As a young man, Krishna left Vrindavan to fulfill his destiny in Mathura, where he overthrew the vicious king Kamsa. But back in his village , the gopis pined for him night and day, especially Radha, his favorite girlfriend. Krishna never returned to Vrindavan. But lives, until they actually began to see him in everyone and everything around them. Merging in Krishna's true Self, the all-pervading consciousness of Vishnu, they each attained enlightenment. Many Hindus still cherish the memory of the gopis as the greatest devotees who ever lived.
Krishna eventually became king of Mathura. As the Mahabharata relates, he would go on to help his friend Arjuna win the disastrous war against the Kauravas. The Bhagavad Gita, one of the wisest and most powerful scriptures in the world's spiritual literature, recounts Krishna's advice to Arjuna confronts the consequences of human evil and the inevitability of death.
Once, when hundreds of women from a nearby kingdom were carried off by pillaging army, Krishna rushed to the rescue. After he'd saved them the women cried that their husbands and fathers wouldn't accept them back because they were "impure" now that they'd been raped. Krishna called for a priest and married them all on the spot. It's easy to see why Krishna is so popular with women devotees to this day!
Krishna may well be the single most beloved figure in the history of Hinduism. He's more loved than Vishnu himself even though he's supposed to be just one of Vishnu's ten major incarnations. The character of Krishna combines unsurpassed wisdom with masculine charm and heroic deeds. He towers over the centuries as a Divine Man for all time.
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