Bow Guard

Bow Guard

why Lord krishna breaks the bow which was put by the kamsa at yagna in mathura?

The bow was fully safe guarded by the guards and even they warn Lord krishna not to go near the bow.

BREAKING OF THE BOW PUT BY KAMSA AT YAGNA AT MATHURA BY LOD KIRHSNA.

BREAKING THE MIGHT BOW WAS THE SIGN FOR KAMSA THAT HE WOULD BE DEAD NEXT DAY. HENCE KRISHNA BROKE THE BOW TO TELL KAMSA THAT THE END HAS COME TO HIM.

Now the details -

Kamsa had once arranged for the sacrifice called Dhanur-yajna, at Mathura and to designate this particular sacrifice he had placed a big bow near the sacrificial altar. The bow was very big and wonderful. Within the sacrificial arena, this bow was protected by many guards and watchmen engaged by King Kamsa. As Krishna and Balarama approached the bow, They were warned not to go nearer, but Krsna ignored this warning. He forcibly went up and immediately took the big bow in His left hand. After stringing the bow in the presence of the crowd, he drew it and broke it at the middle into two parts. Everyone present appreciated Krishna’s power. The sound of the bow cracking filled both sky and land and was heard by Kamsa. When Kamsa heard what had happened, he began to fear for his life. The caretaker of the bow, who was standing by watching, became very angry. He ordered his men to take up weapons, and he began to rush towards Krishna and surrounded him. When Krishna and Balarama saw the threatening motives of the guards, they became angry, and taking up the two pieces of the broken bow, they began to beat off all of all the caretaker’s men.

When Kamsa came to know he could realize that the eighth son of Devaki had appeared and that now his death was imminent. Thinking of his imminent death, he could not rest the entire night. He began to have many inauspicious visions, and he could understand that both Krishna and Balarama, were his messengers of death. Kamsa began to see various kinds of inauspicious signs, both awake and dreaming.

Then the two wrestlers Chanuran and Mushtikan sent by Kamsa come to wrestle with Krishna and Balarama. Krishna easily disposses Chanura and Balarama did the same to Mushtikan. And then Krishna makes the jump to the thron of Kamsa and brings him down by pulling his hair. And with couple of hard blows Krishna takes the life out of Kamsa giving him the Moksham.

This was the end of Kamsa -