# Dvaraka - Krishna's Kingdom **See also:** [[artwork/themes/palaces|Palaces]] | [[artwork/themes/water|Water - Rivers and Oceans]] **41 images** --- <h3>Krsna Embraces His Son; His Queen Embraces Him With Her Eyes</h3> ![[0031_SB-1_2_12.jpg]] *The queens first embraced the Lord in the innermost recesses of their hearts. Then they embraced Him visually, and then they sent their sons to embrace Him.* <h3>Krsna, the Ranacora</h3> ![[0034_SB-3_1_4.jpg]] *Kṛṣṇa is known as Ranchor, or one who fled from fighting.* <h3>Krsna Enters Dvaraka</h3> ![[0061_SB-1-2-13.jpg]] *Dāsya-rasa (transcendental affection – servitude): “The followers of Kṛṣṇa who live in the transcendental city of Dvārakā are all great devotees who are constantly engaged in varied personal service to the Lord.” Each soul, according to its constitutional nature, possesses a unique loving relationship with Kṛṣṇa in one of the five principal categories. When devotees return to the spiritual world, they engage in direct loving devotional service to Kṛṣṇa in their particular rasa.* <h3>Krsna Speaks the Uddhava-gita</h3> ![[0079_SB-11-2-6.jpg]] <h3>Rukmini and Krsna Worship Sudama Brahmana</h3> ![[0082_BTG-49-fc.jpg]] <h3>Rukmini Faints</h3> ![[0102_KB2-5-pg.39.jpg]] *Rukmiṇī fell down straight, like a banana tree cut down by a whirlwind.* <h3>Krsna and His Queens Playing</h3> ![[0108_KB2-14--pg148.jpg]] *They were all enjoying the occasion by throwing liquid substances on one another.* <h3>Uddhava Cries at Krsna's Feet</h3> ![[0109_SB-11-5-3.jpg]] <h3>End of the Yadu Dynasty</h3> ![[0109_SB-11-5-4.jpg]] <h3>Krsna Serves Sudama Brahmana</h3> ![[0110_KB2-18--pg179.jpg]] *The women in the palace were surprised to see that the poor brāhmaṇa was seated on the bedstead of Lord Kṛṣṇa.* <h3>Krsna and His Queens Playing in the Water</h3> ![[0110_KB2-21--pg342.jpg]] *The Lord would sprinkle water on the bodies of the queens with a syringelike instrument.* <h3>Narada Arrives at Krsna's Palace</h3> ![[0110_KB2-22--pg115.jpg]] *Lord Kṛṣṇa immediately stood up, along with His ministers and secretaries, to receive the great sage Nārada Muni.* <h3>The Yadus Bathe During a Solar Eclipse</h3> ![[0110_KB2-23.jpg]] *All the members of the Yadu dynasty again took their baths in the lakes created by Lord Paraśurāma.* <h3>Krsna and His Queens Have Watersports</h3> ![[0119_SB-10-4-11--NE.jpg]] *In His magnificent city of Dvārakā, Lord Kṛṣṇa would enjoy with each of his 16,108 queens in her own palace. On the grounds of these palaces were clear ponds fragrant with the pollen of many lotuses, and the Lord would enter these ponds and enjoy sporting in the water with His wives. As musicians, singers, and poets glorified Him, the Lord would squirt water at His consorts, and they would squirt Him back, laughing all the while. In this way He enjoyed Himself like the king of elephants in the company of His bevy of she-elephants.* <h3>Kṛṣṇa Rescues the Lizard Nrga From the Well</h3> ![[0123_KB2-9--pg69.jpg]] *The demigod was obliged to accept the body of a lizard.* <h3>Narada Sees Krsna Playing With His Sons</h3> ![[0140_KB2-12--pg103.jpg]] *This time, Nārada Muni saw that Lord Kṛṣṇa was engaged as an affectionate father petting His small children.