Sri Krishna is the Supreme Lord of Vaishnava devotion, the cowherd of Vrindavan and the charioteer of Arjuna. How does the youth who left the grieving gopis of Vrindavan become the sovereign protector of dharma on the field of Kurukshetra?
The chariot stood ready on the road to Mathura, and when Akrura carried him away, the flute of Vrindavan went silent. He stepped into the arena of Kamsa to free his captive parents, Devaki and Vasudeva. He directed Vishwakarma to build the golden city of Dvaraka rising from the sea to protect his people from siege. He walked as a peacemaker into the Kaurava court, and finally drove the chariot of Arjuna into the center of the great war. The narrative leaves the reader listening to his final instructions to his servant Uddhava before his departure from the earthly realm.
- Building a refuge: an account of the founding of Dvaraka in the ocean to secure the Yadavas against Jarasandha.
- Speaking the Gita: a passage through the eighteen chapters of the Bhagavad Gita, from the collapse of Arjuna to the revelation of the universal form and the call to surrender.
- Counseling the king: a look at the aftermath of the eighteen days of war, where the Lord comforts a grief struck Yudhisthira and visits the dying Bhishma.
Book Two of The Ocean of Nectar: A Life of Sri Krishna. The Butter Thief of Eternity details his physical incarnation in captivity and his childhood in the pastoral village of Vrindavan; The Flute That Never Fell Silent examines the perpetuation of his divine guidance through sacred song and temple devotion.
Readers seeking a companion to the diplomacy of the Mahabharata war and a way into the sacred discourse of the Bhagavad Gita.
