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Battered and bloody from Krishna’s dancing, Kaliya finally admits defeat and seeks refuge in Krishna’s mercy. Krishna, at the pleading of Kaliya’s wives, grants him his life but banishes him to an island in the ocean.... The mighty child Krishna is invincible.<ref>Kinsley, p. 22.</ref> | Battered and bloody from Krishna’s dancing, Kaliya finally admits defeat and seeks refuge in Krishna’s mercy. Krishna, at the pleading of Kaliya’s wives, grants him his life but banishes him to an island in the ocean.... The mighty child Krishna is invincible.<ref>Kinsley, p. 22.</ref> | ||
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== Krishna and the gopis == | |||
As a youth, Krishna embodies joy, grace and the transcendent beauty that magnetizes all who behold him. He plays on his flute and the magic of its sound enchants the gopis. When the gopis hear the sound of his flute, they stop whatever they are doing and run to Krishna. The otherworldly sound of the flute even distracts the gods! Says Kinsley: | As a youth, Krishna embodies joy, grace and the transcendent beauty that magnetizes all who behold him. He plays on his flute and the magic of its sound enchants the gopis. When the gopis hear the sound of his flute, they stop whatever they are doing and run to Krishna. The otherworldly sound of the flute even distracts the gods! Says Kinsley: | ||
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Krishna’s love for the gopis and the gopis’ love for him are symbolic of the divine romance between God and the soul, the Guru and the chela. Just as the gopis pine for Krishna, so the soul pines for God. | Krishna’s love for the gopis and the gopis’ love for him are symbolic of the divine romance between God and the soul, the Guru and the chela. Just as the gopis pine for Krishna, so the soul pines for God. | ||
== Later years == | |||
When Krishna becomes a young man, he and his brother return to the city and kill the wicked king Kamsa. Krishna then goes to the western coast of India and establishes a fortress city at Dwarka. As is the custom of the time, he has a large harem and sires many children. | When Krishna becomes a young man, he and his brother return to the city and kill the wicked king Kamsa. Krishna then goes to the western coast of India and establishes a fortress city at Dwarka. As is the custom of the time, he has a large harem and sires many children. | ||