| Legends abound on Dwarka Dham and one has it that so auspicious was the location of Dwarka that Krishna is believed to have moved here for the well-being of all the Yadavas, leaving Magadha far behind after he killed his uncle, the tyrant Kansa, son-in-law of Jarasandha, father-in-law of Kansa who had attacked Mathura at least 17 times. |
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| Krishna's participation as a charioteer of Arjuna in the great Mahabharata war also had its origins in Dwarka Puri. When Arjuna and Duryodhan went to seek Krishna's participation in the Great War, they found him sleeping, Duryodhan being the first one to come took his seat on a chair near Krishna's head while Arjuna settled himself by Krishna's feet. When the Lord woke up, he saw Arjuna first and asked him the purpose of his visit, Duryodhan got incensed with Krishna for asking Arjuna first when he himself was the first one to come but was pacified when told that Krishna saw Arjuna first when he woke up and as regards his participation he refused to pick up arms in the war but instead offered his army and himself as a charioteer. Duryodhan took the army and Arjuna the charioteer and we got Krishna's instructions to Arjuna before the war began in the form of the Bhagavad Gita. |
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