Krishna Kills the ElephantOnce Kansa decided to send his faithful elephant, Kuvalayapeeda, to
fight Krishna and Balarama. Seeing Krishna, Kuvalayapeeda tore open his
shackles and charged towards him. He climbed the stage
where Krishna was standing , grabbed him with his trunk, and was about
to throw him on the ground when Krishna slipped out of his grip and
quickly hid behind his hind legs. Seeing Krishna slip out, Kuvalayapeeda
raised his leg to crush him, but he again escaped unhurt. Seeing the
ferocious elephant-demon, Balarama rushed to save his brother. Casting a
cruel glance at the brothers, the elephant charged towards them with
his huge tusks. Krishna and Balarama firmly grabbed each of his tusks
and broke them into pieces. As the elephant fell on the ground, the
brothers killed him with his own tusks.
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