Observe the image and answer the following question.
The Malwa folio of the Bhagvata Purana in the image narrates, in separate compartments, the scenes that followed the birth of Krishna. How does the narrative in this folio conclude?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Krishna toppling and liberating Shakatasura
Option (1) Men and women singing and dancing — Incorrect. This is one of the celebration scenes in the lower left and upper middle sections. It is not where the story ends.
Option (2) Krishna toppling and liberating Shakatasura — Correct. The narrative concludes with Krishna toppling the cart demon Shakatasura with a gentle kick, which liberates him.
Option (3) Nanda and Yashoda donating cows to Brahmins — Incorrect. The overjoyed parents give cows and calves in the middle left and extreme right sections. This is part of the festivities, not the end.
Option (4) Women hovering over baby Krishna — Incorrect. The women guard the baby from the evil eye in the upper left section. This comes before the closing scene.
Note: This topic was not named in the CUET 2026 syllabus, but it was part of the NCERT chapter. In 2025 and 2026, NTA also asked questions on topics in NCERT that the CUET syllabus did not name. So our mocks have questions from every part of the NCERT chapter, to give you enough practice. Read the whole chapter, not only the sub-topics named in the syllabus.
NCERT (2026-27): “Bhagvata Purana …One observes scenes of celebration and festivities in the house of Nanda and Yashoda after the birth of Krishna. Men and women are singing and dancing (lower left and upper middle section); overjoyed parents — Nanda and Yashoda — are involved in charitable activities and are seen donating cows and calves to Brahmins and well-wishers (middle left and extreme right); lot of delicious food is being prepared (central section); women are hovering over baby Krishna to safeguard him form the evil eye (upper left section) and the narrative concludes with Krishna toppling, and thus, liberating the cart demon, Shakatasura, with a gentle kick.”
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