Who is krishna

However, it is said that he never had any relations with them. Krishna was cursed by Queen Gandhari, which led to his death and the destruction of his dynasty.

The Kurukshetra war left all of Gandhari's sons dead. When Krishna approached her to pay his condolences, the grieving mother spitefully cursed him that he along with the Yadu dynasty would perish in 36 years. Krishna already felt that the Yadavas were already transforming into a morally decadent race and should perish and so he calmly said "Tathastu" So be it at the end of her declaration.

Krishna's good looks are the matter of folklore, but though commonly depicted in paintings and idols as blue, his skin colour was actually dark. Spiritualists believe that his all-inclusive, magnetic aura had blue hues and so he is generally depicted as being blue in colour.

Krishna brought his Guru Sandipani Muni's dead son back to life. After completing their education under Guru Sandipani Muni, Krishna and Balarama asked their Guru what he wanted as Guru Dakshina fee for imparting knowledge. Guru Sandipani Muni asked them to restore his dead son who had disappeared in an ocean near Prabhasa.

Balaram and Krishna travelled to the spot where they learnt that their Guru's son had been trapped by a demon who lived inside a conch named Panchajanya which they subsequently took to Yama God of Death and asked him to restore the boy. Thus, Krishna and Balarama succeeded in restoring their Guru's son. Krishna blowing on his conch, Panchjanya, was the war cry for the Pandavas in Kurukshetra. Krishna's conch named Panchjanya had powerful reverberations all over the world when blown.

Krishna blew his conch to signal the start of the battle of Kurukshetra and at the end to symbolise the victory of dharma righteousness. Kunti, the mother of the Pandavas was actually Vasudev's sister. Vasudev was Krishna's father. Eklavya, the skilled archer was the son of Devsharavu who was Vasudev's brother Vasudev was Krishna's father. After Dronacharya makes Eklavya cut off his right thumb, Lord Krishna grants him a boon to be reincarnated so as to seek revenge on him. Eklavya is reincarnated as Dhrishtadyumna who stepped out of the yajna fire, created for the sole purpose of killing Dronacharya.

It is also said that Lord Krishna killed Eklavya. His father, Devsharavu was the adopted son of the king of hunters, Nishada Vyatraja Hiranyadhanus. He easily triumphed over the multi-million army of Jarasandha by building an impregnable capital Dwarka, "the many-gated" city on an island in the sea. The city located on the western point of Gujarat is now submerged in the sea according to the epic Mahabharata.

Krishna shifted, as the story goes, all his sleeping relatives and natives to Dwarka by the power of his yoga. In Dwarka, he married Rukmini, then Jambavati, and Satyabhama.

He also saved his kingdom from Nakasura, the demon king of Pragjyotisapura, had abducted 16, princesses. Krishna freed them and married them since they had nowhere else to go. For many years, Krishna lived with the Pandava and Kaurava kings who ruled over Hastinapur.

When a war was about to break out between the Pandavas and Kauravas, Krishna was sent to mediate but failed. War became inevitable, and Krishna offered his forces to the Kauravas and himself agreed to join the Pandavas as the charioteer of the master warrior Arjuna.

This epic battle of Kurukshetra described in the Mahabharata was fought in about BC. In the middle of the war, Krishna delivered his famous advice, which forms the crux of the Bhagavad Gita, in which he put forward the theory of 'Nishkam Karma' or action without attachment.

After the great war, Krishna returned to Dwarka. In his final days on earth, he taught spiritual wisdom to Uddhava, his friend, and disciple, and ascended to his abode after casting off his body, which was shot at by a hunter named Jara.

He is believed to have lived for years. Whether he was a human being or a God-incarnate, there is no gainsaying the fact that he has been ruling the hearts of millions for over three millennia. In the words of Swami Harshananda, "If a person can affect such a profound impact on the Hindu race affecting its psyche and ethos and all aspects of its life for centuries, he is no less than God. Actively scan device characteristics for identification.

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