Purpose of Krishna’s Incarnations Krishna explains in the Gita that His abode is in the spiritual world, but He descends from time to time to re-establish religious principles: “Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice and a predominant rise in irreligion—at that time I descend Myself. To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to re-establish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millennium after millennium.” (Bg 4.7-8) According to the Mahabharata, Krishna descended to the Earth in His selfsame spiritual form 5,000 years ago, just before Kali-yuga, in order to lighten the military burden created by impious, politically ambitious kings. By His divine plan, all such demoniac forces were assembled at one place (the battlefield of Kurukshetra) and annihilated in the colossal and devastating war. And soon after He saw that the Pandavas were enthroned and ruled as saintly kings, Krishna returned to His eternal, spiritual abode. While present on the Earth, Krishna enacted many pastimes as a child in Vrindaban, where He was raised in the care of foster parents, while His mother and father were imprisoned by His demoniac uncle, King Kamsa. At 16, Krishna left Vrindaban to kill Kamsa and liberate His parents and grandfather, King Ugrasena. Krishna then spent His youth as a royal prince of the Yadu dynasty, taking residence in the majestic city Dvaraka.Hari Hari Bol......................!
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