13 - Nurse Ratched and Umbrella Mountain
Summary
TLDRIn 'Stories from India', host Narad Monei, a mythological character with eternal life, narrates tales of Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu. The episode revisits Krishna's escape from King Kamsa's prophecy and his encounter with the demon Putana, showcasing divine intervention. It also tells of Krishna's wisdom in challenging Indra's control over rain, using the Goan Mountain as a metaphorical umbrella to protect the people of Brindavan. The podcast draws parallels between Krishna and characters from 'Harry Potter', highlighting Krishna's fearlessness and wisdom.
Takeaways
- ๐ต The podcast 'Stories from India' narrates myths, legends, and folk tales of India, hosted by Narad Monei, a character with eternal life and omniscience.
- ๐ The story of 'Cun', an evil king who imprisoned his sister to control the birth of her eighth child, Krishna, who was prophesied to kill him, is recounted.
- ๐ Krishna, being the eighth child, escaped his fate with divine intervention and was swapped with another baby, Balam, to avoid Cun's wrath.
- ๐ Cun's search for Krishna led to the involvement of Putana, a shape-shifting demon, who was tasked with killing the baby but was defeated by Krishna's divine nature.
- ๐ผ Krishna's mother, Yasoda, unknowingly left him with Putana, who was disguised as a nurse, but Krishna's divine immunity saved him from her poisoned milk.
- ๐ง๏ธ The story of Krishna lifting the Govardhan mountain to protect the people and cattle of Brindavan from excessive rainfall caused by Indra, the god of rain, is highlighted.
- ๐ Krishna's explanation of the water cycle to the villagers, challenging the belief in Indra's control over rain, is a key narrative in the script.
- ๐น Krishna's comparison to Harry Potter, with similarities in their stories of prophecy and attempts on their lives, is drawn by the host.
- ๐ The tale of Shesha, the ultimate snake and Vishnu's sidekick, who desired more significant roles in Vishnu's avatars, is briefly mentioned.
- ๐๏ธ Krishna's fearless and wise nature is contrasted with Harry Potter's, emphasizing Krishna's better judgment and social skills.
- ๐ Shesha's body is said to control the flow of time in the universe, with the ability to move time forward or stop it when coiled.
Q & A
What is the podcast 'Stories from India' about?
-The podcast 'Stories from India' is about myths, legends, and folk tales from India, hosted by a mythological character named Narad Monein who has the gift of eternal life and knowledge.
Who is the host of the podcast and what are his characteristics?
-The host of the podcast is Narad Monein, a mythological character who has the gift of eternal life, knowledge of the past, present, and future, and always speaks the truth. He is also a traveling musician and a storyteller by profession.
What is the story of Cun, the evil Tyrant King, in the podcast?
-Cun, the evil Tyrant King, heard a prophecy that the eighth baby of his newly married sister would kill him. Instead of ignoring it, he imprisoned his sister and her husband to have absolute control over the baby. However, baby number seven, Balam, was swapped out by divine intervention for baby number eight, Krishna, who escaped the fate of his siblings.
What was the role of Putna in the story?
-Putna was a demon employed by Cun. She was tasked with finding and killing the eighth baby, Krishna, who was prophesied to end Cun's reign. She disguised herself as a nurse to get close to Krishna, but her attempt to poison him backfired, and she was defeated.
How did Krishna demonstrate his divine powers as a baby?
-Krishna demonstrated his divine powers by surviving an attempt on his life by Putna, who tried to poison him. Instead of being affected by the poison, Krishna caused Putna to become weak and die, showing that he was an avatar of a major God.
What is the significance of the story about Krishna and Indra?
-The story about Krishna and Indra demonstrates Krishna's wisdom and power. Krishna explained the water cycle to the people, showing that rainfall is a natural process, not controlled by Indra. When Indra tried to punish the people by causing excessive rain, Krishna lifted the Govardhan Mountain to protect them, showing his strength and defiance against Indra's ego.
What is the connection between the story of Krishna and modern stories like Harry Potter?
