Lord Krishna & Pondruk

Lord Vishnu had incarnated in many forms in order to kill the Demons and protect people from evil. In his Krishna Avtar, he eradicated many evils. One of these was Pondruk, who called himself false Vasudev. 

Introduction To Pondruk 

Pondruk had a sense of hostility against Lord Krishna. He considered himself as God. Pondruk used to hear the stories of Krishna since childhood. He was a contemporary of Lord Krishna, thus the stories of Lord Krishna were described before him.

King Pondruk

Incidentally, father of Pondruk was named Vasudeva, so he liked to call himself Vasudev Pondruk. After hearing the stories of Krishna he considered himself to be Vasudeva. He had gained many divine weapons from Lord Brahma by performing harsh penance. 

 

He had emulated all the symbols of Krishna, such as peacock wing, Mace, Conch, Chakra, and Shargam bow. He had malice with Krishna and wanted to prove himself superior than Krishna.

Pondruk became the king of Pondrapur by conspiring against his uncle Viramani. After becoming king, he declared that he was God, and all the people should idolize him. Who did not obey this commandment, Pondruk used to give him the death penalty.

Pondruk had won several nearby states on the strength of his power and had formed a large army. He used to take revenue from all those states. He told all those kings that he is the Lord of the world, not Krishna. Soon he will defeat Lord Krishna in the war with the help of his divine weapons. Therefore, he should be worshipped all over the world

The Rendezvous of Pondruk and Divit 

Power of Pondruk had vastly increased. The ape named Divit, who was the friend of Narkasur came to Pondruk. Divit was riled with Krishna after the killing of Narkasur. He was an awful and powerful ape. That ape forced the people to obey pondruk as God.

An awful ape Divit

The Arrival of Lord Hanuman

With the inspiration of Krishna, Lord Hanuman went to the court of Pondruk to convince him by making a farmer's garb. The arrogant Pondruk insulted him in the court. 

Lord Hanuman was very angry at Pondruk but, by the command of Lord Krishna, he quietly moved to his place of residence, The mountain Ghandmadan.

Lord Hanuman

Lord Krishna gave another chance to  Pondruk to improve. Once upon a time, Lord Hanuman had paid the lotus flowers to Krishna. The same lotus flowers were sent by Lord Krishna to the palace of Pondruk by his elusive lore. The fragrance of the flowers had made the whole atmosphere fragrant. Then the wife of Pondruk, Devi Tara asked,"These lotus flowers belong to mountain Ghandmadan. How did they come here?" 

Lotus Flowers

The divine fragrance was coming from those lotus flowers. King Pondruk commanded Divit to go to mountain Ghandmadan and bring the lotus flowers. 

Capturing Lord Hanuman By Ape Divit

Divit reached mountain Ghandmadan and began to disturb its climate. He uprooted the trees and blew Hanuman absorbed in penance. Lord Hanuman became angry and ran to kill him but he was calmed down with the signal of Lord Krishna.

Lord Hanuman absorbed in meditation

Divit made Lord Hanuman captive and took him to the court of Pondruk. King Pondruk delighted to see Hanuman being trapped. He appreciated the Divit. Hanuman tried to convince Pondruk, but arrogant Pondruk insulted Lord Krishna and Lord Hanuman and called himself the Lord of the world.

Lord Hanuman became angry and said,"I have come here by the inspiration of Lord Krishna to convince you. Otherwise, no one can bind me to any bondage." 

By saying this, Lord Hanuman lifted Divit from his tail and razed the court of Pondruk. Hanuman left injured Divit in the court. Then Lord Hanuman went to the mountain Ghandmadan.

Lord Hanuman and ape Divit

Slaughter Of Divit

After the visit of Lord Hanuman, Pondruk was very scared. He sent Divit to Dwarka to kill Lord Krishna and Balram. When Divit reached Dwarka, Lord Balram and his wife Raveti were roaming in the garden together. Divit went to the garden and shouted at them. He threw a big rock on mighty Balram. But, Balram destroyed that rock on the way and killed him with his plough

Lord Balram killing Ape Divit

The Arrival of Sage Narad  

With the inspiration of Lord Krishna, Sage Narad went to convince Pondruk. Pondruk bowed down to Sage Narad and told while moving in all the folks you should preach that Vasudeva Pondruk is God, not vasudeva Krishna. Narad Ji replied, Krishna is the only Lord of the world and you should not disdain him. 

King Pondruk and Sage Narad

Pondruk became angry and told him to leave his palace. Sage Narad left the palace and went to Krishna. At that time, Krishna was in Badrikashram. Narad ji narrated the incident to Lord Krishna. He assured him and said that he will soon kill Pondruk.

Lord Krishna and Sage Narad

Pondruk's Slaughter 

King Pondruk departed to conquer Dwarka with a huge army. He was accompanied by his friends, king of Nishads, Eklavya, and the king of Kashi in his army. He reached to Dwarka at night and began to challenge the Yadav's for the war.

The whole Yadav army came to the battle after hearing the challenge for the war. The fierce war started on both sides. Sharp bonds of Eklavya caused a lot of damage to Yadav army. Pondruk's army demolished the eastern part of Dwarka.

Then, Satyaki came to the battleground to fight with Pondruk. An extremely terrible and awe-inspiring war had started between both of them. Pondruk and Satyaki were empowering each other In that war. That terrible war didn't seem to an end.

Satyaki and Pondruk

On the other hand, the battle between Balram and Eklavya started. Balram soon defeated Eklavya. He ran away from Dwarka and hid in another island.

Satyaki and Pondruk kept on fighting the war till the morning. Then Lord Krishna arrived at  Dwarka. Krishna praised Satyaki and asked him to take rest. Lord Krishna challenged Pondruk for the war.

Poundruk came to the battlefield wearing all the divine signs of Lord Krishna. He was holding the Conch, Panchjanya, the Mace Komodki, the Sword,Nandak, the Bow, Shargam and the Sudarshan Chakra similar to that of Lord Krishna. 

Lord Krishna

Pondruk attacked Krishna with all of his divine weapons. All of them were destroyed by Krishna on the way.

Lord krishna and Pondruk

Pondruk left the SudarshanChakra to kill him. Then Lord Krishna ordered his SudarshanChakra to kill Pondruk. The devine Chakra of Lord Krishna destroyed the Chakra of Pondruk and separated his head from the neck.

Lord Krishna

Thereafter, Lord Krishna killed the king of Kashi The Deities rained flowers from the Sky. Everyone was happy after the slaughter of Pondruk.

                   

                 !! OM NAMO NARAYANA !!