YES. WE 1 HAVE NOT KNOWN SUCH PEACE FOR A LONG WHILE, a

A FEW DAYS LATER , AMARAVAT/, WORE A FESTIVE LOOK. THE SWEET SCENT OF THE FHRUATA BLOOMS FILLED \THE AIR. ALL THE DEVAS, WEARING THEIR BEST ORNAMENTS ASSEMBLED TO WATCH rr Ai**\a III! I llll W fV IH H ------f------a w THE APSARAS PERFORM. L I I KRISHNA & NARAKASURA SUDDENLY IT’S THE EVIL ASURA!

AS THE DEVAS TRIED TO ESCAPE, NARAKASURA ’S HORDES SWOOPED DOWN ON THEM , DON’T SPARE THEM. ATTACK, WHILE I SO AND SEIZE VARUNAS* V UMBRELLA. y C . a mar chitra katha AS NARAKA CHARGED TOWARDS VARUNAyA THE MOTHER

THOSE EAR-RINGS HE RUSHED FORWARD AND SNATCHED THE LACK LUSTRE ON e a r - r in g s . 1------Y0u,0 MOTHER OF THE COW­ ARDLY DEVAS.

wmm ffjgHNA f, NARAKASURA I SHALL KEEP g I AND M OVA/m e H/3 CHAR/pf. THEM.

a/a r a k a TOWARDS VARUHA.

BEFORE THAI N A R A K A H A D a mar chitra katha ______KRISHNA & NARAKASURA W /yfiV AN AGITATED INDRA BURST INTO THE PALACE AT DWARAKA, KRISHNA WAS SEATED WITH SATYABHAMA. — — _------j jj------— ------r IT ’ S WHAT’S THE A SURA THE MATTER? . NARAKA. I WHY DO YOU LOOK SO

BHOOMI DEVI’S r HE SNATCHED SON ? WHAT HAS MY MOTHER’S EAR' . HE DONE? , RIN6S FROM HER VERY EARS, TOOK AWAY VARUNA’S Ij. u m b r e l l a a n d --

r. • - AND DROVE ME WHERE IS OUT OF AMARAVATI. HE NOW? YOU MUST KILL THAT SINFUL WRETCH. ONLY YOU CAN t> DO IT. ^ a mar chrtra hatha HE HAS ©ONE W NARAKASURA BACK TO HIS HAS INVITED HIS IMPREGNABLE OWN DEATH BY CAPITAL>PRA- DARIN© TO LAY ©JYOTISHA^ HIS HANDS ON MOTHER ADITI ’S V EAR-RINGS .j

AS SOON A3 KRISHNA PICKED UP HIS CONCH AND HIS WEAPONS, 6ARUDA APPEARED BEFORE HIM.

mounted ^ ON GARUQA,I’LL FINISH OFF THE EVIL ONE. ,

YOU WILL HAVE TO 1 SURMOUNT THE BARRIERS OF MOUNTAINS, WEAPONS, WATER, FIRE AND WIND THAT ENCIRCLE HIS CAPITAL, AND THE FIVE-HEADED ASURA,MURA, GUARDS THEi ^ ©ATES OF HIS M, PALACE. KRISHNA & N ARAKASURA AS KRISHNA WAS ABOUT TO TELL INDRA THAT HE WAS AWARE OF ALL THAT, HE SAW SA7YABHAMA POUT/NG. i------—i— SATYABHAMA RESENTS THIS RUDE INTERRUPTION THE GENTLE ONE CANNOT BEAR THIS SUDDEN SEP ) ARATION. I ’LL TAKE i S i HER WITH ME. a s A

WITHOUT UTTERING A WORD, HE\ AND SWUNG HER ONTO GARUDA CAUGHT THE PLEASANTLY OUR- I PR/SED SATYABHAMA BY THE | W AIST. •.

[ HE THEN SEATED H/MSELF BEHIND HER. \ L ______I

1 ow ar chitra katha GARUDA SCARED INTO THE AIR. AS THEY NEARED PRAGJYOT/5HA, GARUDA ’5 BEAK SUDDENLY H IT SOMETHING HARD. f — T J 1 ------

WHICHEVER WAY HE TURNED , HUGE KRISHNA WAS UNPERTURBED. HE SWUM MOUNTAINS ROSE BEFORE HIM, OUT HIS MACE • • • ------’ BLOCKING HIS PATH, , .

L O R D , 1 I CANNOT MOVE S FORWARD. J KRISHNA & NARAKASURA • • • AND WITHIN MINUTES THE FILLED WITH RENEWED ENERGY, MOUNTAINS WERE SHATTERED. GARUDA FLEW ON. \ , , y !;------

FLY ©ARUD4! \ iVE’VE BROKEN THE FIRST J BARRIER..^

THIS FIRST ARROW WAS FOLLOWED BY A BARRAGE OF WEAPONS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, r— LORD! SAVE ME! WAIT,6ARUdC^ - ~ DON’T TRY TO £48fiP §L j - ^ ^ •t -v.SREAKTHR0U6H-^ amar chitra katha KRISHNA SHOT THE ARROWS • • THAT EVERY SINGLE WEAPON WAS DESTROYED FROM HIS INEXHAUSTIBLE QUIVER,\ BEFORE IT COULD REACH ANYWHERE NEAR $ARUDA IN SUCH QUICK SUCCESSION • . . OR SATYABHAMA. 1

KRISHNA & NARAKASURA

GARUDA* LORD! IT’S THE . DELUGE * .

flPERTURBED, KRISHNA 1AISED HIS FINGER.

