- Brahma, the creator of the universe, appears when Krishna is having lunch with his shepherd friends
- Brahma shames Krishna for sharing his food with cow herders
- Brahma kidnaps his friends and the cows
- Krishna quickly learns it was Brahma behind this trick
- Krishna recreates his friends and the cows from himself so that they don't appear to be missing
- Brahma returns a year later and realizes that everyone around him was Krishna - he falls to his knees and apologizes to Krishna, then returns the people and cows
- Hastin was the biggest and strongest bull. He was the sire of every cow in the area
- Krishna declares that he will ride Hastin and of course, no one believes him
- For the next month, Krishna visited Hastin every night and played the flute, fed him sweet food, etc.
- Hastin became quite docile and at the next full moon, Krishna rode Hastin through the village
- The villagers came to understand that kindness is the ultimate strength
- Radha and Krishna could not live one moment without each other, but when Krishna told his mother he wanted to marry Radha, she did not approve
- The priest told Krishna he couldn't marry Radha because his destiny was something else - the truth of his birth was revealed to him and he realized he was the deliverer the sages talked about
- The revelation made him very sad because he couldn't stay with his people or with Radha
- Kamsa sends Akrur to invite Krishna to an event
- Akrur had the purest feelings toward Krishna
- Akrur warns Krishna that Kamsa means to kill him at this event
- All of Krishna's people tried to stop him from going because they couldn't imagine life without him
- He said he had to leave his safe shelter to perform his duties
- Akrur sees Krishna's true form, Vishnu, but Krishna is not aware
- As Krishna arrived in Mathura, he quickly made friends with the people
- Stories of his kindness and heroics quickly spread
- An old woman goes to Krishna and asks for healing from her deformities, and he grants her health
- His fame spread, and reached the ears of Kamsa
- Kamsa knew that his life was in Krishna's hands
- He knew this was his last chance to do away with Krisha
- Kuvalayapida was a full grown, aggressive, uncontrollable elephant - Kamsa plans to use this elephant to trample and kill Krishna
- When Krishna found the elephant, it attacked him, but Krishna grabbed hold of the trunk and threw him away, then knocked him unconscious
- Krishna effortlessly lifts the divine bow, which was meant for Vishnu
- When Krishna began to string the bow, the bow snapped
- Kamsa flips out, as the breaking of the bow sealed his death
- Krishna and his brother fight all of Kamsa's men
- When Krishna approaches Kamsa, Kamsa sees Vishnu's face
- Krishna defeats Kamsa, much to the joy of the people
- Akrur frees Krishna's grandfather from prison
- Next, Krishna's parents are freed from prison
- Kamsa's father becomes king of Mathura
- Krishna and his brother continue to live in Mathura instead of going back to their home
- The allies of Kamsa were very angry at the turn of events in Mathura
- They waged war against Mathura, leaving it in ruins
- Krishna asked the king to shift Mathura to another place, but the king was worried that they'd be seen as cowards
- The king finally agrees and the divine architect builds a new city for Mathura in Dwarka
- In Dwarka, Krishna becomes king and takes over the administration of the new city
- Everyone knew Krishna could've defeated the other armies, but he spared them because he knew that later, they would meet their end at the hands of the Pandavas
(Krishna playing his flute; Gif Source)
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