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Virtually every one of the later Puranas tells Krishna's life-story or some highlights from it. The
Mahābhārata and the Harivamsa are considered sacred by Hindus. Two Puranas, the Bhagavata
Purana and the Vishnu Purana, that contain the most elaborate telling of Krishna’s story and
teachings are the most theologically venerated by the Gaudiya Vaishnava schools. Roughly one
quarter of the Bhagavata Purana is spent extolling his life and philosophy.
See Also: Krishna in Mahābhārata
Life
Krishna with Gopis - Painting from Smithsonian Institution
This summary is based on details from the Mahābhārata, the Harivamsa, the Bhagavata Purana
and the Vishnu Purana. The scenes from the narrative are set in north India, mostly in the present
states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Delhi and Gujarat. The quotations at the start and end of
the summary set the theological framework in which the story is viewed.
The incarnation
These texts explain the reason for the incarnation. In the words of the Bhagavata Purana:
"Lord Brahma informed the demigods: Before we submitted our petition to the Lord, He was
already aware of the distress on earth. Consequently, for as long as the Lord moves on earth to
diminish its burden by His own potency in the form of time, all of you demigods should appear
through plenary portions as sons and grandsons in the family of the Yadus." [4]
The Mahābhārata [5] gives a similar account, although with slight variations in details.
Birth
Traditional belief based on scriptural details and astrological calculations gives the date of
Krishna's birth, known as Janmashtami, as either 19th or 21st July 3228 BCE [6]
Krishna was of the royal family of Mathura, and was the eighth son born to the princess Devaki,
and her husband Vasudeva. Mathura was the capital of the closely linked clans of Vrishni,
Andhaka, and Bhoja. They are generally known as Yadavs after their eponymous ancestor Yadu,
and sometimes as Surasenas after another famed ancestor. Vasudeva and Devaki belonged to these
clans. The king Kamsa, Devaki's brother, had ascended the throne by imprisoning his father, King
Ugrasena. Afraid of a prophecy that predicted his death at the hands of Devaki's eighth son, he had
locked the couple into a prison cell, planning to kill all of Devaki's children at their birth. After
killing the first six children, and Devaki's apparent miscarriage of the seventh, Krishna took birth.
Since he believed Krishna's life was in danger, Krishna was secretly taken out of the prison cell to