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Gopala Krishna () refers to a form of the deity , as featured in the and the .

(2007). 9781851099801, ABC-CLIO. .
The narratives of Gopala Krishna are set in the cowherd settlement of the region called , where he is raised by his foster-parents, Nanda and .
(2008). 9780190451400, Oxford University Press. .

Historically one of the earliest forms of worship in , it is believed to be a key element of the early history of the worship of Krishna. This tradition is considered separate from the associated traditions of and , that led to amalgamation under at a later stage of historical development.

(2025). 9780791470817, State University of New York Press; 3 edition. .


Literature
The , as well as the , a text that supplements the , are the primary sources that describe the legend of Gopala Krishna. The tenth book of the Bhagavata Purana, called the Krishna-charita, offers details regarding the childhood of Krishna as the foster-son of Nanda and Yashoda, his life of a cowherd in Vraja, his defeat of the malicious and , and his relationship with the women of the region.
(2025). 9789332569966, Pearson India. .
Indologist states that the Harivamsha, composed two centuries after the Mahabharata, integrates the mythologies of the powerful deity and prince who appears in the latter epic, with the folk and vernacular stories of Krishna as a cowherd child. Thus, she believes that his narrative is composed as God pretending to be a prince, who is pretending to be a cowherd.
(2010). 9780199593347, OUP Oxford. .


Legend
In this form, Krishna is represented as a divine cowherd, engaged in the playing of his flute, enrapturing the minds of the milkmaids of , called the .
(2025). 9780198034001, Oxford University Press. .
He is described to be a frolicking youth, and a prankster who amuses himself in his mischief. As a disobedient child, he steals butter from the houses of the gopis, untethers cows, and lies to his foster-mother, . Despite all of these antics, the women of find him to be too endearing to punish him. Among the most popular portrayals of Gopala Krishna and the gopis is the rāsalīlā, in which Krishna multiplies in form and dances with each gopi who encircles him in the forest. This is variously interpreted to be both a dalliance,
(2025). 9780813540689, Rutgers University Press. .
as well as a performance of between Krishna and his devotees. Later traditions depict Krishna with primarily one gopi-consort called , and later texts such as the Brahma Vaivarta Purana portray Radha to be the chief of the gopis, and Krishna's primary partner during this stage of his life.
(2005). 9780791465950, SUNY Press. .
In the , Krishna is presented with his close friends who are also cowherds, called the gopas, who joke and have mock fights with the deity.
(2016). 9780231542340, Columbia University Press. .
With these cowherd-boys of Vraja, the deity engages in his boyhood adventures.
(2015). 9781317669098, Routledge. .
While he tends to the cows and allows them to graze for pastures, he is attacked by a number of , assigned with the task of slaying him by his tyrannical uncle, . Krishna employs both brute strength and his cunning to defeat Bakasura, , , and several other asuras.
(2009). 9788122310566, Pustak Mahal. .
(2003). 9781594775581, Simon and Schuster. .

Most of the tales of Gopala Krishna are traditionally offered allegorical interpretations. One legend depicts Krishna stealing the clothes of the bathing gopis, placed on the riverbank. He climbs a nearby tree, taking the clothes with him. He refuses to return the clothes to the women until they personally walk to the foot of the tree, in the nude. This is most often interpreted to mean that humans are incapable of hiding anything from God, and that the contents of their souls are as good as naked. Another legend features Krishna asking the people of Gokulam to not offer veneration to the Vedic deity of . Furious that his customary veneration had been denied to him, the deity unleashed a torrential downpour upon the land. Krishna is described to have lifted the massive mountain called to protect the people.

(2025). 9781438110387, Infobase Publishing. .
(2003). 9780486431567, Courier Corporation. .


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