Sri Krishnan

Srikrishna is a multifaceted personality. A wonderful set of books I will recommend is Krishnavatara series (8 of them) by KM Munshi published by Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan. The first book is The Magic Flute which deals with His childhood. Then there are Book of Bhima, Five Brothers,  Book of Vyasa, and 4 more. In every book, Srikrishna's personality is described - as a statesman, humanitarian and a true friend. Every incident in Krishna's life is portrayed as if happening in the present atmosphere. Srikrishna lived for Dharma, Sathya, Shanthi, Ahimsa and Bhagavad Githa amply explains these. Our Swami's teachings too, are based on these basic principles. In fact, all religions stand for these basic truths - the only problem was selfishness crept into these tenets, people started to give vicarious meanings to the religious practices and spoiled the basic principles of human values. Some religions are spreading hatred and enmity instead of love, compassion and tolerance and they think they are right. What a state of affairs!

Some of the incidents described in Krishnavathara are very striking - eg. the conversation between Drona and Krishna in Five brothers, the meeting of Krishna with Draupadi before her wedding, and also the farewell meeting of Krishna with Radha from Brindavan.

There was too much hatred between the Panchala Emperor and Drona. The emperor knew that only Krishna could equal or defeat Drona if there is a fight. Draupadi knew this, too. Draupadi had a wish to marry Krishna and was a great admirer of His. She knew Krishna was divine.

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