The term Krishna in Sanskrit has the literal meaning of "black" or "dark one", and this refers to his complexion.
In murtis (statues) and pictorial representations, he is often shown as dark skinned.
For instance, Jagannatha, Krishna as Lord of the World, at Puri is shown with his brother and sister, the latter two being shown with a distinctly lighter complexion.
The name is sometimes said to mean bluish black, rather than simply black, and sometimes his complexion is described to be "that of a storm cloud".
The great scholar Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti neatly outlines Lord Krishna's activities in this way: the first three years and four months were spent in Gokula, then equal lengths of time in Vmdavana and Nandagram, eighteen years and four months in Mathura, and finally ninety-six years and eight months in Dvaraka totalling 125 years of manifest pastimes.
Usually the conception of sprirtual perfection consists of overwhelming feelings only of awe and reverence at God's majesty.
However, in these pastimes each devotee loves God either as a master, a best freind, a mischievous son, or even as an intimate lover, thus revealing the infinite possibilities of divine love.
These early pastimes of Lord Krsna in Vrindavana illustrate the extraordinary intimacy that one can have with God.
Birth:
Krishna was of the royal family of Mathura, and was the eighth son born to the princess Devaki, and her husband Vasudeva
The king Kamsa, Devaki's brother, had ascended the throne by imprisoning his father, King Ugrasena. Afraid of a prophecy that predicted his death at the hands of Devaki's eighth son, he had the
Where he planned to kill all of Devaki’s children at birth. After killing the first six children, and Devaki’s apparent miscarriage of the seventh, KRISHNA took birth.
As his life was in danger he was smuggled out to be raised by his foster parents Yasoda and Nanda in Gokula, Mahavana. Two of his siblings also survived, Balarama (Devaki's seventh child, transferred to the womb of Rohini, Vasudeva's first wife) and Subhadra (daughter of Vasudeva and Devaki born much later than Balarama and Krishna
The prison believed by worshippers to mark Krishna's birth is now known as Krishnajanmabhoomi, where a temple is raised in his honour
Krishna Rasalila:
Krishna enjoyed the dance of love (rasa-lila) with the gopis many of whom are expansions of His own internal energies.
The supreme gopi known as Shrimati Radharani is the object of Krishna's highest devotion.
This beautiful dance would occur in the autumn season at night under a full moon when Lord Krishna would captivate the young gopis with the extraordinary music of His flute .
These esoteric pastimes constitute the most confidential expression of divinity ever revealed.
For the next eighteen years, KRISHNA continued to live in Mathura halting the impending threat of many demonic kings. Later in Their pastimes Lord Balarama married a princess named Revati. Lord Krsna married many queens, the foremost among them being the extraordinarily beautiful Queen Rukmani..
He married Rukmini, daughter of King Bhishmaka of Vidarbha. In total, Krishna had 16,108 wives, including Satyabhama and Jambavati
Both Krishna and Balarama established Their palaces in Dwaraka off the coast of western India, where They enjoyed married life for many years. Although They were married, Lord Krishna and Lord Balrama exhibited the quality of detachment from material life perfectly.
The War of Kurukshetra:
When They were about ninety years old, the great world war of Kuruksetra took place. This climactic battle brought together all the major world leaders
Krishna was cousin to both sides in the war between the Pandavas and Kauravas. He asked the sides to choose between his army and himself. The Kauravas picked the army and he sided with the Pandavas. He agreed to be the charioteer for Arjuna in the great battle.
Lord Krsna took the role of a charioteer on the side of the pious Pandavas, while Lord Balarama refusing to participate went on a pilgrimage tour thereby blessing the entire land of India.
At the start of the war, Lord Krishna displayed His stupendous Universal Form
This war concluded with the destruction of the demonic kings and the reinstatement of the righteous Pandava princes.
Having completed Their mission, Balarama and Krsna resumed Their life in Dvaraka where They spent some thirty-five more years before ending Their earthly manifest activities The foremost description of Lord Krishna's activities occurs in the Srimad Bhagavatam, literally "the Beautiful Book of God."
The Bhagavad Gita is the advice given to Arjuna by Krishna before the start of the battle.
Although eternal the Lord appears in specific circumstances out of mercy for His devotees. In fact, His principal biography, the Srimad Bhagavatam states, "the learned men describe the births and activities of the Unborn and Inactive." Therefore, although He appears within the material dimensions of time and space, He is most definitely not of it.
In His Bhagavad-gita, Lord Krishna promises: "Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion--at that time I descend Myself. To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear milleniumm after millenium."
