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Shri Krishna known and unknown facts

Shri Krishna

Shri Krishna is perhaps the most written about amongst the incarnations of Lord Vishnu. His stories are
magical, inspiring and sometimes they look human like. Please read on for some interesting and unknown
facts about him.
1. Shri Krishna was born in Rohini Nakshatra as the eighth son of Devki and Vasudeva.

Birth of Shri Krishna

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2. He brought back the son of his guru (teacher), Sandipani, who was dead. Thus he paid his Gurudakshina
to Sage Sandipani.

Sage Sandipani teacher of Krishna

and Balrama

3. Many of us do not know that he also brought back the six sons of Devki (seventh and eighth being
Balrama and himself) for a brief reunion.
Names of these six sons areSmara, Udgitha,Parishvanga,Patanga,KshudrabhritandGhrini.
These six sons were earlier grand sons of Hiranyakashyap and they were living under a curse.
3. Kansa or Kamsa was Kalanemiin his earlier birth. Kalanemi was killed by Lord Vishnu. The six sons of
Devki were Kalanemi sons in his previous birth and they were cursed by Hiranykashyap that they would be
killed by their father. Hence Kansa, duly kills six sons of Devki in their next birth. The six sons of Kalanemi
were known by the names ofHamsa, Suvikrama, Kratha, Damana, Ripurmardana and Krodhahanta.

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Killing of Kansa

4. Gandharis curse to Shri Krishna served two purposes. In his earlier avatar as Lord Rama(incarnation), he
killed Bali. He assured Tara (Balis widow) that Bali would be able to exact his revenge in his next birth. The
hunter Jara was Bali reborn, and in this life, he ended Shri Krishnas stay on earth with a simple arrow. Thus
Gandhari s curse and his assurance has been fullled.

Death of Bali (Vali)

5.Krishna had a total of 16,108 wives, of which only eight were his princely wives,also known
asAshtabharya,or patrani
(Rukmini,Satyabhama,Jambavati,Nagnajiti,Kalindi,Mitravinda,Bhadra,Lakshmana).
Rukmini is also considered to be anavatarofLakshmi, the goddess of fortune. Shri Krishna married her
after she sent him a letter to come and abduct her and save her relatives from a ght. When Krishna was
eloping with Rukmini, Rukminis brother Rukmi came and fought, before being defeated by Shri Krishna. His
other 16,100 wives were rescued from Narakasura. They had been forcibly kept in his palace and after
Krishna had killedNarakasurahe rescued these 16,100 women and freed them.

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Lord Krishna and Rukmini

6. Out of his wives, Satyabhama had some ego while Rukmini was fully devoted to Lord Krishna. There is a
famous incident of Tulabharam, which has established the simplcity of Rukmini was better than the wealth
of Satyabhama.

Tulabharam Shri Krishna

7. Shri Krishna had eighty sons from his eight queens (Ashtapatranis). From each of his queen, he had ten
sons.Pradyumna was the son of Rukmini. Samba was the son from Jambavati, who was cursed by the sages
which later became the reason of destruction of Yadu clan. Shri Krishna himself done penance of Lord Shiva

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to obtain a son like him. Incidentally, Shri Krishna also cursed Samba to be aected by leprosy. Courtesy of
Sage Narada.
8. Shri Krishnas sister Subhadra was born to Vasudev and Rohini. She was born after Vasudeva was freed
from the prison. Balrama wanted her to be married to Duryodhana, who was his favourite disciple. But
Rohini and other did not want this. To overcome this situation, Shri Krishna advised Arjuna to abduct
Subhadra. He also asked Subhadra to hold the rains of the chariot, so it was technically not an abduction.
Balrama was pacied later on, and the marriage was performed at Indraprastha.

Arjuna and Subhadra

9. There is no mention of Radha in scriptures. Neither Mahabharata, Nor Shrimad Bhagwat mention this.
This fact is too important to missed by greats like Ved Vyasa. Probably, this was included by Jayadev and
became famous from there.

