ABSTRACT
Krishna is frequently recognized to be God and is continually revered and respected as a man. As Krishna lives at Dwarka, surrounded by his wives and huge progeny, he wearies of his earthly career. Krishna assembles the leading Yadavas and leaving behind only the elders, the women and children, escorts them to Prabhasa, a town inland, assuring them that by proper worship they may yet avert their fate. Krishna returns to Dwarka in triumph, is given a rapturous welcome and a little later celebrates his marriage with full ritual. As a prince, Krishna is wedded first to Rukmini and then to seven other wives, observing on each occasion the requisite formalities. Nothing is said of Krishna’s sermon—the Bhagavad Gita. Vital differences are only partially resolved in the Bhagavata Purana. The Bhagavata Purana records phases in careful detail blending them into a single organic whole.