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\-BREAKING THEM INTO GENTLE, VE-&/Y/N& RAIN. B5M mMm .. a mar chitra katha KRISHNA & NARAKASURA

• • • ONLY TO BE CONFRONTED BY THE WILDEST OF GALES. . . I______

WHICH KEPT SWEEPING H/M BACK /N70 THE PIPE,

1 9 a mar chitra katha BUT THE DISCUS, WHOSE MOMENTUM NOW THUS THE STORMY WINDS WERE MATCHED THAT OF THE CYCLONIC WINDS, WHIRRED TAMED AND GARUDA FLEW ON. THROUGH THE CURRENTS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

SOON — KRISHNA RAISED HIS CONCH AND SENT OUT A TRIUMPHANT BLARE. |------—

AH! THE ^ OUTER GATES OF NARAKA’S PALACEt THERE LIES MURA, DEEP IN SLEEP. I SHALL ROUSE HIM OUT OF HIS ^ COMPLACENCY. ^ KRISHNA & NARAKASURA AS THE SOUND RENT THE AIR,MURA,NARAKA *S FIVE- HEADED ASURA GUARD, AWOKE W/TH A START. . .

<••70 SEE GARUDA HOVER/NO RAISING HIS GLITTERING TRIDENT ABO VE H IM . i / — ------. — jy — 1 -n ( IT’S KRISHNA! V HE’S COME TO A SLAY NARAKA. W T ) m BUT HE’LL HAVE . A T 1 TO KILL ME v ^ r Q n FIRST.

MURA CHARGED TOWARDS KRISHNA amor c.vtra katha

BUT WITH TWO ARROWS SHOT IAI • • • KRISHNA SPLIT THE THEN HE SENT HIS STING­ QUICK SUCCESSION- WEAPON INTO THREE ING ARROWS INTO THE BEFORE IT COULD TOUCH FIVE GAPING MOUTHS OF THEM. THE ASURA.

ROARING WITH PAIN , MURA FLUNG HIS MACE AT KR/SHNA

• • • ONLY TO HAVE IT BLASTED AGAItl KRISHNA'S RAISED ONE. j KRISHNA & NARAKASURA I INSIDE THE PALACE, THE CLASH OF THE MACES HE WALKED UP TO THE WINDOW AND ]AWOKE NARAKA. LOOKED OUT. HE WAS ALARMED BY THE SIGHT THAT MET HIS EYES. \ IT’S KRISHNA! WILL [ MUSA BEABLE WHAT V TO VANQUISH f WAS 1 hiaap ^ THATP

-45 MAR AKA WATCHED, MURA RUSHED THAT W/LL BE FORWARD BLINDLY TO CRUSH KRISHNA THE END OF KRISHNA! a mar chitra katha

BUT SMILING ALL THE WHILE, WITH ONE ARM H/3 DtSCUS CAME SAILING I PROTECTIVELY AROUND SA7YA8HAMA , KRISHNA THROUGH THE A IR " • [------1 RAISED HIS FINGER.

• • •AND THE NEXT MOMENT, THE WICKED MURA'S HEADS WERE SEVER EL FROM BODY, ------

HEARING HIS ROARS AS HE FELL'S MURA ’S SEVEN SONS CAME RUSHING OUT WITH MACES, SWORDS AND CLUBS. KRISHNA & NARAKASURA amar chitra katha GARUDA FLEW AT THE ELEPHANTS AND ATTACKED THEM WITH BEAK , WING AND CLAW. KRISHNA & NARAKASURA - KRISHNA & NARAKASURA MEANWHILE FOLLOWED B y A YOUNG ASURABHOOM/ DEW CAME TOWARDS KRISHNA r------WTH ADITI ’S EAR-RINGS AMD------VARUMA------j ’S UMBRELLA. I—- r'"nfF * pip ( COME, BHAGADATTA, \ S ^ r\ LET US PRAISE THE JjHRHMltiK /■ | ^ \ LORD AND SEEK HIS/ ,N A

UCIN6 THE STOLEN ARTICLES AT HIS FEET, KR/SHNA SMILED. WOOMI DEVI SANG HYMNS IN PRAISE OF flSHNA. TH E N — p=*------*— ------— r DO NOT FEAR, ^ i y r q LQgpj THts BHOOMI DEVI. HE SHALL : / IS NARAKA’S SON, \ BE INSTALLED ON HIS / BHA6ADATTA. HE V FATHER’S THRONE.COME PLACES HIMSELF AT , j ^ | , LET US ENTER THE \ YOU/? FEET. PLEASE '' V PALACE. v PROTECT HIM. .f M r

5? MOTHER a mar chrtra katha

KR/SHMA TURNED TO BHA6ADATTA HAVE THESE DAMSELS SENT 70 DWARAKA, PROPERLY ESCORTED. v KRISHNA & NARAKASURA KRISHNA THEN INSPECTED NEXT HE WENT TO NARAKA *5 STABLES. NARAKA ’& TREASURY. Wmm

r HAVE ALL THIS WEALTH SENT TO ^ DWARAKA.

THESE POUR- ~ 7 TUSKED DESCENDANTS | OFAIRAVATA SHOULD iB E RETURNED TO B k INDRA. a

5ATYABHAMA, NOW LET THEN, MOUNTED ON 6ARUDA THEY FLEW US <50 AND DELIGHT MOTHER TOWARDS AMARAVAT! TO DELIVER THE ADITI BY RETURNING HER STOLEN GOODS. I------r — ~~■ STOLEN EAR-RIN&S. k VARUNA,TOO,SHALL HAVE ^ HIS CELESTIAL UMBRELLA, J V SACK. KRISHNA AND NARAKASURA

DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN. TO BE KNOWN AS V/RTUOUS MOTHER.

• • * WHO TOOK PLEASURE IN TERRORISING THE INHABITANTS \OF ALL THE THREE WORLDS.

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