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(Other names: Baldev, Balaram, Balarama, Sankarsana)

Balram

Balram was the son of Vasudev and Devaki. He was the elder brother of Lord Krishna.

He is said to be the incarnation of “Sheshnag” (Serpent God on whom Lord Vishnu rests). His weapon was a plough.

He is also called ‘Haldhar’. He is a protector from desires, the divinity of strength or the strength of the divine, symbolizing duty, honesty and simplicity.

In the Treta age (there are four ages according to Hinduism- Krita (Sat) Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dwapar Yuga and Kali Yuga) Balram’s eternal incarnation was as Lakshman.             

When Devaki was pregnant with the seventh child, Lord Vishnu called upon Yogmaya (divine illusion) and said, “Devaki’s seventh eternal embryo should be installed in Rohini’s (another wife of Vasudev) body.”

Yogmaya transferred the embryo to Rohini’s womb from Devaki’s womb.

This was done to prevent Kans from killing him at his birth.

Kans was destined to be killed by Devaki’s eighth son, and not to take any chances he was killing all the sons born to Devaki at birth.

Balram killed the demon Dhenuka(Ass)

Rohini got pregnant and after nine months, eternal incarnation in the form of Balram was born.

Kans was informed that Devaki’s seventh child was dead. Balram was growing up at Nandbaba’s house. After one year Krishna was born. Both of them were beautiful and attractive.

Sage Garg had said at the time of naming ceremony that this child will have infinite strength (BAL). That is why he is called Balram.

Because he was drawn from Devaki’s to Rohini’s womb, He became known as Lord Sankarshana and because of His strength, He is known as Lord Balram.

He was so powerful that he, single handedly, at a very tender age, killed the great demon, Asura Dhenuka, who was in the form of an ass.

Just before Rukmani’s marriage, Revati, daughter of King Raivat of Aanart region was married to Balram. For lifetime, Balrmaji was always with Krishna and protected him.

He was elder to Krishna so he could not order him but whenever Krishna needed him; he never hesitated to give his service to him.

He had contributed towards killing the demons and giants. Balram had gone with Krishna in the Dhanush Yagya organised by Kans.

Krishna and Balram going in war against Jarasandh

He supported Krishna in killing Kubal, the elephant. While wrestling, Balram threw Mushtik so badly that he was killed on the spot.

Jarasandh used to attack Mathura on and off. Balram, along with the army of the Yadavas used to fight with Jarasandh and send him back every time.

When Kalyavan came to attack, even Jarasandh came with him.Balram caught hold of Jarasandh with his strong hands.

Krishna asked Balram to leave him saying that there were many demons and if Jarasandh is left alive then he will make an army of the demons.

When Jarasandh will come once more with the demon’s army, many more demons can be killed. So Balram relieved him. Jarasandh had twenty-three armies with weapons. Slowly and gradually, Balram defeated them all.

Balram wants to kill Bhima but Krishna stops him

When Kalyavan had encircled them – then Krishna ran in front of them and Balram confronted his army. Krishna got Kalyavan burnt and Balram defeated his army.

Balram trained both Bhima and Duryodhan in club-fighting.

Eventually, his students faced one another in the final combat of the Kurukshetra war.

Because of this, Balram chose to remain neutral during the conflict.

Eventually when Bhima (of greater strength) defeated Duryodhan (of greater skill) by dealing a blow below the navel with his mace (a move against the rules of mace combat), Balram threatened to kill Bhima.

This was only prevented when Krishna reminded Balram of Bhima’s vow to kill Duryodhan by crushing the both thighs he exposed to his wife Draupadi.         

Balram meditated and left the earth

Today also there are many temples of ‘Dauji’ (elder brother) where he is worshipped. It is a common belief, he donates materialistic richness.Lord Balram is also known as “God of farmers”.

Farmers in India worship him before any task. His weapon plough is worshipped by farmers before all important tasks related to farming.

The funeral ceremony of Abhimanyu, the son of Arjun, was performed by Balram, as He was the maternal uncle.Due to a curse placed on the Yadu dynasty they were to be the cause of their own destruction, thirty-six years after the end of the battle of Kurukshetra.

After Balram took part in the drunken battle that caused the destruction of the rest of the Yadus, and after he witnessed the disappearance of Lord Krishna, Lord Balram sat down in a meditative state.

At the last stage, a great white snake from his mouth and he departed from this world.

The place where he departed from this world is situated about 1 km far from Somnath Temple in Gujarat.

As the local people of Veraval (a town in Gujarat) says, there is one cave at that place and the white snake that came out of Balram’s mouth got into that cave and went back to Pataal Lok.

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