* <h3>Krsna Returns to Dvaraka</h3> ![[0142_SB1-27.jpg]] *Nach dem Sieg über Śālva zog Kṛṣṇa in die reich geschmückte Stadt Dvārakā ein.* <h3>Rukmini Faints</h3> ![[0144_SB-10_3_6.jpg]] *EN KB: By the way Kṛṣṇa was speaking, Rukmiṇī was afraid she would be separated from Him. She had never heard such harsh words. She felt as if she were drowning in an ocean of grief. She lost her powers of reason. The cāmara fan in her hand fell, and she lost consciousness, falling like a banana tree cut down by a whirlwind.* <h3>Krsna Bathes Sudama's Feet</h3> ![[0147_KBC-3--p98.jpg]] *EN KB 2018 one-vol: Lord Kṛṣṇa seated His brāhmaṇa friend on His own bed and personally brought him all kinds of fruits and drinks, as is proper in receiving worshipable guests. The brāhmaṇa was very poor and his clothing was torn and dirty. While Rukmiṇī served him, the other women in the palace were astonished to see Lord Kṛṣṇa bathe Sudāmā’s feet, take his hands, and talk about their early life as students together.* <h3>Jambavan Gives Lord Krsna Two Jewels</h3> ![[0149_KBC-3--p11.jpg]] *Kṛṣṇa informed Jāmbavān that He had come to ask for the Syamantaka jewel because ever since it had been stolen His name had been defamed. To satisfy the Lord Jāmbavān immediately delivered not only the Syamantaka jewel but also his daughter Jāmbavatī, who was of marriageable age.* <h3>Krsna Returns Aditi's Earrings</h3> ![[0152_KBC-3-p35.jpg]] <h3>Return of the Syamantaka Jewel</h3> ![[0153_KBC-3--p13.jpg]] *To negate the offense he had committed by refusing to give the Syamantaka jewel to King Ugrasena when Kṛṣṇa had asked him to do so, Satrājit presented the Lord with both the jewel and his daughter.* <h3>Krsna Reads Rukmini's Letter</h3> ![[0164_KBC-2--p79.jpg]] <h3>Krsna Returns to Dvaraka and Greets His Family</h3> ![[0171_UP--59.jpg]] *In His Dvārakā pastimes, Lord Kṛṣṇa engaged in household affairs like an ordinary human being.* <h3>0223/KB2 61</h3> ![[-0223-KB2-61.jpg]] <h3>Krsna and the Yadu in Dvaraka</h3> ![[0238_Scan-1462.jpg]] <h3>Art 0031/0031/SB 1/2/11</h3> ![[0031_SB-1_2_11.jpg]] <h3>Art 0098/0098/KB1-54 pg.315</h3> ![[0098_KB1-54-pg.315.jpg]] <h3>Art 0140/0140/KB2-5 pg39</h3> ![[0140_KB2-5--pg39.jpg]] <h3>Art 0150/0150/KBC 3 p93</h3> ![[0150_KBC-3--p93.jpg]] <h3>Art 0151/0151/KB1-54 p315</h3> ![[0151_KB1-54--p315.jpg]] <h3>Art 0164/0164/KBC 3 p95</h3> ![[0164_KBC-3--p95.jpg]] <h3>Art 0170/0170/UP 53</h3> ![[0170_UP--53.jpg]] <h3>Art 0192/0192/UP 221</h3> ![[0192_UP--221.jpg]] <h3>Art 0209/Art 0209/KB1 132</h3> ![[Art-0209_KB1-132.jpg]] <h3>Art 0211/Art 0211/KB2 31</h3> ![[Art-0211_KB2-31.jpg]] <h3>Art 0211/Art 0211/KB2 43</h3> ![[Art-0211_KB2-43.jpg]] <h3>Krsna Greets Narada Muni</h3> ![[Art-0211_KB2-34.jpg]] <h3>The Marriage of Rukmini and Krsna</h3> ![[Art-0211_KB2-46-(flopped).jpg]] <h3>Krsna and Rukmini in the Morning</h3> ![[Art-0212_KB2-45.jpg]] <h3>Art 0216/Art 0216/SB1 47</h3> ![[Art-0216_SB1-47.jpg]] --- ## Copyright Notice All artwork on this page is © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. 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