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Yadavas killing themselves, with Krishna (blue figure) and his brother Balarama depicted at right. Painting by M. V. Dhurandhar. The Mausala Parva (lit. Episode of Flails) [1] [2] is the sixteenth of the eighteen episodes of the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata.
Krishna frees the brothers from the curse. In the Bhagavata Purana, Nalakuvara, and his brother Manigriva, are cursed by the sage Narada into becoming trees. [4] They are later liberated by the child-god Krishna. Nalakuvera and Manigriva were playing, in the nude, in the Ganges, with apsaras, when Narada walked by after a visit with Vishnu ...
Krishna saved Uttara's unborn child from the effects of the Brahmastra, on the request of Draupadi, Subhadra, and Sudeshna. Ashwatthama was then made to surrender the gem on his forehead and cursed by Krishna that he would roam in the forests till the end of Kali yuga with blood and pus oozing out of his injuries, and with no one to talk to. [13]
Bhagavata Purana, Canto Ten, Chapter 16 The account of Krishna and Kaliya, as told in the Bhagavata Purana. (Full Sanskrit text online, with translation and commentary.) The Importance of Kaaleya Mardan - A comparative view of the knowledge of solar physics and biology among the modern scientists, among the ancient civilized nations, and among the early Sanskrit writers.
Only the women and Krishna and Balarama remained alive. Then Balarama went to the forest, and Krishna first sent a messenger to the Kuru city, to place the city and women of Dvaraka under the Pandavas protection, and then took leave of his father; afterward he himself sought the forest, where Balarama awaited him.
Bhishma mangles both Partha and Vasudeva. Krishna, filled with anger and scolding Arjuna for not fighting wholeheartedly, jumps down from the car and rushes towards Bhishma, whip in hand, desirous of slaying him. Arjuna seizes Krishna and reminds him of his promise not to fight, only to drive Arjuna's chariot, or else people will call him a liar.
In Hinduism, Krishna is recognized as the complete and eighth incarnation of Vishnu, or as the Supreme God (Svayam Bhagavan) in his own right. [1] As one of the most popular of all Hindu deities, Krishna has acquired a number of epithets, and absorbed many regionally significant deities, such as Jagannatha in Odisha and Vithoba in Maharashtra.
He was the only survivor of the Yadu dynasty after a violent disaster due to the curse of Gandhari. Vajra was crowned as the King of Indraprastha on the request of Krishna by the Pandavas after the Yadava fratricide just before the Pandavas' exile. [11] Aniruddha had one more son named Mrigaketana from Rochana. [1]