The term Krishna in Sanskrit has the literal meaning of "black" or "dark one", and this refers to his complexion.
In murtis (statues) and pictorial representations, he is often shown as dark skinned.
For instance, Jagannatha, Krishna as Lord of the World, at Puri is shown with his brother and sister, the latter two being shown with a distinctly lighter complexion.
The name is sometimes said to mean bluish black, rather than simply black, and sometimes his complexion is described to be "that of a storm cloud".
The great scholar Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti neatly outlines Lord Krishna's activities in this way: the first three years and four months were spent in Gokula, then equal lengths of time in Vmdavana and Nandagram, eighteen years and four months in Mathura, and finally ninety-six years and eight months in Dvaraka totalling 125 years of manifest pastimes.
Usually the conception of sprirtual perfection consists of overwhelming feelings only of awe and reverence at God's majesty.
However, in these pastimes each devotee loves God either as a master, a best freind, a mischievous son, or even as an intimate lover, thus revealing the infinite possibilities of divine love.
These early pastimes of Lord Krsna in Vrindavana illustrate the extraordinary intimacy that one can have with God.
Birth:
Krishna was of the royal family of Mathura, and was the eighth son born to the princess Devaki, and her husband Vasudeva
The king Kamsa, Devaki's brother, had ascended the throne by imprisoning his father, King Ugrasena. Afraid of a prophecy that predicted his death at the hands of Devaki's eighth son, he had the
Where he planned to kill all of Devaki’s children at birth. After killing the first six children, and Devaki’s apparent miscarriage of the seventh, KRISHNA took birth.
As his life was in danger he was smuggled out to be raised by his foster parents Yasoda and Nanda in Gokula, Mahavana. Two of his siblings also survived, Balarama (Devaki's seventh child, transferred to the womb of Rohini, Vasudeva's first wife) and Subhadra (daughter of Vasudeva and Devaki born much later than Balarama and Krishna
The prison believed by worshippers to mark Krishna's birth is now known as Krishnajanmabhoomi, where a temple is raised in his honour
Krishna Rasalila:
Krishna enjoyed the dance of love (rasa-lila) with the gopis many of whom are expansions of His own internal energies.
The supreme gopi known as Shrimati Radharani is the object of Krishna's highest devotion.
This beautiful dance would occur in the autumn season at night under a full moon when Lord Krishna would captivate the young gopis with the extraordinary music of His flute .
These esoteric pastimes constitute the most confidential expression of divinity ever revealed.
For the next eighteen years, KRISHNA continued to live in Mathura halting the impending threat of many demonic kings. Later in Their pastimes Lord Balarama married a princess named Revati. Lord Krsna married many queens, the foremost among them being the extraordinarily beautiful Queen Rukmani..
He married Rukmini, daughter of King Bhishmaka of Vidarbha. In total, Krishna had 16,108 wives, including Satyabhama and Jambavati
Both Krishna and Balarama established Their palaces in Dwaraka off the coast of western India, where They enjoyed married life for many years. Although They were married, Lord Krishna and Lord Balrama exhibited the quality of detachment from material life perfectly.
The War of Kurukshetra:
When They were about ninety years old, the great world war of Kuruksetra took place. This climactic battle brought together all the major world leaders
Krishna was cousin to both sides in the war between the Pandavas and Kauravas. He asked the sides to choose between his army and himself. The Kauravas picked the army and he sided with the Pandavas. He agreed to be the charioteer for Arjuna in the great battle.
Lord Krsna took the role of a charioteer on the side of the pious Pandavas, while Lord Balarama refusing to participate went on a pilgrimage tour thereby blessing the entire land of India.
At the start of the war, Lord Krishna displayed His stupendous Universal Form
This war concluded with the destruction of the demonic kings and the reinstatement of the righteous Pandava princes.
Having completed Their mission, Balarama and Krsna resumed Their life in Dvaraka where They spent some thirty-five more years before ending Their earthly manifest activities The foremost description of Lord Krishna's activities occurs in the Srimad Bhagavatam, literally "the Beautiful Book of God."
The Bhagavad Gita is the advice given to Arjuna by Krishna before the start of the battle.
Although eternal the Lord appears in specific circumstances out of mercy for His devotees. In fact, His principal biography, the Srimad Bhagavatam states, "the learned men describe the births and activities of the Unborn and Inactive." Therefore, although He appears within the material dimensions of time and space, He is most definitely not of it.
In His Bhagavad-gita, Lord Krishna promises: "Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion--at that time I descend Myself. To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear milleniumm after millenium."
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