Christ vs Krishna

CHRIST vs KRISHNA - RE-READING SAKES
M. M. NINAN
feeble gift of her poverty, rather than for the rich who cast in much of their abundance.
(* The exclamation of " Radha-Krishna" is common among the Hindoos*)
Similarly as with Krishna so Christ returns to his native land, but not till the death of
Herod : and instead of big usurping the throne, he is otherwise engaged, i. e., in
establishing himself in the eyes of the doctors as the prophetical personage,
symbolized in the Pentateuchal doctrine. His holding controversy with the Jewish
doctors in the temple, at the age of twelve, is proverbial. But does not this appear to be
a mystery? The apparent incongruity of the two subjects under discussion having a
common object for the benefit of mankind needs elucidation. The criterion to go by is
to abstract the most prominent circumstances as a chemist might in tasting the virtues
of drugs,
The salt, for instance, which does not lose its characteristic quality by being mixed in a
nostrum. The wit of the Hindoo genius, as I mentioned in my former chapters, is
worthy of note. He surpasses all other persons of every nation in his aptitude for
innovation. He deals with the circumstances of the facts with such ingenuity that he
confounds the one and improves the other. In other words, while he is making
nonsense of one subject he is virtually improving the other. He makes light of a grave
matter and intensifies those of less importance. For instance, the ascension of Elijah,
as given in the Scriptures, is a mere passing account of the occurrence, but that given
of Hurrishchundra is a glaring description of the devotee, whose undeniable pretension
to holiness becomes the theme of universal admiration. Thus he aggrandizes his own,
and disparages another's.
I need not repeat the history of Krishna, as it has already been shown to be typical of
the Lord. The part that requires elucidation is the period when it is alleged he returns
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