Once upon a time in Brahmalok (the eternal residence of Lord Brahma), Lord Brahma was seated on a white lotus. Goddess Parvati was sitting next to Him. Just then Devrishi (sages who are living in the abode of Gods) Narad came and bowed to Lord Brahma. Narad was worried. When Brahmaji asked Devrishi, Devrishi said that he had been to the “Kumbhmela” at Haridwar where he bowed to Gangaji and then went to Vrindavan where he heard a lady crying. Two people were sleeping next to the lady. When Naradji asked her for the reason she was crying, she said that she was Bhaktimata (Goddess) and the two people next to her were her sons, knowledge and asceticism who had become very weak due to the impact of Kalyug. All three were sad. She wanted to know if there was any way out wherein all three- devotion, knowledge and asceticism could live together.

Uddhav was Shri Krishna’s cousin brother. The deities’ teacher Brihaspati gave Brahmagyan (divine knowledge) to his disciple Uddhav. Uddhavreceived knowledge par excellence. After this, he stopped praying to God and meditated only for the formless (spiritual) divine being. He was very proud about his knowledge. Krishna, to break his ego created an act and told Uddhav, “I have come to Mathura but still my mind is fascinated with Radha and the Gopis. You are very knowledgeable, please get me relieved from this fascination and let the Gopis free from my affection.” According to Uddhav, this was the fascination of love; a knowledgeable person does not get carried away with emotions. Then Krishna told him to go to Gokul and free the Gopis from the emotion of affection.

Duryodhan was very jealous of the grandeur of Indraprasth, capital of the Pandavas. Shakuni uncle gave him an idea that the Pandavas would come to Hastinapur for the Holi festival. On this occasion he must invite Yudhishthir for gambling. Yudhishthir loved to gamble and so he would be ready to play. Later Shakuni would defeat him by cheating him and then support Duryodhan in snatching away the kingdom of the Pandavas. On getting the invitation from Duryodhan, Yudhishthir played the game. The condition of the game was that whoever lost the game would go in exile for twelve years and one year living incognito.

Shri Krishna went to court of the Kauravas being the peace messenger and explained toDhritrashtra and others to side the truth and let the Pandavas enjoy their rights. Duryodhan was adamant about fighting a war. Then he ordered Dushashan to make Krishna his captive. Krishna appeared in his Viraat (gigantic) form and frightened everyone and met Kunti and Vidurbefore returning. Kunti advised her sons to fight for their rights and prepare for war.

Vasudev was from the Yadava family of Mathura. He was married to Devaki; sister of Kans. Krishna was Vasudev and Devaki’s son. Krishna is said to be the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. There are ten avatars of Vishnu (dashavataar) commonly considered as the most prominent:

1) MATSYA – the fish 2) KURMA – the sea turtle
3) VARAH – the boar 4) NARASIMHA – the man-lion
5) VAMAN – the dwarf 6) PARSHURAM – a priest who kills some evil warriors 7) RAMA – the perfect man, epitome of Dharma, and protagonist of the Ramayana 8) KRISHNA – also known as Krishna, the dark lord 9) BUDDHA – the figure of peace and non-harm, or ahimsa 10) KALKI – ("Eternity", or "time", or "The Destroyer of foulness"), who is expected to appear at the end of KaliYuga, the time period in which we currently exist.

Arjun was the son of Pandu, the King of Hastinapur and his wife Kunti. Kunti had summoned for Lord Indra (Lord of the Devtas in the heaven) with the help of the mantra given to her by Sage Durvasa. With the conjunction of Indra and Kunti, Arjun was born. One of the names of Kunti was Prutha. That is why Arjun is also known as Parth. Arjun was third of the five Pandavas. Arjun had also excelled in using his left hand for archery. That is why he was called “Savyasachi”. Arjun took over many regions and earned lots of wealth and so came to be known as “Dhananjay”. Arjun was such a peerless archer that he is often referred to as “Jishnu” - the invincible.

Shri Krishna’s dear friend and worshipper Radha was the daughter of a cowherd named Vrishbhanu. In the Padmapuran, she is said to be the daughter of a King named Vrishbhanu. When the King was cleaning the space of the sacrifice (yagya), he found Radha in the form of Bhoomiputri (daughter of mother earth). The king nurtured her as his own daughter. There is one more story said about the birth of Radha according to which when Lord Vishnu was to incarnate as Krishna, he asked all the deities and goddesses of his family to incarnate on the earth. Then, Lord Vishnu’s consort and the one who was residing in the Vaikunthlok, Laxmi incarnated on the earth as Radha. There are many different ancient stories said about the birth of Radha but the one that is unanimously accepted is that Radha was the daughter of Vrishbhanu who was king Suchandra in his previous life. Suchandra and his wife had acquired a boon from Brahmaji that in the Dwapar age Shri Laxmi will be born as a daughter to them in the form of Radha. King Suchendra and Queen Kalavati only were reborn as Vrishbhanu and Kirtikumari and Laxmiji was incarnated as Radha.

Draupadi was the daughter of Drupad, King of Panchal and wife of the five Pandavas. Draupadi and her brother Dhristadyumna emerged together from a sacrificial fire that the king had lit to gain a means of revenge on Drona, to whom he had lost half his kingdom. It is believed that Goddess Kali had given a part of her powers to her, for the destruction of the Kauravas. Draupadi was a damsel of dark complexion but of great beauty, "As radiant and graceful as if she had descended from the city of the gods." Draupadi’s other name was Krishna (dark skinned). Draupadi's real name was Krishna, She was called Draupadi and Yajnaseni, from her father; Parshati, from her grandfather Prushata; Panchali, from her country; Sairindhri, `the maid-servant' of the queen of Viraat; Panchami, `having five husbands;' and Nitayauvani, `the ever-young.'