Family & Companions

Radha Rani, Balarama, Yashoda, Nanda, Sudama, Uddhava, Arjuna and Krishna's other beloved ones.

• Shri Radha and Krishna – Shri Radha, the highest embodiment of devotion and Krishna's own power of bliss, without whom his worship is considered incomplete.
• Balarama, the Elder Brother – Krishna's elder brother Balarama: Sankarshana, son of Rohini, bearer of the plough and the beloved Dauji of Vraja.
• Mother Yashoda – Mother Yashoda, in whose lap Krishna grew up, and whose motherly love was strong enough to bind the Lord himself.
• Nanda Baba – Nanda Baba, chief of the cowherds of Vraja, in whose courtyard Krishna, the darling "Nandalala", played.
• Devaki and Vasudeva – Krishna's birth parents, who endured great suffering in Kamsa's prison yet never let go of truth and faith.
• Sudama, the Childhood Friend – Sudama, the poor brahmin classmate whose handful of flattened rice the Lord of Dvaraka accepted with overflowing love.
• Uddhava, Friend and Counsellor – Uddhava, Krishna's friend and counsellor, who went to teach the gopis and came back having learned the lesson of loving devotion.
• Arjuna, Friend and Disciple – Arjuna, Nara of the divine pair Nara-Narayana, Krishna's dear friend, who received the Bhagavad Gita at Kurukshetra.
• Rukmini and the Eight Principal Queens – Rukmini, revered as Lakshmi herself, together with Satyabhama, Jambavati and the other principal queens of Dvaraka.
• Subhadra and Draupadi – Krishna's sister Subhadra and his devoted friend Draupadi, whose call the Lord always answered.