Bhadra (Krishna's wife)

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Bhadra
Member of
Dvaraka
TextsBhagavata Purana, Mahabharata
Personal information
ParentsDhrishtaketu (Father) Shrutakirti (Mother)
Spouse
Yaduvamsha
(by marriage)

Bhadra (

romanized: Bhadra, lit. 'fortunate')[1] is one of the Ashtabharya,[2] the eight principal queen-consorts of Hindu god Krishna, according to the scripture Bhagavata Purana. The Bhagavata Purana regards her as being the eighth wife of Krishna; sometimes she is described as the seventh wife. The Vishnu Purana and the Harivamsa do not name Bhadra at all in the list of the Ashtabharya, but refer to her as 'the daughter of Dhrishtaketu' or 'the princess of Kekeya'.[3]

Legend

The Bhagavata Purana gives her the epithet Kaikeyi, the princess of the

Pandavas and Pandavas's common wife Draupadi. As directed by Kunti, Draupadi worships and honours Bhadra and other queens with gifts. Bhadra also narrates to Draupadi how she married Krishna.[7][8]

According to the Bhagavata Purana, Bhadra had ten sons, namely Sangramajit, Brihatsena, Shura, Praharana, Arijit, Jaya, Subhadra, Vama, Ayur, and Satyaka.[9][10] The Mausala Parva of the Hindu epic Mahabharata which describes the death of Krishna and end of his race and the Bhagavata Purana records the wailing of Bhadra and other seven chief queens and her subsequent leap in Krishna's funeral pyre immolating themselves (see sati). While Bhagavata Purana says all queens committed sati, the Mahabharata mentions only four, including Bhadra.[11][12]

In popular culture

A book titled Bhadra Kalyanam (meaning: a marriage of Bhadra) was written in

Mahalakshmi (wife of Vishnu) and her marriage with Krishna, as his seventh wife, as "the confluence of beauty, devotion and love”.[13]

References

  1. ^ www.wisdomlib.org (11 April 2009). "Bhadra, Bhadrā, Bhādra: 51 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
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  3. ^ Horace Hayman Wilson (1870). The Vishńu Puráńa: a system of Hindu mythology and tradition. Trübner. pp. 82–3. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  4. Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. Archived from the original
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  5. Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. Archived from the original
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  6. ^ Aparna Chatterjee (10 December 2007). "The Ashta-Bharyas". American Chronicle. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  7. ISBN 978-81-208-1273-4
    . Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  8. Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. Archived from the original
    on 11 September 2006.
  9. ^ "The Genealogical Table of the Family of Krishna". Krsnabook.com. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  10. Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. Archived from the original
    on 21 October 2010.
  11. ^ Kisari Mohan Ganguli. "Mahabharata". Sacred-texts.com. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  12. Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. Archived from the original
    on 13 June 2010.
  13. ^ Bhadra Kalyanam by Dr. K. V. Krishna Kumari. Archive. org. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
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