Mahabharata represents the battle between Kauravas and pandavas and how krishna comes across as a light source ,a savior who frees the world from the darkness.However there are various other stories that have been added o the mahabharata which I believe may have been added ata alater instant or used to show a new dimension of krishna.However though not part of the original mahabharata yet the events can be understood in many ways except popular beliefs.
Following are some of the representations of self and intelligence as represented by Sri Subhash Kak as how we can represent self with study of Krishna.
This is an extract taken from his paper Art and Cosmology in India "(University of Massachusetts,Dartmouth, May 5, 2006")
It is a matter of great thought why Vishnu manifest himself as 10 avatars.Are they resurrections or a systematic arrival of consciousnss in self or evolution.Consciousness is endless.Subhask Kak says"Vishnu is the all-pervader, the primal person, without beginning or end. He is also known as Narayana, with his abode in the waters. He is Hari, the golden-garbed one (like the Sun), and his mount is Garuda, the eagle. During the periods in between dissolution and creation, he sleeps on the cosmic serpent Ananta (the endless). He wields in one of his hands the discus, Sudarshana, which represents time. His consort, Lakshmi, appeared out
of the Churning of the Ocean. Periodically, he descends to earth as an avatara to battle evil. Two of the most popular of these avataras are Rama and Krishna."
A literary image of the contemporary society through Krishna has been presented.Let us believe this that the love between Krishna and radha may have been added at a later instant of time and may not be part of the original text.Krishna and radha with rukmini and meera have been added to the mahabharata as a part f the beliefs of the society.The musical renditions are part of the social mileau where krishna merges with common folklore.Notable computer scientist Subhash Kak believes : "Krishna’s pranks and the love that the cowgirls (gopis) have for him is the frame for much of poetry, dance, and painting in India. As avatara of Vishnu, he is the narrator of the Vedic wisdom in the great dialogue of the Bhagavad Gita. His cowherd stories are a take-off on his other name Gopala, which means the protector of the world as well as cowherd, for the root gauh means both earth and cow.
The story of the love of the gopis is the story of each devotee for God. Krishna performs the rasa-lila, a dance, where mysteriously he is able to simultaneously dance with all the different gopis, which represents, no doubt, the mystery that the same One is able to inhabit the many.
Krishna, the flute player, is the spirit that inhabits each one of us. The flute is the body,and the melody is the unfolding of our individual lives. The love of Radha for Krishna can never be fulfilled, since the individual is forever doomed to stay apart from the divine in ordinary experience."
Krishna eating makhan represents the milky way.Krishna encompasses the milky way in his mouth.The evolution and origin of creation .This can be accredited due to the fact that notable astronomers of that time who had great understanding of cosmology and the universe.
Krishnas display of miracles and super powers:
Lifting the Gobardhan Parbat:the word "go" either in Gopi" or in "Gobardhan" mean senses we are satisying the desires of senses whereas Krishna is ruling upon the senses and senses are serving Krishna.Lifting the gobardhan with the finger means that the senses are placed on the tip and the super ego balances it which belongs to Krishna.
Slaying Kalia nag:The rivers represent the flow of energy.A serpent is the underlying current or moving force.The rivers can be a representation of the channels of energy around our vertebraes.Ganga and Yamuna are the "flows"(narris) around the vertebrate these regulate breathing;breathing means "Praan" the life force
Krishna freeing magadha from the ruthless monarch mama kansha may also be added later.Let us understand magadha from the need of its existence .In the course of time, small settlements grew into small kingdoms and republics. A republic is that form of government where the power is held by the people or a group of elected people or elected chief. The concept of hereditary kingship is not present in republics. The main ruling class, which held the power of these republics, was the Kshatriya. Non-Kshatriyas were not a part of the ruling class in these republics. In the 6th century BC, 16 small territorial states or Mahajanapadas were formed. Of this rulers Magadha was he first among the territorie that was ruled by non khshaytrias or simple tribal lords and not by kings or those of the blue blood.Krishna frees the kingdom of kansha an allegory for monarchy who has kept his mther and father captive.Mother and father is a representation of precious thing, arepresentation of root.So krishna sets free the roots or and enthrones the people to the power of the king.
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