10. Ekalavya was actually Krishnas cousin. He was the son of Devashrava (brother of Vasudeva) who got lost
in the forest and was found by a Nishada Hiranyadhanu. Ekalavya died protecting his father during Rukmini
Swayamvar. He was killed by Krishna. For his great sacrice of Gurudakshina Krishna blessed Ekalavya that
he would be soon reincarnated and take revenge on Drona. This person was Dhristadyumna (who kiled
Drona).

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11. Krishna is arguably the most dicult character to understand. Once, he even started ghting with
Arjuna. Lord Shiva got so perturbed that he descended to stop the ght. He asked what Krishna was doing.
Krishnas simple reply was that Arjuna needed to ght in battle and hence Krishna was testing Arjuna.
12. The narration of the Bhagvad Gita by Krishna was heard rsthand not only by Arjuna but also Hanuman
and Sanjaya. Hanuman was perched on top of Arjunas chariot throughout the battle of Kurukshetra and
Sanjaya was blessed by Ved Vyasa with divine vision in order to narrate the events of the battle to
Dhritharashtra.
13. The narration of the Bhagvad Gita by Krishna was heard rsthand not only by Arjuna but also Hanuman
and Sanjaya. Hanuman was perched on top of Arjunas chariot throughout the battle of Kurukshetra and
Sanjaya was blessed by Veda Vyasa with divine vision in order to narrate the events of the battle to
Dhritharashtra.
14. Pradyumna, the son of Shri Krishna, was Kamadev, who was turned to ashes by Lord Shiva in the earlier
life. In this life, he was abducted by Sambarasura and drowned in the ocean, but somehow survived and
appeared in his kitchen. He was looked after by Mayavati, who was an incarnation of Rati. She told him that
how Sambarasura has tried to kill him when he was ten days old, and asked him to kill Sambarasura.

Pradyumna and Sambarasur

Pradyumna immediately went before Sambara and challenged him to ght. Pradyumna began to address
him in very strong language, so that his temper might be agitated and he would be moved to ght. Soon, a
ght started and Pradyumna beat and killed Sambarasura.
15. Pandavas were related to Shri Krishna from mothers side. Their mother, Kunti, was the sister of
Vasudev, father of Shri Krishna.
16. Shri Krishnas favourite weapon was Sudarshan Chakra. Its notable uses were in killing of Shishupala
and more importantly, it was used to create the illusion of sunset which led to the killing of Jayadratha.
17. Killing of Kaalyavan: There was demon named Kaalyavan, who was summoned by Jarasandha to ght
Shri Krishna. Shri Krishna realized that beating him would take some time, so he used a boon on Muchkund
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to neutralize Kaalyavan. Muchkund was sleeping in a cave and he had a boon that the rst person he sees
after waking up, will be turned to ashes. Shri Krishna entered the cave and hid behind a rock while
Kaalyavan happened to wake up Muchkund, and soon, was left to ashes.
18. Krishna was the rst person who told Karna about the secret of his birth. He was trying to persuade
Karna while he was in Hastinapur, desperately trying to avert the war. Karna has politely refused his oer
and asked Shri Krishna to not to divulge this secret to Pandavas.
19. During Raas Leela, Shri Krishna danced with gopikas. While dancing, all gopis thought that the Lord was
dancing with them.
20.Durvasa did not spare Krishna also from his curse. One day, Durvasa was eating kheer (a swee tdish
made of rice and milk),Krishna was also there.Durvasa ordered Krishna to apply the left overkheer on his
body. Krishna applied it on the fullbody but did not apply on his feet thinking of thekheer to be consecrated.
Durvasa got angry at thisand cursed Krishna that since you did not obey myorders and did not apply the
kheer on your legs,your legs will not remain impenetrable andunbroken. It is the famous story that Krishna
diedbecause an arrow by a hunter hurt his toe.
21. Duryodhana foolishly tried to imprison Shri Krishna when he came for negotiations. Shri Krishna shows
all the kings his great form. Knowing this Dhritrashtra, also pleaded to allow him to see him once in this
form which was granted. The poorer souls shut their eyes while the pious ones were beneted.
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