Top 10 Unknown Facts About Lord Krishna

The story of Mahabharata is incomplete without the main character of Lord Krishna. Anyone would fall in love with the character of Krishna. In fact, Krishna's words in the form of Bhagvad Gita are enlightening and inspiring. He was one of the greatest spiritual healers. In other words, He was the life coach and personality development leader for Arjuna. When Arjuna was clueless, it was Krishna who reminded him of his duties. Though all of us have learned a lot, there are still many unknown facts about Lord Krishna.

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Apart from all these things, the best thing about Krishna's character was his spontaneity and wit. Bhagvad Gita was his greatest contribution to mankind. Even today, Krishna's character inspires many. No other character in mythology has portrayed the myriad number of shades that Krishna's character depicts. This is why He is Lord Krishna. Now, here are some amazing facts about Lord Krishna that you must know.

10 Unknown facts about Lord Krishna:

Lord Krishna was lucky enough to be a husband of 16,108 wives. Most of us are aware of the names of the first 8 wives but none of us knew that He was the protector of thousands of wives.

He was blessed with 80 sons. Some of us know about Pradyumna but most of us are not aware of His other sons.

None of the ancient scriptures mentioned about His romance with Radha. All of us enjoy the romantic episodes of Radha and Krishna but some experts say that the scriptures have not mentioned about their love story.

Many of us don't know that Ekalavya was none other than the cousin of Lord Krishna. The links between various characters in Mahabharata are very interesting and thrilling. As we dig deeper, we find more interesting links between several main characters.

Krishna is mysterious, wise, intelligent, charismatic and complex. No one can understand him completely. One of the amazing facts about Lord Krishna is that He knew the future but never tried to manipulate or change His own end. That adds philosophical depth to His character.

One of the most interesting facts about Lord Krishna is that once when Arjuna and Krishna fought with each other, Lord Shiva had to interfere and settle the fight. There is a very big episode written about the fight but some of us don't know that Arjuna and Krishna fought with each other.

One of the unknown facts about Lord Krishna is that Hanuman was also present when Bhagvad Gita was narrated to Arjuna. He was present as an emblem on the chariot's flag.

Pandavas were maternal relatives to Krishna. Arjuna married krishna's sister.

Sudarshan Chakra was lord Krishna's powerful weapon. He used it with restraint. His weapon looked like a sharp disc with exactly 108 sharp edges to it. Ancient texts regard this weapon as 'the ultimate weapon'. Krishna used it to restore law and order. He fought many 'asuras' with his chakra.

One of the lesser known facts about Lord Krishna is that He breathed his last when a hunter's arrow hit His toe.