Krishna

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: After Vidura had spoken thus, Keśava—subduer of hostile forces—addressed Duryodhana Dhārtarāṣṭra, the man of vigor.

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Then Dāruka, Keśava, and Babhru went, tracking Rāma’s whereabouts. There they saw Rāma of boundless prowess, seated by a tree, reflecting in solitude.

Seeing Kuntī’s sons distressed and pressured by Droṇa’s arrows, Keśava—clear-minded and oriented to what he judged best—spoke to Arjuna.

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, seeing that the Yamunā River had been contaminated by the black snake Kāliya, desired to purify the river, and thus the Lord banished him from it.

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The young women of Vraja became astonished upon seeing Lord Kṛṣṇa’s servant, who had long arms, whose eyes resembled a newly grown lotus, who wore a yellow garment and a lotus garland, and whose lotuslike face glowed…

Paramahaṁsas, devotees who have accepted the essence of life, are attached to Kṛṣṇa in the core of their hearts, and He is the aim of their lives. It is their nature to talk only of Kṛṣṇa at every moment, as if such topics were newer and…

Prahlāda said: After Kaṃsa, the Bhoja king, had been slain by Kṛṣṇa of immeasurable splendor, and after the great-souled one installed Ugrasena as king in Mathurā,

The foremost brāhmaṇa went to that place where Kṛṣṇa dwells daily together with Rukmiṇī—where the holy fords (tīrthas) themselves abide.

Sanatkumāra said: Whoever in Avantī, at the place called Aṃkapāda, beholds Rāma and Janārdana—by the mere sight of those two, he does not behold Yama’s realm.

O Lord of the gods, I wish to hear the great life-story of this Kṛṣṇa, the son of Vasudeva—his deeds that remove sin.

Śrī Rudra said: Then, after the slaying of Kaṃsa, the lord of Magadha—harboring enmity—continually oppressed the Yādavas. Distressed, they spoke to Kṛṣṇa.

Consecrate the offering with the Kāma-mantra; then, for obtaining the boon of desired love, (offer it) with the words “to Kṛṣṇa,” together with “svāhā”—this is the supreme formula that bestows success.