-The connection between Krishna's story and modern stories like Harry Potter lies in the themes of a prophesied child who is targeted by a villain, the use of divine intervention to protect the child, and the child's eventual demonstration of extraordinary powers and wisdom.
What is the role of Ananta Shesha, or Shesha Naga, in the mythology mentioned in the podcast?
-Ananta Shesha, or Shesha Naga, is Vishnu's sidekick in Hindu mythology. He is large enough to serve as a daybed for Vishnu and accompanies Vishnu everywhere, playing various roles in Vishnu's avatars, including being a rope in the Matsya Avatar and having the power to control the flow of time in the universe.
What is the significance of the story about the dead mouse and business principles mentioned at the end of the podcast?
-The story about the dead mouse and business principles is a teaser for the next episode, suggesting that it will involve a historical tale with a modern business twist, showing how clever business principles can change one's life.
How can listeners provide feedback or get in touch with the podcast?
-Listeners can provide feedback or get in touch with the podcast by leaving a comment or a review on the site sfipodcast.com, tweeting at SFI podcast, or finding them on Instagram or Facebook.
What is the source of the music used in the podcast?
-The music used in the podcast is from Purple Planet, an online music platform that provides royalty-free music, which can be found at purple-planet.com.
Outlines
๐ Introduction to Krishna's Tale
The podcast 'Stories from India' hosted by Narad Monei delves into Indian myths, legends, and folk tales. This episode revisits Krishna, a central figure from a previous episode, and provides a recap. The story focuses on King Kamsa, who imprisons his sister to prevent the birth of a prophesied child that threatens his rule. Despite his efforts, Krishna escapes, leading to a search for all babies born on a specific day. Kamsa sends Putana, a shape-shifting demon, to kill Krishna in his infancy. However, Putana's attempt to poison Krishna backfires, leading to her own demise.
๐ง๏ธ Krishna and the Rainfall
In Brindavan, Krishna questions the villagers' practice of worshiping Indra, the god of rain, for their livelihood. He challenges the belief in divine control over rainfall by explaining the water cycle. When Indra, offended by the lack of offerings, unleashes a torrential downpour, Krishna lifts the Govardhan Mountain to shield the villagers and their cattle. This act not only protects them from the rain but also demonstrates Krishna's immense strength and defiance against Indra's perceived tyranny.
๐ Krishna's Wisdom and Comparisons
The podcast explores Krishna's character, drawing parallels with Harry Potter and other mythological figures. Krishna is portrayed as a wise, fearless, and attractive hero, unlike Harry Potter who often shows poor judgment. The episode also discusses Balarama, Krishna's older brother and sidekick, and his role in various avatars. The comparison extends to the roles of Shesha, Vishnu's sidekick, and the moral implications of his wish fulfillment gone wrong.
๐ Shesha Nag and Upcoming Stories
The final paragraph introduces Shesha Nag, Vishnu's sidekick, who controls the flow of time in the universe. His role in the mythology is explored, highlighting his importance in various avatars and his relationship with Vishnu. The host teases the next episode, which will feature a story about a modern retail giant set 500 years ago, involving characters associated with bees, wasps, and hornets. The episode concludes with a call for feedback and acknowledgment of listeners' contributions.
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๐กKrishna
๐กDivine Intervention
๐กProphecy
๐กPuta
๐กAvatar
๐กIndra
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๐กWater Cycle
๐กGokul
๐กYasoda
๐กVrishchik
๐กShasthi
Highlights
Introduction to the podcast 'Stories from India', which discusses myths, legends, and folk tales from India.
Host Narad Mone introduces himself as a mythological character with the gift of eternal life and knowledge.
The story of Cun, an evil tyrant king who imprisons his sister to control the birth of her eighth child, destined to kill him.
Divine intervention swaps baby number seven with baby number eight, Krishna, to save him from Cun's clutches.
Cun sends Pua, a shape-shifting demon, to kill Krishna, but Krishna's divine nature protects him and defeats Pua.
Yasoda, Krishna's adoptive mother, believes Pua was a demon killed by Krishna, showcasing his divine protection.
