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Krishna - the cowherd warrior
KRISHNA - THE COWHERD WARRIOR
Krishna - the cowherd warrior
KRISHNA - THE COWHERD WARRIOR
Krishna, the god who delivered the message of Gita to Arjuna, is worshipped in thousands of temples throughout India. As a lovable child, as a shrewd diplomat, as a great sage and even as a fearless man of action, Krishna's personality has fascinated for ages not only Indians but also thinkers of other lands.

Krishna's picture is depicted in so many styles; in fact Lord Krishna has probably been the subject of the most numerous masterpieces of art. Sometimes he is shown as a child eating butter-cake, at others he is seen dancing with maidens or playing on flute or advising Arjuna in the battlefield of KURUKSHETRA, so on and so forth.

Krishna was the eighth incarnation of Vishnu and he descended to the earth in the third stage of Brahma's KALPA the DWAPARA YUGA.

The story of Krishna should start with the marriage of his parents. Krishna was born in the Yadava clan, a brave and virile people. There was a branch of this clan called Shoora and Vasudeva; Krishna's father was their chief. At the same time there was another tribe living adjacently and their chief was King Ugrasena. The first-born son of this King was Kansa, a villainous character. Elders of the two tribes were anxious to forge an alliance. King Ugrasena' s brother named Devak had a beautiful daughter named Devaki, who was married with Vasudeva to ensure peace between the two tribes.

Devaki and vasudeva in prison
DEVAKI AND VASUDEVA IN PRISON
Kansa killing the new borns of Devaki and Vasudeva
KANSA KILLING THE NEW BORNS OF DEVAKI AND VASUDEVA
Kansa was cruel, haughty and wicked. Narada, a sage, predicted that the eighth child of Devaki would slay Kansa. Hearing this Kansa decided that not only the eighth child but also all the children of Devaki should be killed immediately after birth. To implement his diabolical plan, Kansa held both Vasudeva and Devaki as prisoners in the palace.

This way six of Devaki's sons were killed one by one by Kansa. Her husband's kinsmen, who took away the child immediately on birth in a nearby town named Gokul at the house of his friend, Nanda, where Vasudeva's elder wife, Rohini, was living, saved the seventh son of Devaki.

As the fateful day of the birth of the eighth child drew near, Devaki was full of anxiety. A great sage had told her that Lord Vishnu himself was going to appear in this world through her womb. On the other side Kansa had also taken extra precautions against the birth of the eighth child. The guards were heavily armed and many more men were deployed.

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