Originally posted by: proteetiOkay I am very curious to know your opinions on this one:
Suppose we take both the scriptures of Mahabharata and Srimad Bhagavatham at their face value.
Then, SBh was narrated to Parikshit, and MB was narrated to Janmejaya.
So taking into account this version of both the texts Krishna's divine form was narrated first to Parikshit and it would mean definitely Janmejay was also familiar with SBh's version of Krishna.
So, my question is, how was Krishna's human portrayal in MB was received by the general public AFTER he was already deified in MB?
Was this the reason Vaishampayan included sporadic bursts of divinity in Krishna's character (his appearance in the dice hall, hiding the sun before Jayadrath's death and all those magic stuff)
I'm looking forward to having your opinion on the public response part if this narrative. π³
Is Krishna's description in MB suggestive of him being mortal? My readings of both SB and MB seems to suggest that they complement each other. For instance, in Mausala Parva, the escalation b/w Satyaki and Kritavarma includes a reference to the latter's participation in the plot to murder Satyabhama's father Satyajit. Nobody would know the latter story w/o a reading of SB. Also, the story about the killings of Sishupala and Shalva, which are there in Sabha Parva and Vana Parva respectively, obviously suggest Krishna as divine (how would a mortal support the sudarshan chakra, which was used in killing both?) Also, when Krishna had Arjun dismount from his chariot on day 18 after Duryodhan's defeat and it exploded, he explained that the only reason that chariot didn't crumble before was that Krishna (and presumably Hanuman as well) were in it. Also in Swargarohan Parva, Arjun and Yudhisthir end up w/ Vishnu, which could only have happened by endorsing the avatar theory of Krishna as Vishnu
Now, there are contradictions b/w MB and SB: for instance, in SB, Kunti dies after hearing the news of Krishna's death, whereas in MB, Kunti died 11 years before that in the forest fire that also consumed Dhritarashtra and Gandhari. But I wouldn't put too much currency on that, since MB itself has contradictions within itself eg Balarama told Arjun that he intended to be neutral when Arjun approached him in Udyog Parva, but in Shalya Parva, when Balaram arrived at the scene before Bhima-Duryodhan's final battle, it states that he wanted Krishna to dedicate Dwarka on the Kaurava side (wierd, since that would have put the entire Yadava nation against Subhadra's sasural)
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