Reading Notes: Pradyumna Part A

For my extra reading this week I started Pradyumna: Son of Krishna. Besides it looks super cool on the cover, my storybook for the semester is all about Pradyumna.

Part A covers the first seven chapters: Thus far, I have met a Prince Vama. His mother is constantly trying to seduce him, though he runs off and chases her maids instead. He refuses to learn to fight or use any sort of sorcery. Vama has been mocked by two special demons of the Demon King Kaalasura consistently. His mother eventually comes to his rescue, but he will not heed to her demands to learn anything beyond how to please the ladies. Really, he's a big weakling and nothing at all like the cover of the book shows.

The book then went into a few chapters of some of the past. Two babies are born to Krishna and his two wives. The babies are Shamba and Pradyumna. Narada sees a vision of doom as he goes to meet the babies.

Vama also has a dream where he sees Kamadeva and his wife created. Kama shoots his creator with his love arrow causing him to chase after Kama's wife. Vama's dream shows him the happenings up until the point that Kama is in a cave attempting to shoot Shiva with his arrow. Kama is incinerated, and Vama wakes up perplexed.

At the end of chapter seven, Vama has shown up to ask his father King Kaalasura to protect him from his demons. The request ends with Kaalasura laughing at Vama.

Story Source: Pradyumna: Son of Krishna by Usha Narayanan

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