ABSTRACT
The Krsnajanmakhanda (KJKh), or Book 4 of the Brahmavaivarta Purana, is usually and rightly considered to be a late version of Krishna's life. In the Purana, Radha, who is inseparable from Krishna, appears as the main character. Radha appears already in the first chapters of KJKh and her importance only seems to grow as Krishna moves through childhood. The narrative takes up episodes already known in the Harivamsa—Krishna's transfer from Mathura to Nandagopa's cowherd settlement, the killing of Putana, the submission of the snake Kaliya, the uplifting of Mount Govardhana, among others. Throughout the narrative, there is only one cowherd settlement that the herders decide to leave, moving from a first forest to a marvellous forest called the Vrndavana. Nanda is said to have gone with young Krishna to the Vrndavana, grazing the cows under the Bhandira tree and in the forests around it.
