![]() ![]() ![]() The stories of Krishna appear across a broad spectrum of Hindu philosophical and theological traditions. In Bhagavad Gita (4.13) Krishna says, "Catur varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ" meaning that Krishna Himself created the meritocratic varna system, Varnashrama dharma (not to be confused with the more modern caste system). He is often described as a child, an infant eating butter, a toddler being tied to a mortar ( Damodara) by his Mother, a young boy playing a flute as in the Srimad Bhagavatam (also known as the Bhagavata Purana), an adolescent cowherd tending to cows, a young man along with Radha ( Rādhārānī), a householder romancing any of His multiple wives, a king dispensing royal duties, a diplomat initiating both war and peace for greater good, as a middle-aged friend and charioteer to Arjuna or as an elder giving direction and guidance to Arjuna in the form of spiritual discourse as in the Bhagavad Gita. Srimad Bhagavatam names Krishna's eternal abode as Goloka. ![]() As one of the most popular of all Hindu deities, Krishna has absorbed many regionally significant deities such as Jagannatha in Odisha or Vithoba in Maharashtra. Krishna is one of the most widely revered and popular of all Hindu deities. In the Hindu Pantheon, Krishna is recognized as the complete and eighth Incarnation of Vishnu or as the Supreme God Svayam Bhagavan ( Supreme Personality of Godhead) in His own right. Historically, Krishna as Vasudeva Govinda Krishna Shauri of the Vrishnis was the monarch of Dwaraka, a submerged island-state off the coast of modern Gujarat. He is arguably one of the most enigmatic figures in prehistory and mythology. Krishna ( / ˈ k r ɪ ʃ n ə/ Sanskrit: कृष्ण, Kṛṣṇa in IAST, pronounced ( Classical Sanskrit) and in Vedic Sanskrit is a Hindu deity worshipped across many traditions of Hinduism in a variety of different perspectives. ![]()
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