To celebrate Krishna's turning over in the bed, Yashoda organised festivities and performed ceremonial ablutions. After the function was over, Yashoda was busy attending to the guests. She placed Krishna under a cart outside the house and put him to sleep. This cart was a ghost named Shaktasur.
Mother Yashoda carried on with zeal honouring the people of Vraja who had gathered there. She did not notice the cries of Krishna from outside. Being a ghost, Shaktasur had no gross body. Ghostly beings try to enter into another body to haunt people and create havoc in the world. Shaktasur especially wanted to kill Krishna. He took the opportunity and entered into the cart. Knowing this well, Krishna tossed up his feet and hit the cart, which turned upside down. All the vessels, containing various delicious substances, were crushed under the impact, its wheels and axle tree inverted and its pole shattered. Krishna destroyed the cart and also liberated Shaktasur.
The womenfolk along with Yashoda and Nanda rushed to the spot wondering how the cart could actually collapse by itself. Boys who were playing there, told the wondering cowherds that Krishna had actually knocked it down with his foot. Those cowherds however do not believe, assuming it to be a mere talk of children. They did not know the strength of that baby boy Krishna.
Who Shatkasur was & how he got a chance to attain liberation by touch of feet of supreme Lord Krishna:
The demon Hiranyaksha (who was slain by Varaha) had a son, Utkachh, who was strong and powerful. Once he crushed the trees of the hermitage of the sage Lomasha. Lomasha cursed him to remain disembodied forthwith. He felt that his physical sheath was about to fall off like a slough. He fell prostrate at the feet of the sage and sought forgiveness. The sage blessed him that he would be liberated by the touch of the feet of Lord Krishna. It was Utkachh who had entered the cart in Nanda's residence in the disembodied state and was liberated by Krishna.
Mother Yashoda carried on with zeal honouring the people of Vraja who had gathered there. She did not notice the cries of Krishna from outside. Being a ghost, Shaktasur had no gross body. Ghostly beings try to enter into another body to haunt people and create havoc in the world. Shaktasur especially wanted to kill Krishna. He took the opportunity and entered into the cart. Knowing this well, Krishna tossed up his feet and hit the cart, which turned upside down. All the vessels, containing various delicious substances, were crushed under the impact, its wheels and axle tree inverted and its pole shattered. Krishna destroyed the cart and also liberated Shaktasur.
The womenfolk along with Yashoda and Nanda rushed to the spot wondering how the cart could actually collapse by itself. Boys who were playing there, told the wondering cowherds that Krishna had actually knocked it down with his foot. Those cowherds however do not believe, assuming it to be a mere talk of children. They did not know the strength of that baby boy Krishna.
The demon Hiranyaksha (who was slain by Varaha) had a son, Utkachh, who was strong and powerful. Once he crushed the trees of the hermitage of the sage Lomasha. Lomasha cursed him to remain disembodied forthwith. He felt that his physical sheath was about to fall off like a slough. He fell prostrate at the feet of the sage and sought forgiveness. The sage blessed him that he would be liberated by the touch of the feet of Lord Krishna. It was Utkachh who had entered the cart in Nanda's residence in the disembodied state and was liberated by Krishna.
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