Krishna's explanation of the water cycle to the villagers, challenging the traditional belief in Indra, the god of rain.
Indra's retaliation by unleashing incessant rain, which Krishna counters by lifting the Govardhan Mountain to shield the villagers.
The story of Krishna lifting the Govardhan Mountain, demonstrating his superhuman strength and wisdom.
Comparison of Krishna's story with that of Harry Potter, highlighting similarities and differences in their mythologies.
The role of Balaram, Krishna's older brother and sidekick, and the unique dynamic of their relationship in Indian mythology.
Introduction of Shesha Nag, Vishnu's sidekick, and his various roles and desires across different avatars.
Shesha Nag's control over time, where his body's movement can influence the flow of time in the universe.
Upcoming story preview about a dead mouse and its impact on life when clever business principles are applied.
A cautionary note about the character associated with bees, wasps, and hornets to be featured in the next episode.
Invitation for listeners to provide feedback and corrections if any errors are found in the podcast.
Acknowledgment of listeners and sources of music used in the podcast, with a reminder to tune in for the next episode.
Transcripts
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hello and welcome to stories from India
a podcast where we talk about myths
Legends and folk tales from
India I'm your host narad monei and I'm
a mythological character myself I have
the gift of eternal life and knowledge
of the past the present and the future
and I also always speak the truth I'm a
traveling musician and a Storyteller by
profession I used to walk around with
the wiena telling my stories for several
Millennia but podcasting has made my job
so much
easier this week we are back to
Krishna if you haven't heard episode 11
it's a good idea to begin with with that
but if not I'll provide a quick recap
for you the character this week is a
creature that can control the laws of
physics simply by stretching and
unstretch cun was an evil Tyrant
King he heard a prophecy that the eighth
baby of his newly married sister would
kill
him instead of laughing it off over cozy
fireside chats with the new couple cuns
put his newly married sister and her
husband into prison not to prevent the
baby being born but to have absolute
control over it the moment it entered
the
world unfortunately his plan worked very
well for babies 1- six but baby seven
balam was swapped out by divine
intervention for baby number eight
swapping was still what the gods chose
but they had the dad do all the hard
work in
instead so Krishna the baby escaped the
fate of his brothers and
sisters
unfortunately CS found out about it
we'll pick up the story right
here cuns dispatched people far and wide
to find all babies born on that day ay
or the eighth day of that
month just like Voldemort had sent out
his Death
Eaters
soon one of his Scouts came back with
the news of a baby in Gokul to nandaba
and
Yoda K knew what to do he sent for
Pua putina was a demon in his
employee and she was trusted enough to
be
salaried she could change shape sort of
like Rogue from the X-Men
series which might make you think that
putna probably earned multiple salaries
by pretending to be multiple
people and just like Rogue Pua preferred
to be in her natural form which others
may have found less pleasing to the eye
but she
didn't and just like Magneto cuns
encouraged her to be herself and not
simply eye candy for the rest of the
world that had not been nice to
her K told putna the
backstory he had putna listen to episode
11 of this
podcast Buna was ready all right I will
take an army of people and go crush this
child probably thinking this was just a
baby she could do the job alone and
pretend to have been the Army when it
was time to claim salaries and
bonuses no no I need you to be subtle
said
k Why asked putna you rule this land we
can simply Crush all of Gokul you have
the resources to do
it K replied but then if anything goes
wrong social media will be all over it I
still get a question or two in every
press conference about how I meant to
destroy the eighth baby and failed they
called it gross incompetence at the
highest level I was trending on Twitter
for
weeks puta
sympathized I hear you she
said if subtlety is what you want then
subtlety is what you get I'll head to
Gokul right now watch the evening news
for a tragic accident in
Goku I try and message you or post a
picture or something on Instagram but
I'm not sure I'll have signal out
there she changed her shape and clothes
into that of a very attractive young
nurse and walked over to
Gokul
honestly I'd have personally changed
shape into an eagle and reached Gokul
