I wanted to write this since along time.Its about krishna's reasons for friendship with pandavas,why he guided pandavas,and his strategies.Krishna's friendship of the pandavas began after Arjuna defeated drupada.The mahabharata describes krishna meeting kunti and bowing to her and saying he is son of her brother vasudeva,and both have yadava,naga blood.He seems to have met the pandavas just after that.Though his meeting with them takes place after Arjuna wins draupadi in swayamvara.
Krishna after killing kamsa by rebellion in mathura,was the head of the yadavas,and he wanted to protect the virshni race yadavas,from whom that he descended from, and make them stronger and prosperous.Their welfare was the main task for krishna.And after killing kamsa,and installing ugrasens as the king,jarasandha the emperor of mathura and relative of kama started attacking mathura.But he was repelled everytime,and many yadavas were killed each time.Jarasandha attacked mathura ssome many times and yadavas needed to go elsewhere.Krishna with other prominent yadavas then shifted the yadava city to dwaraka,a place in western coast of Aryavarta which is an island like place connected with land .The yadavas built the city of dwarka there,and shifted their capital from mathura.Some prominent people even went to hastinapura,whose former king pandu was kunti or pritha's husband.Dhritarashtra was the king of hastinapura at that time.But he didnt help the yadavas because of jarasandha's strength.So once the yadava kingdom was shifted to dwaraka where jarasandha cant attack them.But Krishna was looking for a way to kill jarasandha,who was a powerful warrior,and no king was willing to help yadavas to kill him.
So later Krishna knew about the pandavas,and about Arjuna who is called as the greatest bow wielder and warrior(though there is karna who challenged him),and Bhima who has good strength,who killed tribals like hidamba.There is some contradiction in who is Arjuna's first wife.I will post it later.Krishna also supported all the pandavas to marry draupadi.It was kunti who is said to have suggested this,becasue the other pandavas were jealous of Arjuna because he won a beautiful princess.Kunti wanted unity among the pandavas.
And he soon became a friend of the pandavas.Pandavas who were living in exile at that time because duryodhana might kill them.Krishna then started advising them politically.He soon became their friend and advisor.After the pandavas went back to hastinapura,and got half of the kingdom as indraprastha,Krishna helped them to build Indraprastha.It is said that the pandavas also burnt a forest to build the city.
Arjuna used to trust krishna very much and used to consider him as a divine person.Even kunti used to trust krishna,and belived that he can advise them on important matters.Others also trusted krishna.
Krishna made use of the valour of the pandavas.he took Bhima,Arjuna to jarasandha and made Bhima kill jarasandha.His enemy is now killed.And the yadavas are now safe,and will be prosperous again.Krishna asked the pandavas to perform the rajasuya yagya which should be done by the emperor who defeats all the kingdoms in all directions in aryavarta.The pandavas with their valour defeated all kingdoms and performed the rajasuya yagya.He is now holding the pandavas sway.He ensured they will follow his advice on anything.
By making the pandavas peform the rajasuya yagya,he made sure that pandavas defeat all kings who are opposed to the yadavas.When the indraprastha empire was founded,he made sure that the yadavas will get privelages.The yadavas got privelages in trade with other countries to madra,gandhara and to the middle east east.In those days middle east,egypt used to trade with Indian kingdoms.And yadavas were prosperous,and no one could defeat them because they had the support of the pandavas.
After the raja suya yagya,the dice game happened,and pandavas lost their kingdom,and they had to live in forests for twelve years and one year incognitio or as someone else.Krishna was not aware of this.
Bhima also vowed to kill all the kauravas.after their exile,Krishna gave them advice on how to prepare for war,after duryodhana didnt give them back their kingdom.I think kunti told him just after the pandava exile that that karna is her elder son.He might have said to her that he will reveal it to him at the right time.Kunti trusted krishna more than her own sons on some matters.She should have told the pandavas about karna soon after their exile.It took pandavas four months to prepare for war.If krishna really wanted karna to come to the side of the pandavas,he would have sent a message to him immdietly even before the peace talks began.And even before duryodhana rejected pandava claims to their kingdom.At that time karna would have surely told duryodhana that he is elder brother of pandavas,and would have remianed neutral in the war.And after the pandavs won the war,yudhishtira would have become the emperor of indraprastha, and karna would have become the emperor of hastinapura.Aryavarta would have prospered under the two dharmic emperors.
But krisha didnt want this.krishna wanted the pandavas to get back their kingdom and defeat duryodhana,kauravas and become kings of even hastinapura as well.Hastinapura had many allied kingdoms,and pandavas would have ruled over them also.Krishna became greedy for power.Thats why he decided not to tell karna before that he is elder brother of pandavs.Pandavas will obey Krishna.but Karna wont obey Krishna.Karna is a dharmic person,and would go by his own will.He doesnt need krishna to tell him what is dharma.If karna remained neutral in the war and later became the emperor of hastinapura,the pandavas will then listen to karna.Krishan wouldnt have any influence on pandavas then.The yadavs will then not get the privelages they were getting,and his interests wont be served.Yudhishtira will take karna's advice on anything from then.So to prevent Karna from joining the pandavas,krishna told karna that he is kunti's elderst son just before a week from the war.After duryodhan refused to give kingdom to pandavas,and war preparations were on,and Karna himself was ready to fight with pandavas.Krishna knew that karna at that time,wont join the pandavas.
karna fought well,and defeated all the four pandavas except arjuna and spared their lives.On the seventeenth day,ge defeated yudhishtira,and insulted him and spared his life.Yudhishtira was angry,and asked Arjuna to kill Karna.Krishna took advantage of this.Aruna attacked karna after Bhima killed dushasana.Arjuna killed vrishasena,and karna didnt have any chakra rakshakas,or chariot protectors.And duryodhana,Aswatthama were watching from a distance.Karna,Arjuna fought for a hour,and Karna's chariot went on soft ground,and
the chariot wheel got stuck in earth.karna asked shalya to lift the chariot.Shalya being loyal to pandavas refused to lift the wheel.So karna then got to ground,asked Arjuna to wait till he lifts the wheel.
But krishna then asked Arjuna to kill karna immdiatly.Karna was having an upper hand till then.If Karna lifts the wheel,then he wont be killed.And if bhima kills duryodhana,pandavas will win the war and karna will become the eldest pandava,and krishna's plans wont succeed.So when krishna asked Arjuna to kill karna.Arjuna killed him by unrighteous means.
But Krishna underestimated Yudhihstira though.Yudhishtira is a dharmic person,and would never agree to kill his elder brother,.He knew that krishna had cheated him,and didnt forgive him after that.Infact yudhishtira didnt even meet krishna after the war.Yudhishtira knew that after this,the kuru race will be extinct.Aad after the pandavas stopped ruling,no one really knows who ruled hastinapura,indraprastha kingdoms.Parkishit might not be Abhimanyu's son.
Krishna wanted Abhimanyu who belongs to his dynasty to to rule over hastinapura,and prativindhaya who is elder son of yudhishtira to rule over indraprastha.But his plans didnt succeed.And god has spunished krishna for his unirghteous,selfish deeds.Krishna was killed by an arrow of a hunter jara.Krishna is not incarnation of god as many say,but is only an ordinary person with some knowledge.Bhishma,Drona,Karna were as knowledgable as he was.
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