Lord Krishna
On the very sixth day of
his birth he killed lady demon Putna by sucking on her breasts. In his
childhood, he also killed many mighty demons, such as Trunavarta, Keshi,
Aristhasur, Bakasur, Pralambasur et al. During the same period he also
killed Kali Nag (the cobra de capello) and made the holy water of river Yamuna
poison free. He made cowherdesses happy by the bliss of his cosmic dances and
the soulful music of his flute. He stayed in Gokul for 3 years and 4 months. As
a child he was reputed to be very mischievous, stealing curd and butter and
playing pranks with his girl friends or gopis.
Having completed his Lila
or exploits at Gokul, he went to Vrindavan and stayed until he was 6 years and
8 months old. There he drove away the serpent Kaliya from the river to the sea.
He lifted the Govardhana hill up with his little finger and held it like an
umbrella to protect the people of Vrindavana from the torrential rain caused by
Lord Indra, who had been annoyed by Krishna. Then he lived in Nandagram till he
was 10.
He then returned to
Mathura and killed his wicked maternal uncle King Kamsa with all his
cruel associates and liberated his parents from jail. He also reinstated
Ugrasen as the King of Mathura. He completed his education and mastered the 64
sciences and arts in 64 days at Avantipura under his preceptor Sandipani. As gurudaksina
or fees, he restored Sandipani's dead son to him. He stayed in Mathura till he
was 28.
Krishna easily triumphed
over the multi-million army of Jarasandha of Magadha by building an impregnable
capital Dwarka in an island in the sea and shifted all his sleeping relatives
and natives to Dwarka by the power of Yoga.
In Dwarka, he married
Rukmini, then Jambavati, and Satyabhama. Nakasura, the demon king of
Pragjyotisapura, had abducted 16000 princesses. Krishna freed them and married
them since they had nowhere else to go.
Rest of his life he was
with the Pandavas helping them fight the Kauravas in the epic battle the Mahabharata.
At Dwarka he lived for 96
years until he was 125 years old. In his final days on earth, he taught
spiritual wisdom to Uddhava, his friend and disciple, and ascended to his abode
after casting off his body, which was shot at by a hunter named Jara.
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