Krishna is in a forest, and Yamaraj appears b4 him (not on his buffalo) and apologizes for the behavior of his messenger. He however explains to Krishna how what he's doing is upsetting the balance of nature, and that Kritavarma's child was destined to live only this long. Krishna explains to him that he understands all that, but that not bringing him back was just fueling superstitions about his mother, and that since a mother's job is to give life and not harm, he couldn't allow such a canard to just stand. However, to ensure that natures balance is not upset, he asks Yamaraj to take 40 years off the balance of his own life, and accept the deal. Yamaraj praises him and then disappears. Krishna then releases the soul of Kritavarma's kid (it wasn't the soul of Devaki's children, as I thought on Friday)
In Dwarka, Rukmini and Revathy ask Devaki to believe in Krishna's promise & pick up the child. Devaki goes and picks up the child, amongst protests from Sugandha (Kritavarma's wife). Just then, the soul of the kid enters the room, passes thru Devaki and enters the boy, and he awakens 👏 Kritavarma & Sugandha are overjoyed, and Devaki hands over her child to her. Krishna then arrives, and Devaki turns away and leaves. Sugandha goes to her and falls @ her feet, and apologizes profusely. Devaki tells her that she did what any distraught mother would have done, and so she bears no resentment towards her for her behavior. With these words, she leaves. 👏
Back in the palace, Devaki is seated in her room, getting flashback of Kamsa killing her first 6 babies 😭 Krishna enters. Devaki gets up, folds her hands, tells him that she recognizes him as Jagadish, and bends to touch his feet 😲 Krishna is alarmed, and tells her that she'd make him guilty of sin if she does that. Devaki tells him that that's impossible, now that she knows who HE is.
Devaki asks him whether she can request something. Krishna tells her to command, not request 😆 Devaki tells him that she still experiences pain on remembering her first 6 babies 😭, and Krishna begs her to forget about them. Devaki tells him that that's impossible, and requests Krishna to bring them back to life to her. Krishna asks her to ask for anything else, and offers to conquer the 3 worlds and lay it @ her feet. Devaki of course tells him that for her, nothing could be more valuable than her children. Krishna tells her that he's embarrassed that he had to disobey her, leaving a shocked Devaki.
Later, Balaram asks Krishna why Devaki is isolated in her room, and saying that only Kanha can get her what she wants. Krishna tells Balarama that she wants her 6 dead babies back in their original forms - meaning he'd not only have to retrieve those souls, but put them in their original bodies and bring them back to her (Wouldn't those bodies have been cremated?) Balarama understands his point, but tells her that the alternative is Devaki remaining sad, and even giving up her life.
Krishna returns to Devaki, and tries to explain to her that even as a creator, he is bound to follow the laws of nature and not tamper w/ it, or else, the very balance of events would be upset. Devaki tells him that she understands that they can't come back to her, but she can go to them. So she resolves to give up her life, so that she can go and be where are children are. 😲😭
Promo: Krishna appears b4 Brahma, who reminds him that HE (Krishna) is the author of Ms Vidhi's Vidhan. 😆
Brief comments: This episode was beautiful - in the way they showed the emotions of everybody involved. After she was vindicated, Devaki just left and started dwelling on her babies. Balarama, for once, at least understood Krishna's point of view b4 arguing about what's next. But Devaki's final decision surprised me - would the memories of her children be more painful now than they were when Kamsa killed them?
Also my poll above - while Krishna's emotions were beautifully shown, my question is - wasn't he always extremely calm, and above any emotions (except near the end of his life during the Dwarka fratricide)? The way they showed his emotional conversation w/ Yama, and later Balarama seemed to water down that calmness, and make him more like Rama.
Another relatively minor point - I thought that only Yashoda, and the people @ Gokul/Vrindavan referred to Krishna as Kanha. So Balarama addressing him that way is not surprising, but Devaki? I thought that she'd be using a different name for him. Incidentally, who was it who named Krishna Krishna - was it Vasudev, Devaki, Nanda or anyone else?
