Krishna!

Chapter 16 - The Wrestling Match

The wrestling match started. All the wrestlers showed immense strength and played quite well. Kamsa for a change was quite pleased with all of the wrestlers and rewarded each of the, with a thousand gold coins and proclaimed all of them to be winners.

Krishna and Balaram watched eagerly, waiting to show their uncle the right place he belonged to and deserved. Paying obeisance to the wrestling ground, both of them entered it, with their Angavastras tied to their waists, firm. Kamsa signed at Chanura. Chanura stepped in with his brother Mushtika.

The mere sight of both of them created a fearful silence among the audience. They were well-built, with a strength of twenty elephants. With their experience in wrestling, nobody dared to face them. All the citizens began whispering, fearful and excited at the same time.

Krishna and Balaram showed absolutely no signs of worry. They were rather excited. As Chanura approached Krishna and Mushtika approached Balaram, the duo grinned at each other and simultaneously smirked at the wrestler brothers.

"Young man! You have guts to fight us, eh? Such a pity to see you get crushed by us", Chanura and Mushtika were clearly overconfident.

"Well, time will tell, who is the one getting crushed, ", Krishna smirked at the two and signed Chanura to come and attack him. Chanura was confused. Did the young man just call him Mahodaya? Did he really get so much respect from his King's nemesis? But he dared not open his mouth, not at least in front of the King, lest he should face the latter's wrath.

He approached Krishna in full rage, clenching his fists. He expected Krishna to respond to his attack. Krishna stood, serene and focused, hands folded. He didn't show any signs of fear or restlessness or readiness to counter the attack. He stood there, waiting for Chanura to punch him. Right before Chanura reached his chest, he simply moved aside. THUD! Chanura just fell on his face, his nose bleeding. Balaram couldn't help but guffaw at this sight. Mushtika came running, trying to attack his from behind. And he shoved Balaram on his back, with all his might.

"Ouch that hurt!"...

"Dau! That poor guy doesn't know what in pain his fingers will be. Just look at his plight. That punch backfired on him", Krishna smirked at Balaram, and quietly dodged another punch of Chanura.

"Ah you don't worry Kanha! We'll just have fun now", Balaram's eyes twinkled mischievously as he grinned back. And he turned to face Mushtika, who was in pain after that punch he gave Balaram.

"Aaaaaaarrrrrrggghhhhh!", Chanura screamed, running towards Krishna. And Krishna dodged again.

Mushtika gathered himself, and ran to Balaram. Balaram was ready. And the duo were wrestling, the proper way. Mushtika couldn't believe that a young man had so much strength in him. Balaram was so well groomed, that he knew exactly how to hold his opponent and tire him out without much efforts. Mushtika couldn't hold himself for too long. He lifted Balaram up and pinned him on the ground. But before he could do anything else and even realise, Balaram was upon him. He merely sat on Mushtika's back and the latter groaned in pain. The groan was so loud that it sent a shiver down Kamsa's spine. It reached the dungeons as well, much to the delight of all of them.

"Maharaj, Maharani, it is time for us to take your leave now. I am so sorry that I couldn't spend too much time with you. I am worried for my friends. I do not want them to be in any trouble. If you please give me permission, I would like to leave.", said Shree hands folded. Devaki, Vasudeva and Ugrasena fondly blessed her and Kanika as they took all their blessings. And they came out of the dungeons, and instructed the soldier to take them back to the marketplace.