Studies in the Epics and Puranas c12.75

c12.75

(iii) Now, we shall deal with the life of Kṛṣṇa after collating the Purāṇic texts and the *Mahābhārata* accounts, giving the incidents in a chronological sequence. The complete life, combining the Purāṇic and epic accounts, as already stated, occurs only in the late *Bhāgavata Purāṇa*. In reconstructing the life of Kṛṣṇa, only the old and authentic accounts have been taken into consideration, and we have left out the mythological, symbolical, metaphorical or religious embellishments and colourings that have gathered round the story. Only those facts that might have occurred historically have been included in the life.