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Dear Diary,
Sorry it's been so long since
my last entry. Getting burnt to a crisp in the name of love and then
reincarnated as your good friend's son before re-ascending to your godly status
can keep a god really busy.
I will say, as much as I definitely
did not enjoy getting incinerated by dear old Shiva, I am genuinely proud of
why I did it. If I hadn't sacrificed myself Shiva would never have been
reunited with his soul mate and the world would have descended into chaos. So
you see, love really can save the world.
Rati did a great job of
handling my job while I was away. While she did modify my curse on Vishnu while
I was away, her intentions were good.
Apparently after Shiva killed
me Rati was of course heartbroken. Shiva promised her that I would be
reincarnated as a child of Krishna and then, once that body had died, I would
return to my rightful place amongst the gods. That turned out to be a slight
issue when Vishnu's next reincarnation was none other than Krishna.
Because of course it
was.
Between the fiery death and my
own curse preventing my rebirth it was not a super great time in my existence.
To be fair, when I cursed Vishnu to lose his next incarnations soul
mate because of pride and be alone for that I life I certainly hadn't expected
my reincarnation to be contingent upon Vishnu's reincarnation getting hitched.
Luckily for me Rati had the perfect idea of how to still punish Vishnu for what
we now refer to as "the incident" with Rama and Sita while making
sure that I was reborn.
While, Krishna (Vishnu) did
marry, several times in fact (Rati wanted to be really certain that he would
have kids), he was barred from being with his actual soul mate. When Krishna
was a young man he fell in love with Radha, a village girl. Unfortunately for
him, Rati is a genius. She disguised herself as the village priest,
Gargacharya, and informed Krishna that he could not marry Radha because his
destiny lay elsewhere. In reality, the only reason Krishna and Radha could not
be together is because Rati was honoring my wishes.
I do feel mildly bad for Radha,
she had done nothing to incur Rati and I's wrath and be denied her soul mate.
However, Rati made sure that she had a wonderful life even though she could not
marry Krishna.
Well like I said before diary,
saving the world, rebirth, and rejoining the gods can take quite a lot out of
you. I think I'll rest now.
Author's Note:
This narrative combines a few different sources along with a few of my own personal twists. Even though Krishna does get married and have Kamadeva's human incarnation, he is unable to marry his soulmate according to the epified videos. I wanted to find a way to still keep Kamadeva's curse intact without diverging too much for the story line. I also wanted to explain who was running the show while Kamadeva was dead. Having Rati modify and carry out the curse seemed like the most logical course. Kamadeva is slightly less snarky in this diary. I wanted him to be tired from the turmoil of the events between Diary #2 and Diary #3. He will be back to his normal self in the last diary.
Bibliography
Wikipedia, Pradyumna, wikipedia.org
Wikipedia, Kamadeva, wikipedia.org
Epified Tv, Krishna, Part B
Hey Elizabeth!!
ReplyDeleteI loved your story this week. I think it had a little bit of a hidden humor in it since technically Karma came and bit Kamadeva in the butt for putting a curse on Vishnu. Funny how that turns out sometimes right? It was kind of a "oh crap, I made the wrong choice" moment, when most of the stories you've written Kamdeva has been slightly prideful.
Great job!
Hey Elizabeth!
ReplyDeleteI really like this story! I definitely thought a few parts were a little humorous, whether you meant them to be or not. I liked the idea of a diary entry. Your story had a nice flow to it and it was very engaging. I also liked the picture you chose! But great work. Your story was a cool twist on the original for sure!
Elizabeth,
ReplyDeleteI love these diary styles of stories. I agree with Logan that the humor used in your story is so great and makes these seem personal and fun. Which is exactly what a diary should be. This is a great way to express certain "unknown" things about these characters. I also really like the photo you chose. I have done a lot of stories about Krishna and have never seen that photo before!