Krishna was born about 5,000 years ago. The time of his birth appearing on this earth was at midnight between the tithis of 7th and 8th night of the dark half of the month of Shravan.
Krishna was born in prison in the city of Mathura. His birth parents were Vasudevji and Mata Devki who were imprisoned by Devki’s brother Kansa.
Immediately after his birth, Vasudevji hid him in a large basket, miraculously escaped the prison, crossed the Yamuna River, went to Gokul and placed baby Krishan beside Yasodaji who had also happened to give birth to a baby girl called Yogmaya. He took Yogmaya back to the prison in Mathura.
Nandray and Yashodaji were the king and queen of Gokul and became foster parents to Krishna raising him as their own. The whole of Gokul celebrated the Royal birth with great pomp, zeal and splendour. This tithi, the 8th day of the dark half of Shravan, is known as ‘Janmasthami’ and is celebrated by Hindus everywhere.
Krishna was educated at Sandipani Rishi’s ashram where he successfully mastered knowledge and became an expert and well versed in science of life involving the three yogas - karma yoga, gyan yoga and bhakti yoga. He is also subsequently known as ‘Yogeshwar Krishna’.
Krishna was a man of brilliant intellect, unshakable courage, sharp intelligence and illustrious personality. He was also a just, selfless, shrewd and astute politician with a profound understanding of the mind and human psychology along with a complete and wonderful mastery over yoga. He was well versed in the Vedas and that is reflected in the ‘Bhagwad Geeta’, the science of reighteous life applicable to humanity.
Krishna possessed very strong steel-like strength within himself which is known as 'Radha'. His Radha Shakti which was always within Him as his true, faithful and steadfast companion.
Krishna's wife and consort was Devi Rukshmani and he only had one wife, not many as mentioned in the scriptures. The story of many wives is an imaginary myth which gives very wrong impression of Lord Krishna. He became king of Dwarka, a city on the west coast of Gujarat.
Krishna had two very dear friends: Sudama, a poor Brahmin who studied with Krishna at the Ashram, and Arjuna, one of the Pandavas, to whom Krishna preached the immortal celestial Bhagwad Geeta – the science of truthful, honest and righteous life on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Lord Krishna later died by an arrow of a hunter.
All glory and victory to Jagadguru Yogeshwar Lord Shri Krishna.
Savitaben D Shukla
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