Lord Shri KRISHNA in brief
1) Krishna was born 5,252 years ago as on 11/08/2020
2) Date of Birth: 18 th July,3,228 B.C
3) Month: Shravan
4) Day: Ashtami
5) Nakshatra: Rohini
6) Day: Wednesday
7) Time: 00:00 A.M.
8) Shri Krishna lived 125 years, 08 months & 07 days.
9) Date of Passing away: 18th February 3102.
10) When Krishna was 89 years old; the mega war (Kurukshetra) war took place.
11) He left this planet 36 years after the Kurukshetra war.
12) Kurukshetra War was started on Mrigashira Shukla Ekadashi,BCE 3,139. i.e “8th December 3139” and ended on “25th December, 3,139”. There was a Solar eclipse between “3p.m to 5p.m on 21st December, 3,139”; cause of Jayadrath’s death.
13) Bhishma died on 2nd February, (First Ekadasi of the Uttarayana), in 3,138 B.C.
14) Krishna is worshipped as:
(a) Krishna Kanhaiyya: Mathura
(b) Jagannath: In Odisha
(c) Vithoba :- In Maharashtra
(d) Srinath : In Rajasthan
(e) Dwarakadheesh : In Gujarat
(f) Ranchhod : In Gujarat
(g) Krishna : Udipi, Karnataka
15) Bilological Father: Vasudeva
16) Biological Mother: Devaki
17) Adopted Father: Nanda
18) Adopted Mother: Yashoda
19) Elder Brother: Balaram
20) Sister: Subhadra
21) Birthplace: Mathura
22) Wives: Rukmini, Satyabhama, Jambavati, Kalindi, Mitravinda, Nagnajiti, Bhadra, Lakshmana
23) Krishna is reported to have Killed only 4 people in his lifetime.
(i) Chanoora; the Wrestler
(ii) Kamsa; his maternal uncle
(iii) & (iv) Sisupala and Dantavakra; his cousins.
24) Life was not fair to him at all. His mother was from Ugra clan, and Father from Yadava clan, inter-racial marriage.
25) He was born dark skinned. He was not named at all throughout his life. The whole village of Gokul started calling him the black one; Kanha . He was ridiculed and teased for being black, short and adopted too. His childhood was wrought with life threatening situations.
26) ‘Drought’ and “threat of wild wolves” made them shift from ‘Gokul’ to ‘Vrindavan’ at the age 9.
27) He stayed in Vrindavan till 14~16 years. He killed his own uncle, Kamsa at the age of 14~16 years at Mathura.He then released his biological mother and father.
28) He never returned to Vrindavan ever again.
29) He had to migrate to Dwaraka from Mathura due to threat of a Sindhu King; Kala Yaavana.
30) He defeated ‘Jarasandha’ with the help of ‘Vainatheya’ Tribes on Gomantaka hill (now Goa).
31) He rebuilt Dwaraka.
32) He then left to Sandipani’s Ashram in Ujjain to start his schooling at age 16~18.
33) He had to fight the pirates from Africa and rescue his teachers son; Punardatta ; who was kidnapped near Prabhasa ; a sea port in Gujarat.
34) After his education, he came to know about his cousins’ fate of Vanvas. He came to their rescue in ”Wax house” and later his cousins got married to Draupadi. His role was immense in this saga.
35) Then, he helped his cousins to establish Indraprastha and their Kingdom.
36)He saved Draupadi from embarrassment.
37) He stood by his cousins during their exile.
38) He stood by them and made them win the Kurushetra war.
39) He saw his cherished city, Dwaraka washed away.
40) He was shot by a hunter (Jara by name) in nearby forest.
41) He never did any miracles. His life was not a successful one. There was not a single moment when he was at peace throughout his life. At every turn, he had challenges and even more bigger challenges.
42) He faced everything and everyone with a sense of responsibility and yet remained unattached.
43) He is the only person, who knew the past and probably future; yet he lived at that present moment always.
44) He and his life is truly an example for every human being.
Hare Krishna