Krishna then returned to Mathura, his birthplace, and killed his wicked maternal uncle King Kamsa along with all his cruel associates and liberated his parents from jail.
He also reinstated Ugrasen as the King of Mathura. He completed his education and mastered the 64 sciences and arts in 64 days at Avantipura under his preceptor Sandipani. As gurudaksina or tuition fees, he restored Sandipani's dead son to him. He stayed in Mathura till he was Krishna then came to the rescue of a clan of Yadava chiefs, who were ousted by the king Jarasandha of Magadha. He easily triumphed over the multi-million army of Jarasandha by building an impregnable capital Dwarka, "the many-gated" city on an island in the sea.
The city located on the western point of Gujarat is now submerged in the sea according to the epic Mahabharata. Krishna shifted, as the story goes, all his sleeping relatives and natives to Dwarka by the power of his yoga. In Dwarka, he married Rukmini, then Jambavati, and Satyabhama.
He also saved his kingdom from Nakasura, the demon king of Pragjyotisapura, had abducted 16, princesses. Krishna freed them and married them since they had nowhere else to go. For many years, Krishna lived with the Pandava and Kaurava kings who ruled over Hastinapur.
When a war was about to break out between the Pandavas and Kauravas, Krishna was sent to mediate but failed. War became inevitable, and Krishna offered his forces to the Kauravas and himself agreed to join the Pandavas as the charioteer of the master warrior Arjuna.
This epic battle of Kurukshetra described in the Mahabharata was fought in about BC. In the middle of the war, Krishna delivered his famous advice, which forms the crux of the Bhagavad Gita, in which he put forward the theory of 'Nishkam Karma' or action without attachment.
After the great war, Krishna returned to Dwarka. His cunning character during the war, his romantic persona with the Gopis, his love for Yasodha, his naughty adventures in Gokul with his friends, a dear friend of Sudama and a guide of Arjuna, etc, all represent some or the other teachings.
These multiple roles make Lord Krishna an inspiration and seek lessons for day-to-day life. Bhagavad Gita is one of the most important scriptures in the Hindu religion and it was narrated to Arjuna by Lord Krishna before the battle of Mahabharata.
According to the Hindu mythology, Krishna takes the form of Narayana in front of Arjuna at this time. Narayana is the supreme deity who helps the people to cross the ocean of bondages.
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