quickly but maybe Pua needed time to
plan out her
strategy Krishna had already built up
some reputation then and it was easy to
find out which house he lived
in seeing as Krishna was about a month
old she advertised herself exclusively
as a nurse for one month
holds putna was in luck Yoda was in the
market for a nurse to take care of her
baby nandaba was out minding the
cows not that the cows needed any
minding the cow herd's job is more
important during the walk to and from
the
meadow Yoda who was a milkmaid took her
job very
seriously there was a sale on the latest
edition butter making equipment and she
absolutely had to buy it but a shopping
mall was no place for a one-month-old
baby bna's advertisement of her Services
as a nurse to one Monon olds which she
was conveniently shouting out right
outside Yoda's door was exactly what
Yoda
needed it didn't matter that Yoda had
never seen putna before but the girl had
a very Charming appearance and Krishna
smiled at her so that must mean it was
quite all right to leave her darling son
in the hands of this perfect stranger
right yasoda quickly grabbed her
reusable shopping bags indicated all
emergency phone numbers and rushed to
the mall maybe she'd get a bonus milk
pil or
something putr got to work right away
she nursed the baby but with a little
twist she had coated the source of milk
with a very strong poison
the baby was still smiling at her it
latched on no
problem but then as it drank the effect
was the opposite of what putna
expected the baby wasn't affected by the
poison instead she herself went weak her
energy levels dipped and drained away
she couldn't keep up her disguise
anymore
either powerless she realized this was
the end for her she knew this child had
to be an avatar of a major God and that
she was way out of her League here when
Yoda returned she was shocked at the
scene with putina in her true form
lifeless on the floor and Krishna
peacefully sleeping in his
crib there was only one possible
explanation for this
incident the lifeless hideous body
belonged to a demon who had come to the
house looking for
food Pua sticking to her Duty must have
fought this Beast the Beast probably ate
up puta seeing as she didn't seem to be
around
anymore the demon then would have eaten
her baby too but probably choked on Pua
Yoda thought
chokingly oh well guess nandaba had the
garanon task of hauling away the demon
when he got
back there are many more stories of
Krishna there are broadly two themes
either those that demonstrate cute
childlike and superhuman Behavior sort
of like baby Superman lifting a car or
those that involve him defeating an
adversary sent specifically to destroy
him or in a few cases to just humble
him this next story combines both of
these
themes we'll fast forward a few
years Krishna his coward family and all
the other coward families were now in
brindavan a place near
Maura Krishna observed how everyone was
gathering gifts he asked nand Baba why
is everyone Gathering all that
stuff nand Baba replied it's for the big
prayer to IND ra the god of
rain Krishna said and why is everyone
worshiping
Indra nand Baba replied because this is
ancient India and the way we take care
of our cattle and whatever food we grow
is entirely dependent on the rain and
that is controlled entirely by
Indra so you're just bribing Indra to
keep the rain coming asked
Krishna nand Baba
replied bribing is a strong word let me
explain something called quit
proquo Krishna quickly interrupted with
all due respect let me explain something
called the water cycle he explained it
not just to nandaba but also to everyone
else given krishna's Magnetic
Personality and the way he explained the
water cycle everyone was convinced that
the rainfall they received was dependent
on the melting of glaciers and
evaporation from water bodies and not
something that could be simply turned
off by a god with a huge
ego they were right and also
wrong yes Indra could control the
RS when he found out he wouldn't be
getting gifts from the reavan
cowards he didn't turn off the
rains he turned them on at full
blast he kept the rains coming at full
strength and pretty soon it looked like
this was going to need matsa or unicorn
fish all over again but Krishna stepped
in to save the day
again he saw how everyone in brindavan
was soaking wet and their cattle
besides it was hard to even see with
rain pouring in sheets like
this if only here had an umbrella while
he tried to think of a
solution an
umbrella wait a minute that was the
answer an
umbrella he gathered all the people of
ravan and cattle did a few
calculations P * the radius
squared and then measured and picked the
right spot on a nearby Mountain the
mountain was called
Goan once he picked that spot on
Goan he picked up goer and by that
