The Bhagavata Purana is traditionally attributed to Vyasa, the compiler-cum-composer of The Mahabharata. The focal figure of The Mahabharata is Krishna on Kurukshetra; the focal figure of The Bhagavata Purana is Krishna of Gokula, Mathura and Vrindavana. The Itihasa and the Purana together complete the personality of Krishna: baby Krishna (Krishna-Gopala), Romantic any mystic Krishna (Krishna of the Rasa-Lila), and Krishna on the battlefield of life ...
