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Explore 10 scripture-sourced stories that reveal the divine qualities and teachings of Lord Krishna.
The Birth of Krishna
Source: Bhagavata Purana, Canto 10, Chapter 3
The night Krishna was born, Mathura lay under a storm. Inside the prison, Vasudeva and Devaki had already buried six children — Kamsa had killed every one of his sister's newbor…
The Slaying of Putana
Source: Bhagavata Purana, Canto 10, Chapter 6
Putana came to Gokula disguised as a beautiful woman, her true form hidden by demonic *maya*. Kamsa had sent this terrible *rakshasi* to kill infants throughout the land, and no…
Krishna Bound with Rope
Source: Bhagavata Purana, Canto 10, Chapter 9
Mother Yashoda had reached her limit. Little Krishna had broken one butter pot too many, scattered the contents, and fed the pieces to the monkeys while she was busy churning. W…
The Subduing of Kaliya
Source: Bhagavata Purana, Canto 10, Chapter 16
The Yamuna's water had turned black with poison, and birds flying overhead fell dead from the air. In the river's depths coiled Kaliya, a monstrous serpent whose venom had corru…
The Lifting of Mount Govardhan
Source: Bhagavata Purana, Canto 10, Chapter 25
Indra's pride had been wounded, and the king of gods unleashed his fury upon Vraja. Krishna had convinced the cowherds to worship Mount Govardhan instead of offering their annua…
The Stealing of the Gopis' Clothes
Source: Bhagavata Purana, Canto 10, Chapter 22
The unmarried *gopis* of Vraja had undertaken a sacred vow to Goddess Katyayani, rising before dawn each day to bathe in the cold Yamuna waters. For an entire month of winter, t…
The Divine Dance
Source: Bhagavata Purana, Canto 10, Chapters 29-33
On a full moon night in autumn, when the *kumuda* lotuses bloomed and their fragrance filled the air, Krishna lifted his flute to his lips. The melody that emerged was sweeter t…
The Slaying of Kamsa
Source: Bhagavata Purana, Canto 10, Chapters 43-44
The great bow *Shiva-dhanush* stood in Kamsa's palace courtyard, guarded by soldiers and wound with a string that required the strength of three hundred men to draw. Kamsa had p…
The Teaching of the Bhagavad Gita
Source: Bhagavad Gita, Chapters 1-18
The two armies faced each other across the plain of Kurukshetra, warriors in their thousands stretching to the horizon. Conch shells sounded the battle's beginning, but in the c…
The Protection of Draupadi
Source: Mahabharata, Sabha Parva
In the great assembly hall of Hastinapura, shame hung thick as smoke from a funeral pyre. Yudhishthira had lost everything in the dice game — his kingdom, his brothers, himself,…
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