In Indian mythology, Krishna is a pastoral lord, the young beloved of the gopikas, and the sage advisor of the Pandavas. He is loved and respected by all and accepted in the pantheon as the eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu. By many names is he remembered, Govinda, Jaganatha and Guravayoorappa, among the prominent ones. In his childhood, he performed many miracles, killing demons and sheltering the cowherds from a storm by holding Mount Govardhana over their heads with his finger; he also played numerous childish pranks, such as stealing butter from Yashoda’s pot. As he grew up, he gave up his idyllic pastoral life and turned on his wicked uncle Kamsa. He slew Kamsa, seized the kingdom of Mathur?, and eventually, with his followers, founded a new capital at Dwaraka in Kathiawar (modern-day Gujarat). In the massive Indian epic, the Mahabharata, he appears as the constant friend and advisor of the five Pandavas, and his great sermon of the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna before the battle is recited to this day. The Gita is among the greatest ethical texts in human history and has been translated and cited globally.
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