Observe the image and answer the following question.
This Malwa folio from the Bhagvata Purana narrates, section by section, the celebrations in the house of Nanda and Yashoda after the birth of Krishna. With which episode does its narrative conclude?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Krishna liberating the cart demon Shakatasura
Option (1) Krishna liberating the cart demon Shakatasura — Correct. The folio ends with Krishna toppling the cart demon Shakatasura with a gentle kick, and so liberating him.
Option (2) Krishna on a swing with a Gopi — Incorrect. This is the upper scene of Krishna Swinging and Radha in Sad Mood, a Rasikapriya painting by Nuruddin of Bikaner.
Option (3) Krishna playing the flute amid cows — Incorrect. This is the Bikaner painting Krishna playing Flute surrounded by Cows (1777), not a scene of this Malwa folio.
Option (4) Krishna celebrating Sarad Purnima — Incorrect. This is the Nathdwara painting of Krishna as Shrinathji celebrating the festival of Sarad Purnima.
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 …This folio from Bhagvata Purana is a typical example of Malwa style, where the space is carefully compartmentalised with each section narrating different scenes of an episode. 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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