| He is the Pratham Purush. The first and only principal that made this universe manifest and created humanity. He is Vishnu. He is Ram. He is Krishna. He is the prophet who delivered the divine sermon, the Bhagwat Gita to Arjun, in the middle of the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Various incarnations. Each, with a purpose. To uphold, righteousness. It was prophesised to the wicked king of Mathura, Kans, that the eighth child born to his sister Devaki and her husband Vasudev, would be his nemesis. Kans had Devaki and Vasudev imprisoned and killed seven of their children on their birth. The eighth was Krishna. On the stormy night that He was born, he was miraculously transported to Gokul and grew up there with Nand and Yashoda as his parents. His winsomeness, his innocence and his pranks endeared him to one and all. With his divine prowess he saved Gokul from many a catastrophe. When his name and fame spread Kans tricked him into coming to Mathura to wrestle with the mightiest of army. How could he, a mere stripling of a lad, fight such warriors. But fight he did and routed each and every one of them. Until only Kans was left to challenge him. And thus it was that
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