spot yeah lifting a mountain isn't too
hard is it I just lifted a couple myself
over breakfast this
morning that mountain became an umbrella
for
everyone Indra could not make it rain on
the cattle and people
anymore he tried raining real hard on
the mountain but that just did
nothing in fact as if to shame Indra
Krishna was now balancing the mountain
on his
pinky sometime later Indra had to admit
defeat the Reigns were back but just the
way the people wanted Indra did get some
prayers out of it and everyone got to
see an awesome demonstration of the use
of the world's biggest umbrella and
krishna's Pinky didn't even
hurt that's it for the stories now some
notes
the Goan Mountain lifting story is
thought to have occurred around
sankranti a local Indian festival that
happens to be this
week but there are 12 different
santis there is some confusion about
exactly which sankranti this story
happened on but it doesn't
matter all of the calendars in human use
are inaccurate to one degree or the
other
so it doesn't really
matter krishna's stories May remind you
somewhat of walmort and Harry
Potter the comparisons are striking I
mean even the name Harry sounds like
hurry which is another name for
Krishna K was ashamed of his dad and had
him
imprisoned just as Voldemort
did the prophecy was nearly identical
though Harry Potter is one left room for
Voldemort to possibly kill
him that had to be different of course
because if the prophecy simply said that
Harry would certainly kill walmort I
don't think the books would have sold as
much walmort actually killed Harry's
parents while cuns imprisoned Harry's
parents for life not the same but
similar the baby in each case was taken
to a place where they could grow up in
an
onity the difference is that nandaba and
yeshoda were the opposite of the durle
they treated hurry as regular parents do
showering him with love as well as a bit
of discipline when
required Krishna had several runin with
snakes good and bad and he could
communicate with them though not in
parcel
tongue while you might be tempted to
think of Krishna B RAM and subadra as
Harry Ron and Herm this would be wrong
Krishna was Fearless like Harry but
never showed bad judgment like Harry
Potter often
does Krishna was well read and wise like
Herm but not socially
awkward and
Ron I'm not sure what Ron brought to the
table in the trio but if you think
attractiveness Krishna had that
too balam was krishna's sidekick the
older than
him this is unusual in Indian mythology
where AG is proportional to respect
commanded over and over walmort and his
Death Eaters engineered Harry Potter
assassination attempts as
ConEd every one of those
failed and just like in Harry Potter all
the parents and Guardians seem perfectly
content with putting their children in
the the most dangerous positions
possible I mean battling fire breathing
dragons and being sent into the dark
forest for detention for the crime of
unsafely walking around after hours in
school just doesn't make any
sense the character this week is shash
nag or ultimate snake shag is vishnu's
sidekick he floats around in the ocean
of
milk and he's large enough for his body
to serve as a daybed for
Vishnu he accompanies Vishnu everywhere
for example during the Mia Avatar while
Vishnu had the all important role of
being the unicorn fish that saved
Humanity shag's role was that of a rope
to tie manu's boat to the Horn of the
fish not an unimportant task but not the
most glamorous one either in subsequent
avatars shag AED his grievance to Vishnu
and was given more and more important
roles but all of them came out not quite
the way he
wanted sort of like a classic morality
tale about wish fulfillment gone wrong
when shag asked to be born as a human he
got to be lakshman to vishnu's Ram
lakshman was obviously a sidekick in the
ramayan or it would have been called the
lakshmanan he told Vishnu no fa you got
to be the older brother next time make
me the older
brother sure thing said Vishnu and in
the next AAR shag was
bam and despite being krishna's older
brother he had the supporting role yet
again it's said that shag's body
controls the flow of time in the
universe if the snake UNC calls its body
time can move forward but but when it
coils time stands still and the universe
can even blink out of
existence that's it for this week next
week we'll learn about how a dead mouse
can change your life if you apply some
clever business principles it's the
story of a very well-known modern retail
giant but set 500 years
ago approach the character next week
with caution because she is a associated
with bees wasps and
hornets and I'm not talking about a DC
Comics
superhero because I'm thousands of years
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