Shishupala: three eyes, four arms, a hundred forgiven insults

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The 'hundred sins' count is a mother's boon, not Krishna's rule.

Born with three eyes and four arms, Shishupala's parents want to abandon him; a heavenly voice says the extras vanish at the touch of the one who will kill him. Krishna lays him on his lap and the extra eye and arms disappear. His mother Shrutasrava begs Krishna to forgive her son 100 offences; at the Rajasuya Krishna counts, forgives the 100th but not the 101st, and kills him with the Sudarshana chakra. Shishupala is considered Jaya (Vaikuntha gatekeeper) in his last of three births.

Who: Shishupala, Krishna, Shrutasrava

Bound to

Jarāsandha mirror

The Rājasūya and the first honour to Kṛṣṇa origin

Śiśupāla's death at the Agra-pūjā birth

Places: Indraprastha

Where this comes from

commentary · Wikipedia: Shishupala (cites Mahabharata, Wisdom Library)
modern-popular · Boldsky past lives (Jaya-Vijaya, Ravana, Hiranyakashipu)

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