BADDHIKA

BADDHIKA The Chandala Valmiki and the poor hunter (Baddhika) attained salvation. (Maru M. 5, p. 999) The actual name of the hunter (Baddhika) is mentioned as Jara (which means allegorically old age). He mistook the foot of Krishna as part of a deer, who was lying down in the forest of Prabhas Kshetra. His arrow killed Krishna. When he came to know, what he had done unwittingly, he requested for mercy and forgiveness. It is said that Krishna forgave him and sent him to heaven. See : Krishna

References :

1. Kohli, Surindar Singh, Dictionary of Mythological References in Guru Granth Sahib, 1993